Getzner Werkstoffe Holding Gmbh

Sateba Systeme Vagneux

Andreas Augustin

Harald Loy

Stefan Potocan

Charles Petit

An under sleeper pad () to be fastened to an underside () of a sleeper (), on the opposite side from the tracks (). The under sleeper pad () has at least one elastic layer () having cork grains () of a cork granulate distributed throughout. In addition, the elastic layer () has at least one cellular synthetic elastomer ().

Under sleeper pad

The invention relates to a sleeper pad () for fastening to at least one outer surface () of a railway sleeper () facing a ballast bed (), the sleeper pad () including or consisting of at least one damping layer (), wherein the damping layer () has an EPM index in the range from 10 to 25%, preferably in the range from 10 to 20% when carrying out a load test.

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Nuziders, Austria

Andreas Augustin