A welding unit for welding rails of a track has a unit lower edge forming a lower boundary of the welding unit, with regard to a vertical, and a shearing device provided for removing a weld bead. A rail base section of the shearing device is designed to be lowered, relative to the welding unit, by way of a drive from a rest position situated above the unit lower edge into a shearing position situated below the unit lower edge. Thus, the welding operation can be carried out without lifting the rails from the sleepers.

This invention relates to a weld cutting machine, comprising a first cutting jaw part (4) and a second cutting jaw part (5), a base frame (500) having fixedly attached thereto said second cutting jaw part (5), a power unit and a transmission mechanism (3), wherein said power unit is connected to said transmission mechanism (3) to arrange for movement of at least one of said cutting jaw parts (4, 5), and wherein connecting members are arranged to enable said at least one cutting jaw part (4, 5) to move in a guided manner relative said second cutting jaw part (5), wherein said power unit is an electric motor (2) and that said connecting members include at least two rods (6), each rod (6) being arranged with at least one set of threads (63, 64) arranged to transfer torque applied via said transmission mechanism (3) to said rods (6) to provide linear movement of said at least one cutting jaw part (4, 5), wherein said transmission mechanism (3) includes at least two parts (31, 32) a first reduction transmission (31) arranged to reduce the incoming rotational speed from the electric motor (2) and a second dividing transmission (32) arranged to transmit the outgoing torque from said first reduction transmission (31) synchronously to both of said at least two rods (6).

A welding unit for welding rails of a track has a unit lower edge forming a lower boundary of the welding unit, with regard to a vertical, and a shearing device provided for removing a weld bead. A rail base section of the shearing device is designed to be lowered, relative to the welding unit, by way of a drive from a rest position situated above the unit lower edge into a shearing position situated below the unit lower edge. Thus, the welding operation can be carried out without lifting the rails from the sleepers.

A weld cutting machine having a first cutting jaw part (4) and a second cutting jaw part (5), a base frame (500) having fixedly attached thereto the second cutting jaw part (5), a power unit and a transmission mechanism (3). The power unit is connected to the transmission mechanism (3) to arrange for movement of at least one of the first cutting jaw part or the second cutting jaw part (4, 5).

A welding unit for welding rails of a track includes a shearing device for removing a weld bead. The shearing device includes a head part having a shearing edge and two side parts which are pivotable towards one another and have a shearing edge. A rail base section to be applied to a rail base is associated with each side part. The rail base sections each include an end region facing towards each another having a tooth system for a form-locking connection which is effective in a longitudinal direction of the rail after the two side parts have been applied to the rail.