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File No.

RDSO-TI0LKO(OHE)/86/2020-O/o PED/TI/RDSO
भारत सरकार, रे ल मंतालय दरू भाष/Telephone:
अनुसंधान अभभककल पर मानक संगठन, बीएसएनएल/BSNL:91-522-2465731
मानकनगर, लखनऊ&226011 रे लवे/Railway: 42804
Government of India, Ministry of Railways फैकस/Fax : 91-0522-2465731
Research, Designs & Standards Organisation ई मेल/E-mail : dtiohed.rdso@gmail.com
Manak Nagar, Lucknow – 226011

To,

(a) The Principal Chief Electrical Engineer,

1. South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach, Kolkata – 700043.


2. Eastern Railway, Fairlie Place, Kolkata – 700 001.
3. Northern Railway, Baroda House, New Delhi – 110 001.
4. Southern Railway, Park Town, Chennai- 600 003.
5. South Central Railway, Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad -500371.
6. Western Railway, Church Gate, Mumbai- 400 020.
7. Central Railway, 2ndFloor,Parcel Office Building, Mumbai CST-400 001.
8. South Western Railway, Hubli- 580028.
9. West Central Railway, Jabalpur- 482 001.
10. East Coast Railway, B-2, BDA Rental Colony, Chandrasheharpur, Bhubaneswar-
751023
11. East Central Railway, Hazipur (Bihar)-844 101.
12. North Central Railway,Subedarganj, Allahabad -211 001.
13. North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur-220055.
14. North western Railway, near Jawahar Circle, Jaipur-302017.
15. South East Central Railway, Bilaspur-495 004.
16. North East Frontier Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati-781011.
17. Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd.,BelapurBhavan, Sector-11, CBD-Belapur, Navi
Mumbai, Maharastra- 400614.

(b) Chief Administrative Officer,

Central Organization for Railway Electrification, Nawab Yusuf Road,


Allahabad- 211 001.

Sub: Use of Graphite Grease in Traction Bond.

Ref: (i) RB’s letter no. 2008/EEM/220/1 dated 27.10.2020


(MSG item No. 31.10).
(ii) CEDE/SER’s letter no CEE/D/230 dated 22.06.2021
(Copy Enclosed).

1.0 Vide Railway Board letter referred at (i) above, in 31 st MSG held at
Somnath in WR on 8 & 9 November, 2019, Railway Board recommended
in item no. 31.10 of 31st MSG that “Galvanised Bond with graphite
grease should be tried in the field”. The trial should be done by SER on a
representative section and feedback should be sent to RDSO/TI within
three month from issue of minutes referred above.
File No.RDSO-TI0LKO(OHE)/86/2020-O/o PED/TI/RDSO
2.0 Vide SER letter reference ii) above, SER has informed that field trial
for Galvanized/MS bond with graphite grease has been carried out in KGP
division of SER & the result of field trial is found satisfactory.

3.0 In view of para 2.0 above, you are advised to use stranded
Galvanized steel bond (flexible)/MS flat Bond with graphite grease to
reduce the contact resistance between bond and rail at bolted joint.

4.0 This is issued with the approval of competent authority.

(Girraj Kishore)
Joint Director Traction Installation-2
[For Director General (TI)]
Encl-As stated above.

Copy to: Secretary (Electrical)/Railway Board, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi- 110 001.

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