Apparatus and method for rail head improvement
AssigneeL. B. Foster Company
InventorsKorhan Ciloglu, William Mohr, David Workman
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Abstract
A railroad rail comprising a rail head, wherein the rail head is made from a first material and defines a void, and an insert comprising a second material installed in the void.
Claims15
A railroad rail comprising a rail head, wherein the rail head is made from a first material and defines a void, and an insert comprising a second material installed in the void.
A method for installing an insert in a rail head comprising:
- wrapping the insert in-whole or in-part with a brazing material;
- inserting the wrapped insert into a void in the rail head, and heating the wrapped insert and surrounding rail head to braze the insert to the rail head.
A rail joint assembly comprising two railroad rail ends, wherein one of the railroad rail ends comprises a rail head, wherein the rail head is made from a first material and defines a void, and an insert comprising a second material installed in the void.
The rail joint assembly of claim 14, wherein both of the railroad rail ends comprises a rail head made from a first material defining a void and an insert comprising a second material installed in the void.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.