Machines for track laying

SVM 1000 S:

  • Laying machine with ballast regulating plate, sleeper laying unit and sleeper conveying unit, rail guiding clamps, crawler track and enclosed cabin at the front.
  • Radial laying of sleepers in pre-selected spacing.
  • Crawler track guarantees high tractive force.
  • Gantry crane unit to supply 21 concrete sleepers per run.
  • Transport wagon for the laying unit during transfer travel.
  • Alignment control of the machine via reference wire.
  • Sleeper wagons with rails for gantry crane unit and rail guiding rollers mounted at the sides.
  • Rail transport wagon and rail conveyor unit to install the stored long rails, therefore, no need to lay out the new rails beforehand.
  • The wagons used are provided by the customer.
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SVM 1000
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SVM 1000:

  • Fast action relaying machine with threading devices for the new rails.
  • Sleeper laying mechanism to lay new sleepers accurately.
  • Work cabin with good view onto the laying unit.
  • Workplace for placing the base plate on the sleepers.
  • The new rails are threaded in using hydraulic roller clamps.
  • Workplace with good view of the rails being threaded in.
  • The rear bogie already runs on the newly laid track.
  • A gantry crane supplies the laying unit with new sleepers under the track Panels.
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SVM 1000
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PK 250:

  • A gantry crane unit supplies the laying unit with new sleepers.
  • Hydraulically operated lifting hooks.
  • Chains for picking up a maximum of 64 single sleepers.
  • Separate energy supply for each gantry.
  • Hydrostatic drive on all wheels.
  • Two turntables for self-loading onto a wagon for transfer journeys.
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PK 250
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SWM 200:

  • For removal, loading and evacuation of individual sleepers.
  • Lifting unit for lifting the rails.
  • Sleeper removal unit to extract the sleepers.
  • Grabbing crane unit to get and lift the sleepers.
  • Gantry crane for loading the old sleepers on the wagons.
  • Grabbing crane unit for sideways pre-depositing of the new sleepers that have been brought by Train.
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SWM 200
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SWM 12:

  • Machine for laying and removing single sleepers.
  • Sleeper exchange unit enables sleeper exchange on the left or right hand side of the machine.
  • Enclosed cabin with operator seat for both sides.
by Plasser&Theurer
SWM 12
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by Plasser&Theurer
SWM 12
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SW 1000:

  • Machine for laying and removing single sleepers.
  • Sleeper exchange unit enables sleeper exchange on the left or right hand side of the machine.
  • Machine for loosening or tightening eight hook bolt nuts simultaneously.
  • Continuous working action due to positioning of wrench heads on a longitudinally displaceable Frame.
  • Fully automatic working Action.
  • The pre-selected tightening torque is adhered to exactly.
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SW 1000
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You can find suitable specialist literature to the topic here:

Handbook Railway vehicles

Handbuch Schienenfahrzeuge

This book fills the gap in the market between the numerous theoretical works, which are limited to one topic or few specific topics on rail vehicle technology, and the books for professionals. The target group for this book is students of railways and rail vehicle technology as well as professionals from the industry who wish to refresh or supplement their Knowledge.

In nearly 190 years of railway history, rail vehicle technology has constantly developed. Today the technical knowledge necessary for the development, construction, operation and maintenance is so complex and extensive that it can not be comprehensively mastered by a single specialist alone.

The Basic Principles of Mechanised Track Maintenance

The Basic Principles of Mechanised Track Maintenance

This book is dedicated to the many people involved in the day to day planning and performance of track maintenance activities. Providing a practical approach to everyday challenges in mechanised track maintenance, it is not just intended as a theoretical approach to the track system.

Railways aim at transporting people and freight safely, rapidly, regularly, comfortably and on time from one place to another. This book is directed to track infrastructure departments contributing to the above objective by ensuring the track infrastructure’s reliability, availability, maintainability and safety – denoted by the acronym RAMS. Regular, effective and affordable track maintenance enable RAMS to be achieved.