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Rail Components Catalog Track Products Rail Flaw Detectors

Rail Industry Component:
Geismar Modern Track Machinery Inc.: Model FILUS X-17W

Geismar Modern Track Machinery Inc.

Model FILUS X-17W is a hand-pushed rail defects detection trolley specially designed to check on-track a single rail by ultrasonic testing. The trolley is capable of continuous detection of the rail for a number of defects, including transversal flaws in the head of the rail (kidney-shaped defects), inspection of gauge and field faces for head checks, longitudinal flaws over the whole height of the rail, star cracks around bolt holes, vertical cracks in welds, porosity and inclusions in thermit welds and corrosion defects at the rail foot.