Innovations to Enhance Rail Performance - Unife
Innovations to Enhance Rail Performance - Unife
Innovations to Enhance Rail Performance - Unife
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Past & Present <strong>Rail</strong> Microstructures<br />
Key Aspects of <strong>Rail</strong> Developments Over last 200 years<br />
• Increasing Steel Cleanness<br />
• Increasing Weight of <strong>Rail</strong> Sections<br />
Reduce Defects<br />
• Increasing Carbon Content<br />
• Increasing Hardness<br />
Reduce Wear<br />
• Longer lengths<br />
– 120m hot rolled<br />
– Several hundred m welded lengths<br />
Reduce Joints/Welds<br />
• The achievement of 2020/2030 transport visions demands more<br />
innovations<br />
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