Maintenance

The seminar teaches the basics for an efficient maintenance of turnouts (vignol) and gives a theoretical overview of turnout geometries and typical errors in turnouts.

The seminar provides common measures for the inspection, maintenance and repair of grooved rail systems.

The focus of the seminar in on practical work in the training turnout. The participants measures the turnout, check fastening materials and the clamp lock and correct the guide values. In addition, the turnout is deburred and the tongues are corrected using a hand-held bending machine.

This seminar covers all commonly used rail-welding procedures. Welding procedures and consumables, as well as grinding of welds will be discussed in detail. The metallurgy of rails, the basis of rail welding, will be presented in a simple way.

The seminar offers an insight into the world of repair welding of turnout parts. It deals with examing the damaged areas of the turnout and correcting the errors correctly. An insight into the possible test devices for determining rail damage and an insight into the welding of special steels materials as Manganese.

The seminar covers all common rail lubrication and conditioning devices. Topics such as coefficients of friction between the wheel and rail, advantages such as the service life of the rail and wheels, as well as safety aspects in connection with rail lubrication and practical knowledge will be discussed.