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UEEIV: 9th Railway Talk
11/03/2025 @ 17:00 - 19:00

UEEIV
8th Railway Talk
Solutions for Switches
Presentations & Speakers:
Chair: Marco Corradini, Railway Manager Expert at SBB CFF FFS, active member and lecturer at CIFI
Presentations
Improving Asset Reliability and Asset Life – Rob Taylor, Utilities – Rail Director – Interflon UK
The presentation will introduce Interflon’s lubrication-coatings technology, followed by the client’s journey using the technology in all aspects of the switch design and its reliability, performance and MTBF mean time between failure data improvements. It will also discuss best practices for using Interflon products in railway maintenance.
All the solutions are focused on providing tools to Rail Operators, who are the main contributors to the UIC Resilient Railways task force.
Switch point rollers – more that rolling instead of sliding – Robert Kollouch, Head of Railway Engineering – AUSTROROLL®, Wieland Austria GmbH
Modern rolling devices not only ensure a low-friction switching movement of the switch tongue, they also offer other advantages for the “Complete system turnout”.
The presentation gives a general overview of the switch-point roller topic in turnouts, the different designs and the current state of technology.
The benefit of such a solution, will be shown using the sustainable and internationally proven roller system Austroroll®, a trademark of Wieland Austria GmbH.
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