Railway rail induction-welding device

A railway rail induction-welding device comprising:

• a device support;
• a railway rail alignment means for aligning opposing railway rails in three mutually perpendicular directions, the railway rail alignment means being supported by the device support and including:
• first and second railway-rail clamping elements to horizontally and longitudinally align the opposing railway rails when gripped by the first and second railway-rail clamping elements, at least one of the first and second railway-rail clamping elements being movably supported by the device support;
• and
• vertical lifting means for moving each railway-rail clamping element vertically to align the opposing railway rails, the vertical lifting means comprising first and second lifting elements supported by the device support, at least one of the first and second lifting elements being movably supported by the device support and the first and second lifting elements each comprise at least one lifting head, the at least one lifting head being arranged to contact a railway rail;
• urging means for moving at least one railway-rail clamping element towards the other clamping element to bring aligned opposing railway rails towards each other;
• and
• an induction heating device on the device support and interposed or interposable between the first and second railway-rail clamping elements to inductively weld the opposing railway rails together.