Rail joints, sometimes also called railway fishplates, are an important component of rail track system to connect two rail tracks together. In common life, there are three different types of rail joints mostly used:
- Boldted joints
- Compromise joints
- Insulated joints
As a rail joint, the bolted joints are usually used to join rail tracks together before the are welded. As to joining two rails with differing sections, the compromise joints are mostly used. And the insulated joints are always used as the bonded or non-bonded joints. Although the perform of these three types of rail joints is different, they still have many similar features:
- Bolts and bars are all used and a discontinuity is created on the running surface of the rail track.
- The discontinuity can accelerate track degradation around the rail joints during the trains are running.
- Today the world-wide famous insulated rail joints are Bonded insulated rail joints and Polyurethane insulated rail joints.
Bonded insulated rail joints
Bonded insulated rail joints are mostly used to separate electric circuits in rails and turnouts. Because of widely used in continuously welded rails(CWR), the bonded insulated joints in rails must be ensured to transfer longitudinal forces arising in the rail tracks. And insulated joints can also cut in square or angular.
The typical features of bonded insulated rail joints
- Up to 60' long and ensured the specified length
- Mostly used with A-490 bolts or huck pins(6/8)
- Conveniently used in worn rail or transition rail configurations
- Micro alloy joint bar
The typical features of bonded insulated joint kits
- Available as insulated or non-insulated
- 4,6 or 8 holes are available
- Long life and high performance
- Bulk packaging is available
- Furnished with high toe clearance designs
Polyurethane insulated rail joints
The polyurethane insulated rail joints is featured to a micro alloy joint bar sections. Through ultra-violet, ozone, weathering abrasion, or the shock and flexing stresses of heavy rail traffic, it is a specially formulated compound. And the dense polyurethane material bonded to the rail joints can provide superior insulation between the rail tracks and the joints. Then they finally lead to a firmly structure which can provide high-dielectric isolation for signal circuits. With the special design, the structure can provide years of heavy duty service and require little or no maintenance.
GNEE RAILWAY RAILWAYL can provide various standard specifications of railway fish plates and offers customized services according to customer requirements. In addition to fish plates, we also supply various types of railway fasteners such as elastic clips, dog spikes, tie plates, bolts and nuts, rail anchors, and more.
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