Less wear on turnouts

Due to areas of discontinuity – such as frogs within a turnout – dynamic impacts are generated as trains travel over. An additional load is placed on the entire superstructure. Products and solutions from Getzner reduce the dynamic shock loads and thereby ensure less wear on the superstructure components.

Problems in the superstructure

Damages to rail and frog
Rail corrugation
Ballast deterioration
Tilting of the turnout
Transmission of vibration to adjacent buildings
High dynamic loads
Higher maintenance costs
Lower ride comfort

The Getzner solution

Elastic elements made from Sylomer® and Sylodyn® reduce the dynamic shock loads and the vibrations that are transmitted to the surrounding area. The wear on the turnout and superstructure components is significantly reduced.

Stiffness compensation and thus better load distribution
Reduction of dynamic forces
Consistently high quality of track geometry
Reduced wear and tear of frog, rails and fasteneing elements
Smoother passage
Augmentation of rail lifetime
Reduction of ballast contact pressure
The time between two tamping efforts is at least doubled, therefore significant reduction of maintenance expenses
Reduction of vibration immission to an imperceptible level
Reductions achieved with Getzner solutions are significantly better than legal requirements
Protection and increase in value of adjacent real estate