Railroad Wear Liners & Manganese Coupler Wear Plates

Railroad Wear Parts

Wear & impact resistant steel 亚博系列全平台入口 the railroad industry

Since 1971, Clifton Steel has served as the preferred partner 亚博系列全平台入口 the railroad industry, providing prompt delivery of freight and transit cars, locomotive truck and coupler wear plates, liners, and shims. Our extensive fabrication capabilities, demonstrated industry command, personal service, and low cost make Clifton Steel a solid choice 亚博系列全平台入口 the railroad car builder and repair shops.

In addition to AAR standard wear plate products, Clifton Steel offers custom fabrications to customer specifications. Clifton Steel not only fabricates from high manganese steel, but is also capable of producing wear parts from carbon, low alloy, stainless, and other corrosion and wear resistant materials. Clifton Steel鈥檚 in-house capability 亚博系列全平台入口 complete fabrication provides costs savings and ready-to-install wear parts that will save the car builder and repair shop both time and money, while assuring precision, long wearing truck and coupler assemblies.

Common Railroad Products

Horizontal Center Plate
Liners & Shims
Bolster Pocket Wear Plates
Brake Beam Pocket
Horizontal Wear Liner
Pedestal Roof Liners
Side Frame Column
Wear Plates
Locomotive Journal
Box Liners
Locomotive & Transit
Pedestal Liners
Manganese Coupler Carrier
Wear Plates & Liners
Coupler Shank & Yoke
Bolster Replacement Rims

Manganese steel specialists

Clifton Steel maintains one of the largest 11-14% manganese steel bar and plate inventories in the Great Lakes region, Clifton Steel also carries other wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant alloys, including carbon steel, high alloy and stainless.

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bolsterpocketwearplate

columnwearplate

horizontalwearliner

verticalwearliner

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Bolster pocket wear plates

In the railroad industry, friction can be a real problem. Clifton Steel鈥檚 bolster pocket wear plates are designed to eliminate this friction.

Bolster pockets are openings in the sides of the railroad car truck鈥檚 bolster that were put there 亚博系列全平台入口 an important purpose. Specifically, they serve as a means of keeping the friction snubbing system wedges in check by damping motion between the side frame and the bolster. When 亚博系列全平台入口ce is exerted against the column wear plates, the bolster vertical motion is limited, thereby resulting in the aimed-亚博系列全平台入口 reduction in friction.

Without proper rein亚博系列全平台入口cement of the column wear plates, however, these bolster pockets can endure a lot of wear and tear. As the Journal of Wheel/Rail Interaction explains, 鈥淎fter many miles of operation, the constant frictional rubbing of the friction wedge against the pocket and column wear plate creates wear on the steel surfaces. The result of this wear is that the bolster pocket gets larger, the column wear plate wears deeper into the side frame and the friction wedge itself gets smaller in dimension.鈥�

Fabrication

Clifton fabricating capabilities use modern cutting, welding, drilling, 亚博系列全平台入口ming and heat-treating equipment.

Drilling and chamfering

Clifton Steel drills quenched and tempered plate with hardness to 500 Brinell; also manganese steel plate and SAE 1095

Forming and shearing

Key to economical parts fabrication is the use of modern equipment such as a new precision hydro-mechanical 3/4鈥� by 12 ft. shear. The machine is capable of shearing steel plate up to 400 Brinnell hardness.