What is a rubber pad used for?
Rail pads are elastic polyurethane mats which are interposed between steel rails and railway sleepers to protect the sleeper top from wearing and impacting.
GNEE RAIL have developed a range of high-performance elastic rail pads for stiffness requirements and various application areas-from trams through standard gauge railways to heavy haul lines, especially those for E-type rail fastening systems and SKL type rail fastening systems with material of HDPE/EVA/Rubber.
| Raw Material | Rubber, EVA, TPEE, HDPE |
| Standard | UIC, AREMA, TB/T2626-95 |
| Application | 43kg/m, 50kg/m, 60kg/m, 75kg/m,115RE, UIC54, UIC60, S49 |
| Model number | 43-7-7, 43-10-7, 50-7-9, 50-10-9, 60-10-17, 60-12-17 |
| Operating temperature | -50~70 degrees |
| Certificate | MSDS, ROHS, REACH |
| Notes | They should be stored in a clean, ventilated place. Don't be in direct sunlight, and keep away from the heat source and chemical reagent. Don't touch the oil, organic solvent, and other chemicals. Banned exposure. |
A rail rubber pad is a shock-absorbing cushion placed between a steel rail and a concrete sleeper (tie) to reduce impact/vibration, protect components, distribute load, provide electrical insulation, minimize noise, and prevent wear, thereby extending track life and improving safety.
Benefits of railway rubbber pad:
- Increased Lifespan: Protects infrastructure, reducing maintenance and replacement costs.
- Enhanced Safety: More stable track and fewer incidents.
- Improved Comfort: Quieter, smoother ride for passengers.
Railroad rubber pads function:
- Shock absorption and buffering, protect rails and sleepers, reduce the maintenance cos.
- Railway pads utilize their elasticity feature to absorb the impact of a passing train, reducing the strict implications of rail tracks and railway sleepers caused by the passing trains.
- What's more, the railway pads can help to disperse the load caused by trains' height and impetus, reducing stress concentration, and avoiding the rails and sleepers' premature wear and damage, thereby reducing their maintenance and replacement times, prolonging the rails and sleepers service life, and cost savings along the way.
The advantages of excellent safety performance, reliable high technology, advanced testing equipments of rail pad make itself be widely adopted and manufactured throughout the world together with raw materials with good quality. GNEE RAIL can manufacture various rail rubber pads in different widths according to different railway base dimensions and standard steel rail length to meet customer's special demands.
