System and method for hardening rails
Assigneevoestalpine Schienen GmbH
InventorsNorbert Koeck, Hans Pfeiler
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Abstract
System and method for hardening rails by cooling, in a cooling medium, at least one part of a respective rail cross-section of a rail over an entire length of the rail. The system includes a cross displacement device arranged in an area of a roller table, at least one positioning device, at least one coolant container containing the cooling medium, a manipulation gripper comprising a plurality of pincers and being structured and arranged to move the rail. The method includes at least one of moving the rail from the roller table to the at least one coolant container positioning the rail into the at least one positioning device via the manipulation gripper, as well as moving the rail into the coolant medium with the at least one positioning device.
Claims10
A system structured and arranged to harden rails by cooling, in a cooling medium, at least one part of a respective rail cross-section of a rail over an entire length of the rail, the system comprising:
- a cross displacement device arranged in an area of a roller table;
- at least one positioning device;
- at least one coolant container containing the cooling medium;
- a manipulation gripper comprising a plurality of pincers and being structured and arranged to move the rail;
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- each pincer comprising gripping arms having centering portions configured to axially align a head portion of the rail and gripping portions configured to hold a foot portion of the rail,
- wherein the system is structured and arranged to accurately insert the rail into the at least one positioning device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.