Pandrol news
News about railway track systems supplier Pandrol.
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NewsPandrol combats shortage of rail welders with data and automation
INNOTRANS: Pandrol launched its i+weld portfolio of seven tools at the Berlin trade fair. The products use automation and data to improve the quality, productivity and safety of rail welding, and the suite includes the newly developed i+align tool, which automates the alignment of two rails ...
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NewsPandrol launches Common Interface to futureproof non-ballasted track
INTERNATIONAL: Pandrol has launched a Common Interface System for ballastless track, so that the fastenings can be adapted quickly and affordably to meet changing performance requirements.
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Rail Business UKLevenmouth reopening tracklaying completed
UK: Scottish Transport Minister Fiona Hyslop installed a ceremonial golden Pandrol clip on August 25 to mark completion of tracklaying on the Levenmouth Rail Link project. The main works for the project to reinstate the line between Thornton Junction and Leven began in March 2022. These ...
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NewsSNCF approves Pandrol clipping machine
FRANCE: National railway SNCF has approved the use of Pandrol’s CD200 IQ single rail clipping machine for e-clips or fastclips. It can clip up to 20 sleepers per minute, with a built-in sleeper lift function and a modular design enabling it to be easily lifted on ...
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NewsGuinea bauxite miner orders British sleepers
GUINEA: British Steel, Trackwork and Pandrol are to supply 244 000 steel sleepers to mining company Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, which is upgrading its 135 km standard gauge heavy haul line which links the Sangarédi bauxite mine with Kamsar. Trackwork will process the rolled sleepers ...
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NewsPandrol to demonstrate fastening and welding innovations at IAF
GERMANY: At the IAF trade show in Münster at the end of May, Pandrol will host an outdoor display area on stand A-100 where it will be displaying and demonstrating a range of products along a 50 m section of track.
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NewsPandrol takes to the road with European tour
EUROPE: Rail fastening specialist Pandrol is to display its latest products to rail industry representatives during a three-month European road tour, taking in countries including the UK, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic and Spain. ‘The Back on Track truck gives our customers an ...
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In depthTraining & Skills: Training the world’s rail welders
Last year, Pandrol opened a railway welding centre of excellence in Raismes, northern France, which is already proving its worth as training methods change during the pandemic. Nick Kingsley reports.
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NewsPandrol’s AutoSeal eliminates the need for manual sealing when welding rails
WELDING: Pandrol says up to 5 min per rail weld can be saved through the use of its newly-launched AutoSeal mould, which has a built-in insulation joint that expands during pre-heating to create a tight seal and eliminate the need for manual completion. ...
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NewsPandrol launches redesigned rail clamp
COMPONENTS: Pandrol has launched a redesigned rail clamp for use as a temporary joint prior to welding and to safeguard defects before repair. The supplier said its updated design offers a reduction in installation time and enhanced performance, with wider contact points to reduce friction and rail ...
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NewsPandrol launches app to improve rail weld tracability
WELDING: Pandrol has released the Pandrol Connect app for Android devices which enables live data capture during the aluminothermic welding of rails, saving time on data entry and improving traceability. This is intended to help infrastructure manager identify defects and assist with cost optimisation by identifying anomalies in weld performance. ...
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NewsPandrol focuses on four core specialisms at InnoTrans 2018
PANDROL: Infrastructure component specialist Pandrol will be highlighting its four core specialisms at InnoTrans 2018: rail fastenings, aluminothermic welding, electrification, and equipment and control systems. The company will also be hosting ‘ask the expert’ sessions, where its technical specialists will be running short seminars on topical issues relating to ...
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NewsHeavy haul rail fastening contract awarded
CHINA: Shanxi Jingshen Railway Co has awarded Pandrol a contract to supply almost 880 000 Fastclip FC-16 rail fastening sets for 232 track-km of heavy haul line under construction in central China. The line will connect with a 400 track-km section of the Menghua heavy haul railway where Pandrol is ...
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NewsPandrol unifies branding
PANDROL: The rail activities of the Delachaux Group are to be unified under the Pandrol brand name, the company announced on November 17. As well as the eponymous rail fastenings business, Pandrol will also be the brand used by the Railtech, Vortok, Pandrol CDM Track, Rosenqvist, Matweld and RSS divisions. ...
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NewsPandrol Fastclip FE selected for concrete sleeper contract
SWEDEN: Infrastructure manager Trafikverket has selected Pandrol’s Fastclip FE preassembled rail fastening and under sleeper pads for use as part of a 20-year framework contract for the supply of concrete sleepers. Pandrol collaborated with sleeper manufacturers Strangbetong Rail and Abetong in responding to the tender, which covers around 400 000 ...
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NewsPandrol acquires CDM Track
BELGIUM: CDM Group sold its CDM Track business unit to Pandrol with effect from January 6, as part of CDM's strategy to focus on noise and vibration isolation systems in the building and industry markets. The deal includes CDM's ballasted, slab and embedded rail track activities, as well as the ...
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NewsPandrol buys Rosenqvist Rail
SWEDEN: Pandrol International has purchased Rosenqvist Rail, a Swedish manufacturer of equipment for the installation and extraction of rail fastenings such as Pandrol's Fastclip. Rosenqvist also designs and builds rail and sleeper handling tools, ballast regulation equipment, trailers and attachments for road-rail vehicles. Pandrol sees Rosenqvist as ...