FULL SCALE TESTING AT TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN (TUM)
Selecting the harshest tests
While the new European standard EN 16843:2024 ("Railway applications - Infrastructure - Mechanical requirements for joints in running rails") is going adopted throughout all Europe, we tested the ABJ also in more demanding conditions. Two standards were selected:
- RFI TCAR SF AR 07 008 A ("Technical Specification for supply of IRJ")
- TCDD ("İZOLELİ RAY CONTASI (IRC) TEKNİK ŞARTNAMESİ" - “ INSULATED RAIL SEAL (IRC) TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION”
ALL approval tests passed!
The TUM laboratory issued the following reports:
Pull-apart tests:
1 - EN 16843:2024 =1450 kN
2 - RFI TCAR SF AR 07 008 A = 1500 kN
3 - OeBB/TCDD = 2000 kN
Bending fatigue tests:
1. EN 16843:2024 = 3 million cycles, max 26.5 kNm
2. RFI TCAR SF AR 07 008 A = 2 million cycles, max 71.25 kNm
3. OeBB/TCDD = 5 million load cycles, max 50 kNm
