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the rail engineer • April 2013
WEC Rail - Stand G61
Werner - Stand B81
Access For All bridges a speciality
Fiberglass ladders for safety
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EC Rail is a leading force in providing innovative design, fabrication and installation services to the rail sector. WEC Rail benefits from over 10 years’ industry experience manufacturing rail signal structures and gantries across the UK, and takes credit for various station regeneration projects including walkway bridges and essential trackside upgrades. With access to extensive manufacturing facilities, including an expert in-house design team, over 100 skilled welders, and a PTS-trained installation team, WEC Rail can manage entire projects from start to completion, ensuring that the same team takes the project from its manufacture and fabrication to final installation. Since 2009, WEC Rail has specialised in the manufacture of ‘access for all’ bridges for various station regeneration projects across the UK, including Audley
End, Canterbury West, Forest Hill, and Cambridge Stations. WEC Rail also provides generic and bespoke products for any application within the industry including pedestrian bridges, signal structures & gantries, rolling stock metalwork, electrical enclosures and CCTV products.
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erner, the world leader in ladders, will be showcasing its range of fibreglass ladders and accessories, providing effective working at height solutions for the rail industry.
All Werner fibreglass ladders have electrically non-conductive stiles that are ideal for working in the proximity of electricity and durable, seven-layer fibreglass stiles which retain their smooth surface even after weathering. The range includes fibreglass swingback and platform stepladders in both ‘trade’ and ‘industrial’ versions, available in a range of heights and all featuring Werner’s high performance Holster Top®, with specifically designed paint, tool and equipment holders. The Werner® line up also includes a ‘utility’ fibreglass extension ladder which features a heavy duty external rope pulley system and Werner’s patented Alflo® rung joint offering
‘twist proof’ performance. Continuing the safety theme is the Werner Lock-In System™ designed to keep trips up and down the ladder to a minimum. These accessories expand the work surface available at the top of a Werner ladder and provide a safe and secure repository for tools and materials.
Wilcomatic - Stand B40
Windhoff Bahn - und Anlagentechnik - Stand F31
Why not front and rear washing
Special vehicles for particular applications
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ilcomatic Rail Division will be exhibiting information on its installations of wash equipment for rail, trams, monorails and APM systems throughout the world.
The strategy of Wilcomatic Rail Division is to select key countries and work with turnkey providers of rail systems. The company has provided a number of units to Bombardier, Scomi and Siemens. So successful has this been that Wilcomatic has now opened an overseas office to develop a number of opportunities. Unlike many of its overseas installations, Wilcomatic Rail Division has found that UK mainline companies are reluctant to adopt front and rear washing. Says Mark Prockter, general manager of Wilcomatic Rail Division: “This is a shame since the front of the vehicle is what
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passengers see first. The issues have traditionally been the time it takes to wash and the reliability of the systems. We believe we have a system that can address both these issues, which we will be featuring at Railtex.”
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indhoff Bahn - und Anlagentechnik GmbH is well established as a global supplier of systems and equipment for railway depots and commuter train operators. Windhoff supplies railway depots with mechanical equipment such as lifting systems, work platforms and turntables as well as planning and project management for complex new or refurbishment projects. The product range includes rail vehicles and accessories for main lines operators, sidings, commuter companies and metros. Windhoff vehicles are used world-wide for the construction and maintenance of rail nets and overhead catenary systems, for freight forwarding as well as for firefighting and rescue services as well as attachments for track construction works using excavators.
Windhoff shunting systems range from compact rope-winch devices to rail-road shunters which have been designed specifically for in-house shunting in workshops and on industrial, factory and dock railways. Drawing on its long experience, Windhoff specialises in overcoming technical problems, no matter whether they require a one-off or series production solution.
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