Voestalpine Vae Gmbh

Voestalpine Bwg Gmbh & Co. Kg

Voestalpine Bwg Gmbh

Voestalpine Railway Systems Gmbh

Voestalpine Turnout Technology Germany Gmbh

Jürgen Hellbach

Thomas Christ

Thomas Bergk

Torsten Nolte

Harald Kopilovitsch

A switch device including a switch rail (), the switch device having at least one stock rail (), a junction rail () and a switch rail support (), and the switch rail and the connecting rail being interconnected by a weld joint (). The switch rail support () includes a through-opening () or a recess beneath the weld joint, the width of the through-opening or the recess being wider than the width of the switch rail (). Furthermore, the length of the through-opening or the recess allows the junction rail () to connect to switch rails of the same or different lengths.

Switch device

A grooved rail switch device () having a switch rail (), the switch device having a monobloc design and comprising at least one stock rail (), a junction rail () and a switch rail support (), and the switch rail () and the junction rail () being mechanically interconnected. The switch rail () and the junction rail () merge into each other by means of a joint () that is S-shaped in the horizontal section.

A superstructure device () for a set of points having a switch support which is composed of a block of high-strength steel and which has stock and short point rails which delimit said switch support and are formed integrally from the block, wherein the block is connected to a lower part composed of a material other than the high-strength steel, such as mild steel, and is in particular connected in a materially joined fashion, wherein the block extends essentially over the entire length of a switch rail device as the superstructure device on both sides beyond the switch support, and the lower part is a means of supporting the block in the form of at least two supports which are spaced apart from one another.

Superstructure device

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Günthersleben-Wechmar, Germany

Jürgen Hellbach