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Swingnose Crossing "HBS-HBM"
Crossing with moveable point, type “HBS-HBM“ with manganese base plate
These crossings have flexibly moving point and splice rails.
The complete crossing is mounted on a continuous base plate. This guarantees the directional stability of the crossing both during transport and operation. The base plate is a compound comprised of cast manganese and a welded construction, which is bonded together by special welding. This permits the optimisation of wheel overrunning conditions.
Advantages
- Continuous wheel overrunning area (no running edges and head surface interruptions), therefore particularly suitable for high-speed and heavy haul traffic as well as for mixed operation (different vehicles and wheel set types)
- No check rails required – a condition for high-speed traffic
- Reduced airborne and structure-borne noise
- Highest possible service life because there are no impacts in the wheel transition area
- Can be thermite welded into the track
- With special anti-creep equipment for transmission of longitudinal forces in the continuously welded track
Technical characteristics:
| Materials, field of application as per type of crossing | |
| Wing rails | Made from high-manganese steel as per UIC 866 |
| Point of the crossing | Optional, S900 as per UIC 860 and 260 as per CEN or S900A head-hardened (HSH) and 350 HT as per CEN Special grades on request |
Crossing with moveable point, type “HBS-HBM“ with manganese base plate
