[JP] Nippon Steel kann Schienenlänge von 150 Meter erzeugen

  • Quelle: IRJ vom 17. April 2014:

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    Nippon Steel produces 150m-long rails
    Written by Keith Barrow
    NIPPON Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NS&SMC) announced on April 16 that it has upgraded rail production and handling facilities at its Yawata steel works in the Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka to produce and distribute 150m-long rails, which the company claims are the longest in the world.
    A nine-wagon train has been specially adapted to transport the rails in Japan, where NS&SMC has a 60% share of the rail market.
    Rails are typically supplied in 25m or 50m lengths, although some manufacturers such as Tata Steel and VAE are now able* to deliver sections exceeding 100m in length.


    *) Die in der Meldung angesprochenen Schienenlängen von "mehr als 100 Meter" bedeuten im Fall der VA Schienen GmbH 120 Meter Länge, d.h., daß für Landtransport Schienen in dieser Länge gewalzt und geliefert werden, und das schon seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre.