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2012 №06 (05) 2012 №06 (07)


The Paton Welding Journal, 2012, #6, 22-26 pages  

TECHNOLOGY AND NEW GENERATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR FLASH BUTT WELDING OF ADVANCED HIGH-STRENGTH RAILS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY LINES

S.I. KUCHUK-YATSENKO, V.G. KRIVENKO, A.V. DIDKOVSKY, Yu.V. SHVETS, A.K. KHARCHENKO and A.N. LEVCHUK


E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute, NASU, Kiev, Ukraine
 
 
Abstract
Presented are the technology and a new generation of equipment for flash butt welding of high-strength rails for construction and reconstruction of high-speed railway lines, based on the use of the pulsed flash butt welding process.
 
 
Keywords: flash butt welding, pulsed flashing, computerised control system, technology and equipment, rail string, continuously welded rail track
 
 
Received:                21.03.11
Published:               28.06.12
 
 
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