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Fittings of Steel Trough Sleepers

The fittings required for metal sleepers are different form those used for wooden sleepers. Loose jaws, keys, and rubber pads are used to fix rails to steel sleepers.


Fittings of Steel Trough Sleepers

The fittings required for metal sleepers are different form those used for wooden sleepers. Loose jaws, keys, and rubber pads are used to fix rails to steel sleepers.

Loose jaws

 

Loose jaws (Fig. 10.11) and keys are used for holding the rail and the steel trough sleeper together. The older type of trough sleepers were easily damaged, cracked, or deformed due to the provision of pressed-up lugs. There problems have been solved by introducing spring steel loose jaws, which have been standardized on Indian Railways. These jaws can be easily replaced whenever necessary. They are manufactured using spring steel and the weight of 100 loose jaws is approximately 28.8 kg.




Two-way keys

 

Two-way keys (Fig. 10.12) are universally used for fixing trough sleepers, pot sleepers, and CST-9 sleepers. A two-way taper is provided at both ends of a two-way key and as such the key can be driven in either direction. These keys are manufactured using a special rolled section. The length of the keys for BG is about 190 mm with a taper of 1 in 32. A gauge variation of ±3 mm can be adjusted by altering the extent to which these keys are driven in.

 

The various methods of driving keys for different types of sleepers are listed in Table 10.5.

 

Rubber-coated and epoxy-coated fish plates

 

Some time back, rubber-coated fish plates were used at insulated joints on Indian Railways on a trial basis. The results indicated that these fish plates get damaged early in service, thereby limiting their life. Therefore, epoxy-coated fish plates are now being tried.

 

Mota Singh Liner

The holes in trough sleepers get elongated during service due to the wear and tear caused on account of moving loads. The Mota Singh liner (Fig. 10.13) is liner used effectively with loose jaws for overcoming the problem of elongated holes.





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