Low Carbon and Low Carbon Vanadium (LCV) R290V Grooved Rails: the best options for city transport network

ARCELORMITTAL SPAIN

Use of Low Carbon and Low Carbon Vanadium (LCV) rails, with the addition of very small amounts of Vanadium provides an increased grain refinement throughout the entire rail and not just the outer surface.

In fact, experience has shown Low Carbon (softer steel) rails are most suitable for City Transit embedded tracks. Thus, extending the life of the rail, and avoiding the high cost of replacing embedded grooved rail and street disruption.

Low carbon and LCV grades such as R290V provide increased performance effectively solving rolling contact fatigue / head checks linked with extreme hardness levels (HBW). One Grade = One Rail, with no outer rail treatment for best deposit welding techniques. In addition, rail bar welds of R290V do not loose performance at the weld point.

ArcelorMittal has developed a Rail Tool App available for Android and iOS, allows city transport key players to:

get interactive information regarding standards and profiles for different grooved products calculate rail length or tonnage for different types of urban railway projects download the dimensional profile drawing