Basics of turnouts for standard-gauge (1435mm)

Infrastructure System

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Level: Basic

Contact

  • WS Academy partner of Railway Systems
  • Heidemarie Sieder
  • + 43 664 8561420
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The seminar conveys the basics, the current technical status and the requirements for turnout technology (Vignol rail) from the point of view of a turnout manufacturer. You get an inside into the design of the turnout up to the optimal use of turnouts and turnout technology.

Course Content

  • Basics – track – advanced lessons
    • Turnouts, turnout components, rollers
    • Fastening system
    • Base plates
    • Sleepers
    • Plain line
    • Special devices in the track (expansion joints, insulated rail joints, …)
  • Clamp lock – Tempflex III
  • Stiffness in turnouts
  • Geometrical parameter/tolerances in turnouts (based on EN standards and TSI INF 1299/2014/EU

 

Target Group

Advanced course for planners, installers of switch systems, site managers, project managers and – purchasers, track layers, railway engineers

 

Additional Information

Trainer:Dipl.-Ing. Erich Wipfler
Date:On request
Price:On request
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