Railway Tie Inspection and Plater System

[@johnstudd4245]

I thought the automation was interesting. For those bashing wooden ties, wood is a renewable resource. The US and Canada still have lots of forests. Provides lots of different jobs. Concrete ties require energy and create pollution to make, and have very limited use when they are worn out. Used wooden ties can be used for a number of different things. If they were not cost effective, wood would not be used. Tie makers claim that wooden ties leave a smaller carbon footprint to make, use, and dispose of.

[@josephpadula2283]

Used Creosote rail ties ( sleepers for our cousins across the pond) are not allowed to be reused for most of the things they are used for by EPA rules. So don’t get caught .

[@chrisclarke7828]

More important here is not the machinery but the engineers who designed it.

[@CXensation]

Very nice demo

[@haroldreardon8070]

Not much can be seen here in this video other than ties being moved around. Obviously saw the 'no-split screens' pressed into the ends but other than that it was 10 minutes of wood moving.

[@MrGus.1]

Would have been great if there was a commentary on each step.

[@jorgeduartebenther]

Amazing video. What is the weight of one piece of tie?

[@mtl-ss1538]

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[@gabrielgonzales8163]

buenos videos madera construciones bueno

[@fakenoobyup5492]

btw most of those greyish beams are already beginning to rot

[@telcelmagdalena6288]

Y ke le ponen a los durmientes aceite kemado, chapopote, o diesel con aceite?

[@paulbeach7129]

This might just be coming from my own company’s safety atmosphere, but why so little guarding?

[@robertbaraga5188]

looks like it’s fully automated. I don’t see any workers wandering around.

[@1982MCI]

Paul Beach it is automated equipment that is why you only saw 2-3 employees from end to end just watching. If there is a mechanical issue which there rarely is then the specific piece is shut down and isolated and anyone working on it would place a personal lock on the electrical feed so there would be no way of anybody starting it up while it was being worked on, it is the best guard ever created for machinery

[@anujchandkapoor]

So the entire world is moving towards alternative to wood for railway sleepers.

[@TomsChevelle]

I would like to see recycled plastic wood ties. Like Trex decking material.

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

@@TomsChevelle. It wouldn’t come close to supporting 200 ton locomotives.

[@bestamerica]

' what is that use block woods for... building homes or train tracks

[@newdogatplay]

this was at 1 time a task that took many mens to do. to take care of their family they was paid by the foot and it was all done with ax and saw,now its probly done with 2 men one to push the buttons on the belt/track an roller line and another to load the tucks and train as they leave the factory ,many a lumber jack lost their jobs over this setup

[@JG40061]

Does this plant pressure treat them?

[@PenduManufacturing]

No it doesn't!

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

@@PenduManufacturing Why no treating?

[@eveadams7528]

#2wheelcity we can speed this up ALOT RITE.

[@rant1200]

I guess they don't creosote the ties anymore.

[@georgepretnick4460]

Railroad ties should be made out of recycled injection molded plastic. Less trees cut, more plastic recycled.

[@joshua43214]

Do you really think recycled plastic will work for railroad ties?

[@EL300B]

Sounds good,but would they crush and deform?

[@MrGus.1]

Wouldn't it be great if they could recycle leftist democrats into railroad ties? Win, win, win!

[@charliebrown4007]

do you sell rail road tie scrap wood for burning in fireplace or wood stove

[@PenduManufacturing]

We sell the equipment to cut wood, we don't actually produce wood products. You can try going to a sawmill, they might have what you are looking for

[@chrisclarke7828]

@@PenduManufacturing Jeez now there is a human reply, a machine would not have written that.

[@workingguy6666]

Outdated process now that the industry is switching everything to concrete rail ties.

[@baconman2.052]

No

[@MrGus.1]

NS RR is replacing all the rotting, deteriorating wooden ties with fresh wooden ties. I'm suspecting the crazy price of concrete and its penchant for cracking is slowing the demise of old, reliable wood ties.

[@workingguy6666]

@@MrGus.1 I may be seeing something else this much later on - I think I see that one of the lines who were using concrete ties have now replaced some of them. I think (haven't been close enough to inspect it) there is a pile of concrete ties that have been pulled. So you may be correct on this. I can see how the flexible wooden ties would be better if the surface underneath isn't perfect ... and since it's large gravel that it sits on, it can never be perfect.

[@benniehazelwood3088]

When do thay get dip in criesoak?

[@rosewhite---]

CREOSOTE!

[@jamesshanks2614]

Where the devil are the tie plates installed. Didn't see a single tie plate installed. Ok so you sell the equipment, wher there'll are the plates?

[@dremwolf5419]

Guess you blinked at the 5:00 minute mark.

[@jamesshanks2614]

Dremwolf Those are not tie plates, those and stamped prices of aluminum to hold the end of the ties to cover the end of the ties to increase the lifetime of the tie. I worked as a locomotive engineer before I retired and believe me I know what a tie plate looks like. These ties don't have any.

[@dremwolf5419]

Maybe they should have used the actual name of their equipment to make it clear. Tie plate (name on machine) End plate (from their website).

[@4thgradedropout980]

James Shanks most crossties (8'6") will not be pre-plated. Even when you build a panel you only need four, if at all.

[@PenduManufacturing]

it is a metal tie plate

[@KP-oe8sk]

very poor system.europe does not use wooden ties. they are ripping them out as needed.

[@ihorzu3071]

стільки конструкції щоб торцанути брус можна здуріти

[@NamLe-ug4bc]

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[@peace8373]

Why do we still use wood in America, when all the rest of the world uses concrete.

[@Geeves8612]

I am not sure where you heard this about them needing work every six months. Concrete sleepers can have little to no attention for 20 to 30 YEARS or more and still be perfect

[@brennoncheshire8613]

Concrete breaks up

[@mattmoschkau84]

Not all of the world has changed over to concrete and here in the US railroads are switching to concrete when it makes sense.

[@markryan5493]

Not heard of concrete? Lasts for ever

[@Kmecha84]

Mark Ryan Concrete ties don't rot but snap. Rail companies have it all figured out on what works and doesn't work in certain parts of the world

[@billymoore8731]

Mark Ryan concrete breaks

[@1982MCI]

Mark Ryan concrete will not stand the stress that wood will, a concrete tie on a main rail will snap within weeks and a wood tie will last 10 years or more at least

[@mansinghvishwakarma1658]

Mark Ryan gjv

[@joshua43214]

Concrete is good for passenger light rail, sucks for heavy freight rail.