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US 2020/0198666 A1Published application
Ballast arrangement for a rail vehicle, and method for producing a ballast device
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorFRANZ MUEHL
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Abstract
A ballast arrangement for a rail vehicle includes at least one ballast device. The at least one ballast device has a concrete weight body, at least one built-in metal reinforcement, and at least one securing device built into the weight body. There is also described a method for producing a ballast arrangement according to the invention.
Claims16
1-14. (canceled)
A ballast arrangement (1) for a rail vehicle (2), the ballast arrangement (1) comprising:
- at least one ballast device (4), the at least one ballast device (4) having a concrete weight body, at least one integrated metal reinforcement, and at least one securing device (8, 9) integrated into said weight body.
A method (16) for producing a ballast device (4) for a rail vehicle (2) to be arranged in a ballast arrangement (1), the method comprising:
- preparing a formwork (18);
- introducing a metal reinforcement into a cavity of the formwork (20);
- introducing at least one securing device (8, 9, 22) into the formwork (20);
- providing a filling material consisting of concrete;
- filling the filling material into the cavity (24) of the formwork;
- and
- allowing the filling material to set (26) so as to form a ballast device (4) in the formwork, and subsequently removing the formwork (28) from the ballast device (4).
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