The ESAB name represents over a century of involvement in welding and repair applications with the highest quality and safety requirements. With ESAB, you are assured of a partner who understands your challenges and forms a single source for engineering, automation and consumables.

A long tradition in the rail repair industry and cooperation with major national railway administrations has resulted in automated FCAW solutions that meet the highest safety standards. Well balanced weld microstructures, without detrimental phases, provide resistance to any type of wear occurring in railway components due to passing rolling stock.

Worn rail components will limit the speed of rolling stock, reducing the capacity of railway tracks. Consistently and properly planned maintenance significantly improves the lifetime of rail components and consequently the lifecycle costs are remarkably reduced, compared with rail component replacement. This makes railway operation more economic.

ESAB offers welding and repair methods dedicated to the joining and repair on tracks as well as repair in workshops. The automated flux-cored arc welding process is highly productive and guarantees reduced grinding of the finished weld surface. This reduces the total repair time and thereby limits the time railroads need to be closed for maintenance. Alternatively, it can be used for manual welding, in case of repairs with limited accessibility. The portable, light-weight equipment is easily lifted onto the track and is prepared for welding within minutes. There is a choice of two power sources to suit low (<15 kVA) and higher power generator capacities.

ESAB flux-cored wires are supplied in a humidity protective packaging to guarantee low-hydrogen weld metal and maximum protection against cold cracking. They are self-shielded, so can be used without shielding gas under the demanding outdoor conditions of rail repair. ESAB offers cored wires for the repair welding of both conventional (up to R260 grade) and headhardened (up to R350HT) rail grades, including the various carbonmanganese and austeniticmanganese crossing castings, switch blades and stock rail.

ESAB is a total supplier for rail repair and joining. Next to electrodes and other welding consumables, ESAB offers a full range of mechanisation equipment, power sources, wire feeders, torches, accessories such as rail heaters and personal protective equipment.

ESAB is the only welding company with worldwide ISO 9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications.

• Automated FCAW solutions that meet the highest safety standards.
• Portable, light-weight equipment.
• For any type of wear of railway components.
• For all material grades used in railway components.
• For a higher lifetime and lower life cycle costs.

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