64
the rail engineer • June 2013
Âť Hilti
Improved track circuit installation Hilti has been supporting Network Rail for over a year in providing an alternative solution for the installation of Track Circuit connections. The Hilti X-BT is now industry approved and offers benefits including speed of installation, the use of lightweight small hand held tools and no requirement for an external power source (generator) or fuel. Hilti has three different type of jigs for the main rail profiles, which will be on show at the National Track Plant Exhibition. Make a point of visiting the Hilti stand and seeing this innovative system in operation.
www.hilti.co.uk
Âť Kwik-Step
Modular Refuge Kwik-Step is well known for its range of versatile and modular staircases, often used for access to sites in cuttings and on embankments. Now it can help protect workers in other applications too. Increasing demands on the rail infrastructure from enhanced passenger and freight usage challenge inspection and maintenance opportunities. Degraded embankments, areas of red-zone working, prohibitions and unsafe cess walkways all present risks to the infrastructure maintenance teams. The Kwik-Step Modular Refuge can reduce these risks by providing positions of safety, look-out posts and cess walkways. Constructed in lightweight GRP composites with adjustable legs to accommodate most ground conditions and high visibility GRP handrails, the Modular Refuge also features a lift-up ramp with the decking available in Flowforge galvanized steel or GRP. Supplied with pre-assembled base frames, the Modular Refuge is designed to be installed quickly and safely at the trackside, assembly only requiring basic hand tools and
The Kwik-Step Modular Refuge and stairways continue
minimal site preparation. Once installed the Kwik-Step
to provide safe and simple access solutions to the railway
Modular Refuge is ready for immediate use.
infrastructure..
Issue 104 - tre June 2013.indd 64
www.kwik-step.com
29/05/2013 14:18