Mobile waterjet rail repair system
AssigneeRailRestore BV, RailRestore Holding BV
InventorsJoep Jacobs, Johannes Petrus Bernardus Wildhagen
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Abstract
A translatable, high pressure liquid jet system for a rail cleaning or surface treatment operation, the system comprising: a translatable frame configured to maintain mechanical contact with a rail; a liquid jet processing head affixed to the frame and configured to maintain a distance from the rail and provide a liquid jet that contacts the rail; a high pressure liquid pump in fluid communication with the liquid jet processing head, the high pressure liquid pump configured to supply pressurized liquid to the liquid jet processing head; an abrasive feed system in fluid communication with the liquid jet processing head; and at least one nozzle for directing a jet of water and abrasive onto a portion of the rail for cleaning or treating the rail.
Claims19
A translatable, high pressure liquid jet system for a rail cleaning or surface treatment operation, the system comprising:
- a translatable frame configured to maintain mechanical contact with a rail;
- a liquid jet processing head affixed to the frame and configured to maintain a distance from the rail and provide a liquid jet that contacts the rail;
- a high pressure liquid pump in fluid communication with the liquid jet processing head, the high pressure liquid pump configured to supply pressurized liquid to the liquid jet processing head;
- an abrasive feed system in fluid communication with the liquid jet processing head;
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- at least one nozzle for directing a jet of water and abrasive onto a portion of the rail for cleaning or treating the rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.