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A VAILABILITY<br />

Rail Products<br />

Rails<br />

The majority of rails manufactured by OneSteel in Whyalla are<br />

produced to AS 1085.1 Railway Track Material Part 1 — Steel<br />

Rails.<br />

Table 38 page 28 lists the various rail sections produced at Whyalla<br />

together with the conforming standard.<br />

For dimensional details see Table 31 page 25.<br />

Length — standard length available for AS68kg rail is 25m, for all<br />

other rails standard lengths are 12.19 m, 13.72 m and 27.5 m.<br />

Drilling — rails can be supplied drilled or undrilled.<br />

Head Hardened Rails<br />

Where rail wear, plastic flow of the rail head, corrugation or rail<br />

fatigue defects are reducing rail life it is recommended that OneSteel<br />

head hardened rail be specified. Available test data indicate a<br />

doubling of rail life will occur. Head hardened rail is available in<br />

50 kg/m, 60 kg/m and 68 kg/m sizes.<br />

Some situations where heavier and more expensive crane<br />

rail is specified can also be handled with high strength head<br />

hardened rail.<br />

For further information on rail products contact:<br />

Rail Sales & Marketing Office - OneSteel Whyalla Steelworks<br />

(Refer to Page 30)<br />

Depth of heat treatment and hardness gradient as per AS 1085.1-2002<br />

Dimensions (mm) a. 15 Min. 23 Max.<br />

Dimensions (mm) b. 20 Min. 35 Max. for 50 kg Rail<br />

Dimensions (mm) b. 25 Min. 40 Max. for 60 kg and 68 kg Rail<br />

Table 2 Hardness Limits<br />

(Vickers Diamond Pyramid Numeral)<br />

Location<br />

Hardness HV30<br />

Position C<br />

430 Max.<br />

Along Transverse 1 430 Max. at any point.<br />

360 Min. at 10 mm from rail surface.<br />

Along Transverse 2 430 Max. at any point.<br />

340 Min. at 10 mm from rail surface.<br />

Chemical Composition<br />

The steel is produced by the basic oxygen method, continuously cast.<br />

The steel cast analysis is within the limits shown in Table 38 Page 28<br />

4<br />

HRSSP 3 rd Ed. December 2003

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