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US 6,515,249 B1Granted
Method of railroad rail repair
AssigneesHarsco Technologies LLC, Holland Company
InventorsGreg A. Valley, Mark Edward Rovnyak
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Abstract
A method of repairing a damaged railroad rail comprising the steps of: identifying a defect in the rail, removing the portion of the rail having a defect and leaving two truncated rail ends, preparing the truncated rail ends for welding, and welding the two truncated rail ends together.
Claims19
A method of repairing a damaged rail comprising the steps of:
- a. identifying a defect in the rail;
- b. removing the portion of the rail having a defect and leaving two truncated rail ends;
- c. preparing the truncated railroad rail ends for welding;
- d. welding the two truncated rail ends together.
1 more element
A method of managing the Neutral Rail Temperature of a rail comprising the steps of:
- a. establishing an initial Neutral Rail Temperature;
- b. tracking changes in the Neutral Rail Temperature when a portion of the rail is repaired using new material;
- c. not tracking changes to the Neutral Rail Temperature when the rail is repaired by a repair method that does not use new material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.