List of Specialized Testing Machines for Rail Components in Compliance with International Standards
– Shear Testing Machines for brake pads and dynamometers for train brake pad testing.
– Fatigue Testing Machines for bogie columns and complete bogie frames.
– Axial Fatigue Testing Machines for wheels.
– Crack Growth Testing Machines (KIC) for rails.
This equipment is designed to meet the highest standards of precision and reliability in compliance with global railway industry requirements
In the railway industry, specialized static, dynamic, and fatigue testing equipment is offered for components such as rails and switches, thermite welds, sleepers, ballast, fastening springs, bolts and nuts, dowels, guides, rail pads, various types of coil and bogie springs, conical and chevron springs, leaf and flat springs, dampers, clutches, brakes, wheels and axles, cast and forged parts, body pressing and welding, sheets, composites, rubber components, plastic parts, interior fittings, and assembly tests for all assembled equipment on rails and sleepers, all in accordance with international standards. Some of the specialized testing equipment offered in the railway industry includes:
– Tensile Testing Machines, Axial Fatigue Testing, and Crack Growth Testing of Rail Samples (under ambient and sub-zero temperatures).
– Static Bending and Fatigue Testing Machines for thermite and insulated welds.
– Ballast Fatigue Testing Machines.
– Static, Dynamic, and Fatigue Bending Testing Machines for various types of sleepers.
– Static Force and Fatigue Testing Machines for various fastening springs (e.g., Vossloh, Pandrol).
– Static Axial Force and Fatigue Testing Machines for coil, conical, chevron, flat, and parabolic springs.
– Static, Fatigue, and Dynamic Hardness Testing Machines for rail pads (under ambient and sub-zero temperatures).
– Assembly Testing Machines for rail and sleeper-mounted components, including:
– Longitudinal and torsional resistance of rails.
– Static stiffness of assembly units.
– Vertical stiffness of rails.
– Cyclic fatigue under angular stress (angle α).
– Tensile, Compression, Bending, Impact, and Hardness Testing Machines for various metallic, composite, rubber, and plastic components.