A rail damper mounting apparatus including a clipping device adapted to clip onto a rail, and a mounting device adapted to allow an oscillator to secure thereto. The rail damper mounting apparatus forms at least three clipping points with a rail when the rail damper mounting device is installed to the rail. A rail damping system containing one or more such rail damper mounting apparatus is also disclosed. With at least three clipping points/areas in the mount apparatus, it provides a strong clipping force compressing the wedge-liked rail foot by a very stiff clip.

Disclosed is a novel methodology for vibration and noise control using modular rail particle damper in rail transit systems, which comprises steps: determining a target damper module corresponding to a vibration frequency content of a rail system, multiple target damper modules are adopted; connecting target damper module by adopting a connecting module so as to form a rail particle damper; and installing rail particle damper at rail web to conduct vibration and noise control on the rail system. Target damper modules are connected through connecting modules to form an integrated rail particle damper, a wide vibration mitigation frequency range is formed by adopting different target damper modules, and therefore rail particle damper is suitable for reducing broadband vibration and noise generated in rail systems under different operating environments.

A magnetic induction heating system for a railroad switch crib is a system that prevents the accumulation of ice or snow on or around the railroad switch crib area which can cause malfunction of the railroad switch components. To do so, the system includes at least one coil assembly that can be mounted under the railroad crib space between adjacent ties. The at least one coil assembly is designed to generate an oscillating electromagnetic field that agitates the atoms of the different metal components of the railroad crib space so that the metal components radiate enough heat that melts any accumulated ice or snow around the components. The at least one coil assembly can also be used to heat the railroad switch drive motor assembly by placing the at least one coil assembly under the motor drive unit to keep the unit free of ice or snow accumulation.

A magnetic induction heating system for a railroad switch crib is a system that prevents the accumulation of ice or snow on or around the railroad switch crib area which can cause malfunction of the railroad switch components. To do so, the system includes at least one coil assembly that can be mounted under the railroad crib space between adjacent ties. The at least one coil assembly is designed to generate an oscillating electromagnetic field that agitates the atoms of the different metal components of the railroad crib space so that the metal components radiate enough heat that melts any accumulated ice or snow around the components. The at least one coil assembly can also be used to heat the railroad switch drive motor assembly by placing the at least one coil assembly under the motor drive unit to keep the unit free of ice or snow accumulation.

The invention relates to a device for automatic dispensing of a maintenance agent, such as an anti-icing agent or a de-icing agent, on specific parts of a rolling stock travelling on a railway track. The device comprises a dispensing unit, a detection unit configured to generate a detection signal before said rolling stock reaches the dispensing unit, a sensor unit configured to determine position and velocity of the rolling stock, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to receive said detection signal from said detection unit, determine a dispensing schedule based on said rolling-stock velocity, and transmit a control signal to the dispensing unit to control said dispensing unit based on said dispensing schedule. Furthermore, the present inventive concept also relates to an associated method.

The invention relates to a device for automatic dispensing of a maintenance agent, such as an anti-icing agent or a de-icing agent, on specific parts of a rolling stock travelling on a railway track. The device comprises a dispensing unit, a detection unit configured to generate a detection signal before said rolling stock reaches the dispensing unit, a sensor unit configured to determine position and velocity of the rolling stock, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to receive said detection signal from said detection unit, determine a dispensing schedule based on said rolling-stock velocity, and transmit a control signal to the dispensing unit to control said dispensing unit based on said dispensing schedule. Furthermore, the present inventive concept also relates to an associated method.

The compressible sealing element (1) comprises at least one piece made of a resilient foam (17). This foam has an open-cell content of at least 50% and has such a hardness that it requires a force of less than 2000 N to compress the sealing element (1) per meter length thereof to such an extent that the volume of a rectangular cuboid circumscribing the sealing element is reduced by 40%. The sealing element comprises a water-impermeable cover layer (18) which extends at least over its top surface. The sealing element is intended for filling at least partially the gaps between the stock rails (13) and the switch rails (12) in a railway switch to prevent the switch from being blocked in particular by snow. Advantages of the new sealing element is that it can easier be inserted in these gaps and that it has a smaller effect on the force required to close the switch so that it can also be applied closer to the free extremity of the switch rail (12).

The invention relates to a vibration absorber arrangement (2) for attaching at least one vibration absorber (4) to a rail (1), comprising: a clamping means (3) which has a clamp fastening portion (12) and a fastening portion (11) for at least one vibration absorber (4) on the outside thereof, wherein the clamp fastening portion (12) can be clamped between one end (16) of a clamp (5) and a foot (8) of the rail (1) and the fastening portion (11) presses with its inside against a web (9) of the rail (1), the clamp (5) being formed as an integral spring clip.

The invention relates to anti-noise installation for a guided transport track having a U-shaped cross section, the two branches of which form the lateral walls (15, 16) of the track and the central zone of which, connecting the two branches, forms at least one runway (18) for a guided transport vehicle (50), characterised in that said installation comprises a plurality of acoustic panels (30, 31, 34, 35, 38, 39) arranged relative to one another so as to form at least one chamber (20) for confining the noise resulting from the passage of a vehicle (50) over at least one runway (18), which chamber can be provided around said noise source while extending as far as a free end of at least one branch of the U, each panel (30, 31, 34, 35, 38, 39) forming at least one portion of a partition of a noise-confinement chamber (20).

A segmental tube section structure having a length and a circumference, the segmental tube section structure including a plurality of tube segments extending the length in a longitudinal direction of the segmental tube section structure and extending in a circumferential direction of the segmental tube section structure, wherein each tube segment of the plurality of tube segments extends in the circumferential direction to span an equal arc of the circumference of the segmental tube section, and wherein each of the plurality of tube segments are connected to adjacent tube segments of the plurality of tube segments in the circumferential direction to form the segmental tube section structure.