Railway Track & Structures - January 2009 - (Page 33) RAIL REPORT upgrading rail quality Improved equipment and sophisticated technology enable the nation’s steel mills to improve metallurgical quality of rails, leading to longer service life. by Tom Judge, editor Steel mills R ail is a fundamental—and very expensive—asset for any railroad. Three U.S.-based steelmakers are improving the quality of their product to reduce flaws and generally increase service life. “Beginning in 2007, ArcelorMittal ArcelorMittal Steelton embarked on a $10-million capital plan to improve rail quality specifically aimed at the Class 1 railroads,” said Dave Wirick, ArcelorMittal Steelton general manager. “We invested in three projects: the installation of electromagnetic stirring at the bloom caster, improvements to our headhardening process and purchase of a Newage Rockwell tester to confirm hardness results with speed and accuracy. “The installation of the electromagnetic stirring has delivered more homogeneous cast steel to our jumbo bloom,” he said. “The process imRails wait on the cooling bed in Steel Dynamics mill in Columbia City, Ind. www.rtands.com Railway Track & Structures January 2009 33 http://www.rtands.com
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