DELIVERABLE 2.8 - urban track
DELIVERABLE 2.8 - urban track
DELIVERABLE 2.8 - urban track
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D0208_STIB_M24.doc<br />
TIP5-CT-2006-031312 Page 2 of 44<br />
URBAN TRACK Issued: August 13, 2008<br />
Quality checked and approved by project co-ordinator André Van Leuven<br />
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S<br />
0. Executive summary................................................................................................................................................. 4<br />
0.1. Objective of the deliverable .......................................................................................................................... 4<br />
0.2. Strategy used and/or a description of the methods (techniques) used with the justification<br />
thereof................................................................................................................................................................ 4<br />
0.3. Background info available and the innovative elements which were developed............................ 4<br />
0.4. Problems encountered ................................................................................................................................... 4<br />
0.5. Partners involved and their contribution .................................................................................................. 4<br />
0.6. Conclusions ...................................................................................................................................................... 5<br />
0.7. Relation with the other deliverables (input/output/timing) ............................................................... 5<br />
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................................................... 6<br />
2. Build-up welding and related issues................................................................................................................... 7<br />
2.1. General .............................................................................................................................................................. 7<br />
2.1.1. Problem description.............................................................................................................................. 7<br />
2.1.2. Maintenance measures ......................................................................................................................... 8<br />
2.1.3. Ancillary conditions for build-up welding...................................................................................... 9<br />
Rail with a tensile strength of up to 700 N/mm²..................................................................................... 9<br />
Rail with a tensile strength of up to 900 N/mm² (and above).............................................................. 9<br />
Rail from special material (manganese steel): .......................................................................................... 9<br />
Remark: Rail of lower quality is easier to « re-vamp » !......................................................................... 9<br />
2.2. Brussels (STIB)............................................................................................................................................... 10<br />
Pre-emptive build-up welding for tram rail ........................................................................................... 10<br />
Lateral widening........................................................................................................................................... 11<br />
Pre-emptive build-up welding................................................................................................................... 11<br />
Grinding.......................................................................................................................................................... 12<br />
2.3. Bremen (BSAG).............................................................................................................................................. 13<br />
2.4. Saarbahn.......................................................................................................................................................... 15<br />
Rail profiles of the following quality........................................................................................................ 15<br />
No pre-emptive build-up welding before installation.......................................................................... 15<br />
Lifetime of build-up welding..................................................................................................................... 15<br />
2.5. Augsburg........................................................................................................................................................ 16<br />
Rail profiles of the following quality........................................................................................................ 16<br />
Build-up welding will be carried out as in Saarbrücken...................................................................... 16<br />
2.6. Karlsruhe (VBK)............................................................................................................................................ 17<br />
Rail profiles of the following quality........................................................................................................ 17<br />
Build-up welding will be carried out according to the local conditions as in Saarbrücken......... 17<br />
2.7. Vienna.............................................................................................................................................................. 18<br />
Rails.................................................................................................................................................................. 18<br />
Build-up welding.......................................................................................................................................... 18<br />
Test of different welding methods............................................................................................................ 19<br />
Grinding.......................................................................................................................................................... 19<br />
<strong>2.8</strong>. Frankfurt......................................................................................................................................................... 20
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