SIFER Special – Issue 1 / 2019

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Harsco Rail: Safe, Reliable, Cost-Effective Track maintenance For over 100 years, Harsco Rail has worked continuously to help railways stay on track by meeting the demands of tomorrow, today.

The result: lower operating costs, higher speeds and – most importantly – improved safety.

machines utilise a common control system that allows for different configurations, depending on the customer’s needs. On-going development of its Jupiter control system allows the company to respond to custom specifications and global requirements.

Improving the rail grinding product lines is an on-going Harsco’s C model grinders have process at Harsco, where grinding been improved to the point that 76

the life-span of high-wear parts, such as grinding motors, exceeds five years; the life-span of head actuators exceeds ten years. A new, higher-horsepower grinding motor, which has increased metal removal rates at higher grinding speeds on its larger grinders, has a life-span 3 to 5 times longer than the previous generation of grinding motors.


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