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    The MAURER Guided Cross-Tie railway expansion joint allows for longitudinal displacements of up to 1,600 mm at the ends of railway bridge decks through a compact design that facilitates large movement while maintaining controlled sleeper spacing. It covers vertical displacements and rotations of the superstructure through independent supporting axes that accommodate torsional resilience with minimal constraints. Installation can be done in extreme curves or slopes without limiting train speed, and it provides long-term durability and water-tightness while allowing replacement of wearing parts from below.

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    The MAURER Guided Cross-Tie railway expansion joint allows for longitudinal displacements of up to 1,600 mm at the ends of railway bridge decks through a compact design that facilitates large movement while maintaining controlled sleeper spacing. It covers vertical displacements and rotations of the superstructure through independent supporting axes that accommodate torsional resilience with minimal constraints. Installation can be done in extreme curves or slopes without limiting train speed, and it provides long-term durability and water-tightness while allowing replacement of wearing parts from below.

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    MAURER Guided Cross-Tie: Railway Expansion Joint

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    The MAURER Guided Cross-Tie railway expansion joint allows for longitudinal displacements of up to 1,600 mm at the ends of railway bridge decks through a compact design that facilitates large movement while maintaining controlled sleeper spacing. It covers vertical displacements and rotations of the superstructure through independent supporting axes that accommodate torsional resilience with minimal constraints. Installation can be done in extreme curves or slopes without limiting train speed, and it provides long-term durability and water-tightness while allowing replacement of wearing parts from below.

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    MAURER Guided Cross-Tie

    Railway Expansion Joint

    MAURER Guided cross-tie

    At the ends of railway bridge decks displacements occur  Longitudinal displacements of the superstructure of up
    which are caused not only by changes in temperature, but
    to 1,600 mm possible
    also by concentrated acting live loads. These displacements
    can cause stresses in the rails. In particular in case of a non-  Compact design while facilitating a large movement
    ballasted track the resulting vertical displacements and capacity
    rotations cannot be accommodated by the resilience of the
     Controlled spacing of sleepers caused by “non-floating
    ballast, but required is a suitable bridging system. The
    objective is to allow a free vertical displacement in support”
    combination with a longitudinal displacement at the ends of  Covering all usually occurring end rotations and
    the superstructure, as well as a limitation of the vertical mutually vertical displacements of the superstructure
    forces in the supporting points of the rails while maintaining
    the passing comfortable. In consideration of the of a non-ballasted track
    permissible spacing of the sleepers, Maurer adapted the  Torsional resilience and little constraints by
    “swivel joist joint system” which is being used for decades independently acting supporting axes
    in road bridges to the requirements of railway bridges.
     Installation possible also in extreme curves and in a
    The durable solution is named Guided Cross-Tie system and
    is characterized by the following points: longitudinal slope
     No limitation of the passing velocity of the train
     Long term wear resistant, fatigue proof, and watertight
     Wearing parts can be replaced from below
     Safe anchorage against uplift in the concrete
     Independent of the type of the fixation of the rails
     No gapping in the supporting elements possible

    PI 064 EN / 2015-10 1/4 forces in motion


    MAURER Guided Cross-Tie
    Railway Expansion Joint

    So called Guided Cross-Tie systems which are individually The bending strain in the rails is being allocated equally to
    guided take care of the traffic loads and the movement of the two edges, in case of rotations around the longitudinal
    the superstructure. These sleepers are prestressed on two axis of the structure the system can freely rotate, which is
    skewly positioned support beams below, and at least facilitated by the two separate supporting axes. Each
    partially supported in sliding. A third support beam is in moving sleeper is separately controlled, and thus the
    charge of the control of the displacements. These support system employs redundancy in case of local damages.
    beams are themselves supported on rocker bearings which
    are located at the edge of the superstructure. The guiding The installation of the Guided Cross-Tie is being done by one
    mechanism at these bearings leads to a swiveling single unit, inclusive of the connecting structures to the
    movement of the support bars when the superstructure edges of the superstructure. Thus the adaption to its final
    undergoes a longitudinal displacement, while ensuring an position is easily possible and does not require any final
    equal spacing between the sleepers. Vertical displacements adjustments..
    between the edges of the superstructure can be
    accommodated by way of rotation of the bearings.

    Fig. 1 - Section MAURER Guided Cross-Tie System Type WS 1

    PI 064 EN / 2015-10 2/4 forces in motion


    MAURER Guided Cross-Tie
    Railway Expansion Joint

    Fig. 2 - Ground View MAURER Guided Cross-Tie System WS 1

    PI 064 EN / 2015-10 3/4 forces in motion


    MAURER Guided Cross-Tie
    Railway Expansion Joint

    Fig. 3 - Sections MAURER Guided Cross-Tie System WS 1

    — www.maurer.eu —

    PI 064 EN / 2015-10 4/4 forces in motion

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