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Introducing a Presentation by Bob Coats. Vice President of Engineering Pandrol USA, Inc. Bridgeport, NJ. PANDROL USA DIRECT FIXATION SYSTEMS. 1. Single Resilient System (SRS) . 2. VIPA SP . 3. PANGUARD . Simple resilient rail pad -.
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Introducing a Presentation by Bob Coats Vice President of Engineering Pandrol USA, Inc. Bridgeport, NJ TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
PANDROL USA DIRECT FIXATION SYSTEMS 1. Single Resilient System (SRS) 2. VIPA SP 3. PANGUARD TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
Simple resilient rail pad - Decreasing rail pad stiffness means more movement – Which can increase insulator wear and clip flexing TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
Pandrol Single Resilient System • Use of studded rubber rail pad • Vertical stiffness controlled by: • Pad thickness • Material hardness • Number & diameter of studs TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
Baseplate Pad Pandrol VIPA – SP TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
Top Plate VIPA – SP Factory assembly TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
Rail Pad VIPA – SP Factory assembly TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
Clips with Toe Insulators VIPA – SP Factory assembly TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
VIPA – SP Track installation TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
VIPA SP in track TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
PANGUARD: A new concept allowing decreased vertical stiffness without increasing dynamic gauge widening in curves. TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004
Railtrack, Waterloo East, London, 2000 TRB Session #734 - Jan. 14, 2004