Fasteners help railroads get a grip

摘要

To paraphrase the philosopher, if the fasteners don't hold, there is chaos. Fortunately, fasteners suppliers are coming up with new products and features that ensure everything will hold together-and chaos can be kept at bay. "AirBoss continues to make progress with our Tie Captive System that offers our fastening components pre-assembled on a concrete tie," said Bob Magnuson, president of AirBoss Railway Products, Inc. "Sufficient interest has been generated with our customers that will encourage significant installations this month. The benefits of the system are reduced labor input for field installation and larger shoulder face design to increase insulator life. By integrating the existing clip design into the new system, we are confident that fastening dependability and service life will generate significant improvements for the end user. Preliminary laboratory examinations have verified this optimism.