PROJECT:

EPOXY TREATMENT OF
GROOVED PSC SLEEPERS AT
CURVES ON HIGH DENSITY LINES
- HUBLI DN / SWR
 PROJECT TEAM

 RAVIKANT, DEN / HYBLI / SWR

 CHATURVEDI, DSTE / NCR
 V.RATNA SABABATHY, WM / RWF
 PURUSHOTHAM LAL, DPO / NR
 SRIKANT MISHRA, STM / ALD
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
PROJECT GUIDE

MR R.S.RAJ PUROHIT,
SENIOR PROFESSOR
( CIVIL ENGINEERING )
 INTRODUCTION
 NEED FOR TRACK TO HAUL HIGHER
AXLE LOAD ROLLING STOCK WHICH
REQUIRE HEAVY INVESTMENT ON
REBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE.
 TO IDENTIFY WAYS AND MEANS TO
IMPROVE THROUGHPUT WITH
IMPROVED MEAN TIME BETWEEN
FAILURES.
 CONSTRAINTS

LIMITATIONS IN INCREASING THE

LENGTH OF RAILS / USAGE OF
LONG WELDED RAILS DUE TO
TERRAIN.

WHAT ABOUT SHARP CURVES AND

STEEP GRADIENTS?
 PROBLEMS FACED

SWR – HUBLI DN: DHARWAR – LONDA

SECTION COMPRISES OF LARGE
NUMBER OF REVERSE CURVES WITH
GRADIENTS OF 1 IN 100 HAS LARGE
NUMBER OF FISH PLATED JOINTS AT
EVERY SHORT WELDED PANEL
LENGTH CUASING GROOVED
SLEEPERS
 REASONS

GROOVING OF PSC SLEEPERS AT

RAIL SEAT BEING IRON ORE ROUTE
HAVING TRAFFIC DENSITY OF 35-40
GMT / YEAR CLEARED FOR CC+8+2 T
NO INPUT ON INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENT.
 RESULTS

 Formation of battered / hogged joints

leading to frequent crushing of GRP
 Gauge slackness.
 Manual maintenance only feasible
due to Check Rails
EFFECT OF GROOVED SLEEPERS
 EXCESSIVE SLACK GAUGE
 INCREASES POSITIVE
ANGULARITY WHICH AIDS
DERAILMENT IF NOT ATTENDED.
 WASTAGE OF MANPOWER
 LOSS OF LINE CAPACITY
REMEDIAL MEASURES
ADOPTED

 PROVISIONOF THICK LINER

 REPLACEMENT OF GRP
 RENEWAL OF GROOVED
SLEEPERS
 PROBLEM SOLVING

REPLACE – TIME
CONSUMING AND HEAVY
DOWN TIME
REPAIR – COST EFFECTIVE
AND MINIMUM DOWN TIME
REPAIR TECHNIQUES
 REPAIRING BY PATCH UP WITH
CONCRETE.
 REPAIRING WITH A MATERIAL
WHICH CAN ABSORB
COMPRESSIVE FORCES CAUSED
DUE TO HIGHER AXLE LOADS
EPOXY TREATMENT

EPICHLOROHYDRIN AND BISPHNOL-A

MATERIAL WHICH HAS HIGH ADHESIVE
STRENGTH AND GOOD RESISTANCE
TO WEAR & TEAR IS USED ALONG
WITH RESIN + HARDNER + SILICA
FLOUR
CHARECTERISTIC OF
EPOXY MATERIAL
 HIGH COMPRESSIVE
STRENGTH OF 60 N/
SQMM AGAINST 52.5 N / SQ
MM for PSC SLEEPERS.
 HIGH ADHESIVENESS.

 HIGH ABRASSIVE RESISTANCE

METHOD OF TREATMENT
 SURFACE PREPARATION
 RAKING

 PRIMING

 APPLICATION

 CURING
ADVANTAGES ON EPOXY
TREATMENT

EASY
SIMPLE

COST EFFECTIVE

IMPROVED MEANTIME

BETWEENFAILURES
 OUR SINCER THANKS TO
SRI A.K.SRIVASTAV, SPST
DR B.V.L.NARAYANA, SPTM
SRI R.S.RAJ PUROHIT, SPCE
SRI PRAKASAM, SPEE (RETD)
& ALL MY COLLEGUES
FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT