Knowledge base
Background to the issues we work on every day: what happens in the track, which solutions exist and how they perform in practice. Written by our engineers, without the sales pitch.
Where sleepers come loose and hang, why the settlement returns after every tamping run, and what a void of 1–2 mm does to the forces in the track: the approaches side by side, from tamping machine to adjustable fastening.
Read the articleRail dampers, wheel dampers, ballast mats, brake blocks and barriers side by side: what each measure acts on and when it pays off.
Read the articleWhy slide chairs are greased, what that means for maintenance and the ballast bed, and the lubrication-free alternatives now available.
Read the articleA derailment provision catches derailed wheels, but around an ERTMS balise the steel has to give way. Why that metal-free opening must remain 650 mm, and how the unguided opening can still be reduced.
Read the articleTrack-crossing cables traditionally sit in a cable duct between two sleepers, exactly where the tamping machine needs to work. The options side by side: working around it or taking the crossing out of the ballast bed.
Read the articleOn older track the rail fastening is often at the end of its life before the rest of the superstructure. Two problems from practice, and the trade-off between renewal and a targeted intervention.
Read the articleThe concrete plates of a UNI crossing sit loose next to one another and can drift apart. Why that happens, what makes maintenance awkward and which approaches exist.
Read the articleThe railway cuts off the fixed routes of amphibians, and it is precisely in their habitat that the water often sits too high for a standard tunnel. The possible passages, side by side.
Read the articleForging from vacuum-degassed steel, heat treatment and standards such as EN 13262 and EN 13261: what determines the service life of wheels, axles and cardan shafts.
Read the articleAn unsecured rollator can shift or tip during the journey, and the move to a seat is a fall risk. What changes when the passenger stays seated on their own device.
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