Rail Steel Strip Spring: Comprehensive Guide on Key Features, Uses & Tech Specs

Overview of Rail Steel Strip Spring

The rail steel strip spring is the core component of the rail fastener system, and it undertakes the key mission of fixing the rails and ensuring the stability of the track. During the high-speed operation of the train, it continuously provides a stable and reliable clamping force for the rails with its unique elastic structure, effectively resists various impact forces and displacement trends generated by the train load, ensures that the track geometry is accurate and unchanged, and lays a solid foundation for the safe and smooth operation of the train. It is an indispensable part of modern railway transportation.

Product Parameters of Rail Steel Strip Spring

Features of Rail Steel Strip Spring

• Excellent elastic performance: The use of advanced spring steel materials and unique structural design makes the spring bar have excellent elastic recovery ability. Under the repeated impact caused by long-term train operation, it can still maintain a stable buckle pressure, providing a long-lasting and reliable fixing effect for the track.
• High strength and durability: The material has been specially treated with high strength and good fatigue resistance, which can withstand the huge load of the train and the complex operating environment, effectively reduce the breakage and wear of the spring bar, and extend the service life.
• Accurate adaptability: According to different railway line types (such as passenger and freight railways, passenger dedicated railways) and track structure characteristics, a variety of specifications and models of spring bars are designed, which can be perfectly adapted to various fastener systems to ensure the overall performance and stability of the track system.
• Convenient and efficient installation: The design of the rail steel strip spring fully considers the convenience of installation. The unique hooks or protrusions at both ends are closely matched with other parts of the fastener. The installation process is simple and fast, which can greatly improve construction efficiency and reduce labor costs.

Function of Rail Steel Strip Spring

• Fixing rails: The buckling pressure generated by its own elastic deformation can tightly buckle the rails on the sleepers to prevent the rails from being displaced laterally or longitudinally under the train load, ensuring the geometric stability of the track and ensuring the safety of train travel.
• Buffering and shock absorption: The elastic characteristics of the railroad fasteners ( rail steel strip spring ) can effectively buffer the impact force on the rails when the train passes, reduce the vibration and wear of the rails and sleepers, reduce the damage rate of track components, and extend the service life of the track.
• Adjusting track geometry: During track maintenance, the buckling pressure of the spring bar can be adjusted to fine-tune the track gauge, level and other geometric dimensions, so that the track always meets the design requirements and ensures the smoothness and comfort of the train travel.
• Adapting to complex working conditions: It has good corrosion resistance and anti-aging performance, can work stably for a long time under different climatic conditions (such as high temperature, low temperature, humidity, etc.) and geological environments, and can adapt to various complex railway operating conditions.

Application of Rail Steel Strip Spring

• Conventional railway: widely used in conventional railway lines with both passenger and freight lines, providing stable and reliable track fixing support for trains of various speed levels, ensuring the safety and smoothness of freight transportation and passenger travel.
• High-speed railway: In the construction of high-speed railways, the railroad fastener ( rail steel strip spring, especially e clip ) is a key component of the track fastener system. Its high strength, high elasticity and precise adaptability can meet the strict requirements of high-speed trains for track stability and smoothness, ensuring the high-speed and safe operation of trains.
• Urban rail transit: suitable for urban rail transit systems such as subways and light rails, providing a stable track foundation for the operation of trains in complex urban environments, reducing the impact of vibration and noise on the surrounding environment.
• Heavy-load railway: In heavy-load railway transportation, railroad fasteners ( rail steel strip spring, especially e clip ) can withstand huge train loads, ensuring that the rails will not be displaced or damaged under the repeated rolling of heavy-load trains, ensuring the safe and efficient operation of heavy-load railways.

Package of Rail Steel Strip Spring

Polybag+Carton box+Wooden case/Pallet, according to customer’s request

Company Profile

Luoyang Fonyo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998, covers an area of 72,600㎡, with more than 300 employees, 32 technicians, including 5 senior engineers, 11 assistant engineers, and 16 technicians. It has been rated as Luoyang Engineering Technology Center, Luoyang Technology R&D Center, and National High-tech Enterprise for many times.
Our production capacity is 30,000 tons per year. Currently, we mainly produce cast steel, cast iron (gray iron, ductile iron, etc.), processing of finished product and component assembly for locomotive,railcar,high-speed trains, mining equipment,wind power,etc.Our products have been exported to Russia, the United States, Germany, Argentina, Japan, France, South Africa,Italy and other countries.

FAQS

Q1: Are you a manufacturer or trading company?
A: We are a manufacturer. Our company was founded in 1998, with nearly 30 years in casting industry, a total area of 72,600㎡, with a factory building area of 51,000㎡.
Q2. What are your main products?
A: We primarily focus on steel casting, iron casting, finished product machining, and component assembly production for locomotive, railcar, high-speed trains, mining equipment, wind power,etc.
Q3: How precision can you produce casting parts?
A: We have the capability of producing casting parts with different casting processes. The production is strictly comply with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO45001,EN15085, IRIS.
Q4. Can you produce according to the samples?
 Yes, we can produce by your samples or technical drawings. We can build drawings for you after we get your samples too.
Q5: How do you do Quality Control before delivery?
A: Quality inspection is a very important factor to guarantee the quality of steel casting parts. We follow 3 times of inspection during the whole production process. And we will provide material testing report, dimensional testing report, and mechanical properties testing report to our clients before delivery.

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