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Tired of stopped trains?
The single largest cause of train delays and unscheduled maintenance are switch failures due to switch points expanding and contracting. Railroads continuously struggle to fight the impacts of running rail due to temperature fluctuations.
“Typical” solutions include repeatedly adjusting the switch, installing heavier ties, more clamps and more spikes trying to keep the points from moving.
The Apex Switch Point Slider system solves this problem once and for all, safely and cost effectively!
The Switch Point Slider system allows the points to move freely and independently while maintaining perfect geometry of the rods to the switch machine. The counter beveled sliders compensate for the taper of the switch point as it moves, thus eliminating inward and outward movement of the detection, locking, and operating rods.
With over 500 Point Sliders currently installed in North America this is a proven, reliable solution.
The Apex Switch Point Slider benefits include:
- Elimination of operational train delays caused by switch failures due to running rail.
- Elimination of false “out of correspondence” of the point detection system caused by running rail.
- Elimination of unscheduled maintenance and switch adjustments.
- Reduced effort to throw switch machines due to elimination of rods binding on ties.
- Elimination of premature wear of ties caused by maintenance “clearance” requirements (chainsaws, adze, chisels).
- Reduced head block tie spacing.
- Extended switch machine life due to improved rod geometry and reduced frictional resistance.
- Eliminates side loading of point detection rods
- Eliminates premature wear (shaving) of the lock rods caused by poor geometry.
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