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• NEW TECHNOLOGY • NEW TECHNOLOGY • NEW TECHNOLOGY • NEW TECHNOLOGY • » PA05/05145
Trough Tec outdoor polymer cable route These are ground-level polymer cable troughs and lids for protection and management of cables at trackside. They conform to NR/L2/TEL/00013 and a full product acceptance certificate was issued after successfully undergoing a series of acceptance tests and meeting the set acceptance requirements. This product is manufactured by Furukawa, Japan.
» PA05/5530
URS Automated ballast sampling trolley This product is a significant improvement on the method used by URS for track bed investigation which did not have Product Acceptance. This product acceptance application follows PA05/05065 Automatic Ballast Sampler submitted by Network Rail maintenance in October 2011. It follows all the safety requirements specified in PA05/05065 and takes it a stage further by making the system fully automatic. It further reduces the manpower required to deliver the site investigation work (window sampling) and the need for a man to stand on the p/way trolley to operate the kit. There is a requirement for this equipment under the Track Bed Investigation Framework Contract recently awarded to URS. It will operate alongside the Network Rail ABS already approved through the Product Acceptance Process. It will reduce the time taken for track bed investigation by 15% - this has been reflected in a 30% reduction in URS’ rates for Trackbed investigation works. The automated ballast sampling trolley is manufactured by URS Infrastructure and Environment UK Ltd and has recently been accepted for full use on network rail infrastructure.
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