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Our experience covers the design, manufacture and construction of special trackwork for main line, mass transit and light rail. Our innovative technology encompasses signalling, track, plant and consultancy within the railway industry.
Working with teams of experienced engineers, we ensure that all aspects of any project are dealt with and administered thoroughly and effectively.
We are committed to the development and improvement of technical excellence, commercial effectiveness and business relationships. The importance of product development is recognised by the business. An integral part of this process is to keep abreast of the latest developments in technology, legislation, products, markets and customer needs.
Information management and computer technologies play key roles in our design processes. Design Engineers employ the latest computer aided design and draughting techniques, working in 2D and 3D environments as appropriate.
Manufacturing Capabilities include:
- 80m rail handling
- CNC Saw & Drill
- Hole chamfering
- Cold hole expansion
- Product identification
- Ø20m bed, 100kw main spindle, 50kw auxiliary spindle gantry milling machine.
- 4-2-1 machining zones.
- Principal production, swing nose crossing vees.
- Semi-welded crossing vees.
- Monobloc crossings.
- State of the art switch rail production
- 34m bed, twin 50kw head gantry milling machine
- Manganese Steel Foundry Specialists
Switch Rail Forging
- Transition forgings from asymmetric switch rails to symmetric rail section.
- Induction heating.
- In line post heat treatment to maintain parent rail hardness.
Electro Slag Welding
- Production of crossing vees.
- All rail sections.
- All crossing angles.
Construction
Our site at Beeston (Nottingham), is utilised to trial construct the track renewals layouts prior to them being delivered to their trackside location. This process allows for the client to inspect their layout and thus alleviates any potential problems that could have occurred trackside.
Our technology is providing the rail industry with the following capabilities:
- Signalling - Event Monitoring and Analysis Services
- Signalling - Condition Monitoring and Analysis Services
- Signalling - Computer Aided Testing Systems
- Track - Rail Asset Management Systems
- Track - Rail Defect Inspection
- Track - XiTRACK® Ballast Stabilisation
- Consultancy and Technical Services including Non-Destructive Testing Services
- Software Development - Software and management systems which can facilitate data acquisition, performance inspection and monitoring and decision support making and planning.
- Professional Rail Services - we provide posession management, project management, on-track safety personnel and railway access management.
Balfour Beatty Rail Systems & Solutions is a trading name of Balfour Beatty Rail Track Systems Ltd and Balfour Beatty Rail Technologies Ltd |