EP2528702B1 - Methods of manufacturing a resilient rail clip - Google Patents

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EP2528702B1
EP2528702B1 EP10796315.9A EP10796315A EP2528702B1 EP 2528702 B1 EP2528702 B1 EP 2528702B1 EP 10796315 A EP10796315 A EP 10796315A EP 2528702 B1 EP2528702 B1 EP 2528702B1
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Stephen John Cox
David Rhodes
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D53/00—Making other particular articles
    • B21D53/36—Making other particular articles clips, clamps, or like fastening or attaching devices, e.g. for electric installation
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B9/00—Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like
    • E01B9/02—Fastening rails, tie-plates, or chairs directly on sleepers or foundations; Means therefor
    • E01B9/28—Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry with clamp members
    • E01B9/30—Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry with clamp members by resilient steel clips
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B9/00—Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like
    • E01B9/02—Fastening rails, tie-plates, or chairs directly on sleepers or foundations; Means therefor
    • E01B9/28—Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry with clamp members
    • E01B9/30—Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry with clamp members by resilient steel clips
    • E01B9/303—Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry with clamp members by resilient steel clips the clip being a shaped bar

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  • the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a resilient rail clip.
  • a known method of manufacturing a resilient rail clip comprises bending a metal rod (usually made of steel) into a predetermined shape and then subjecting the bent rod to a cold setting process to achieve the final form of the clip.
  • Such rods have a common load-deflection characteristic with a common slope (clip stiffness) up to the elastic limit of the metal from which the bent rod is formed.
  • Cold setting is intended to take the bent rod beyond that elastic limit, thereby inducing a permanent deflection (set) into the resulting clip, such that if it is then unloaded and taken up the load-deflection characteristic a second time, the load-deflection characteristic will be linear up to a much higher load, that is up to the load at which the new characteristic intercepts that for the original rod.
  • One of the key problems in cold-setting is that the metal rods from which the clips are made themselves vary in hardness, typically between 44 and 48 Rockwell hardness.
  • a method of manufacturing a resilient rail clip comprising bending a rod, made of metal having a hardness value falling within a known hardness value range, into a predetermined shape and then subjecting the bent rod to a cold setting process in order to induce in the bent rod a predetermined amount of permanent set
  • the cold setting process comprises: applying a first load to part of the bent rod so as to cause a first amount of deflection of that part of the bent rod, which first load is a predetermined load having a value equal to or greater than that required to reach the yield point of metal having the highest hardness value in the said hardness value range; measuring the first amount of deflection of the said part of the bent rod achieved by applying the predetermined first load; determining, on the basis of the measured deflection amount, either (i) a second load, which, when applied to the said part of the bent rod, will cause the bent rod to acquire the predetermined amount of permanent set, or (ii) a second amount of
  • a method of manufacturing a resilient rail clip comprising bending a rod, made of metal having a hardness value falling within a known hardness value range, into a predetermined shape and then subjecting the bent rod to a cold setting process in order to induce in the bent rod a predetermined amount of permanent set
  • the cold setting process comprises: deflecting part of the bent rod by a predetermined first amount by applying a first load having a value equal to or greater than that required to reach the yield point of metal having the highest hardness value in the said hardness value range; measuring the amount of the first load required to achieve the predetermined first amount of deflection; determining, on the basis of the measured first load, either (i) a second deflection amount required in order to bring about in the bent rod the predetermined amount of permanent set, or (ii) a second load, which, when applied to the said part of the bent rod, will cause the bent rod to acquire the predetermined amount of permanent set; and deflecting the said
  • a rod of metal having a hardness value falling within a known hardness value range, is bent into a predetermined clip shape (see Figure 3A ) and then subjected to a two-stage cold setting process, as shown in the flow diagrams of Figure 2A or 2B .
  • the rod is loaded to a level equal to or beyond the yield point of a rod having a hardness value at the top of the hardness value range (STEP 1).
  • the measured deflection d X is then used to determine the amount of force F 0 + ⁇ F X or second deflection amount d X + ⁇ d X (STEP 3, Figure 2A ) required in order to induce in the bent rod a predetermined amount of permanent set S in a second stage of the process, during which the larger force or deflection is applied to the rod.
  • the measured force F X is then used to determine the deflection d 0 + ⁇ d X or second load F X + ⁇ F X (STEP 3, Figure 2B ) required in order to induce in the bent rod a predetermined amount of permanent set S in a second stage of the process, during which the larger deflection or force is applied to the rod.
  • the measured values are used by equipment (and/or by a person) to find the additional force/deflection required, for example by reference to a predetermined look-up table or by calculation.
  • the rod is subjected to the force or deflection determined in STEP 3 of the preceding stage, the amount of which will vary depending on the hardness of the rod, such that the resulting clip (see Figure 3B ) is always set to a point that lies along a line that is parallel to the initial load-deflection characteristic of the original rod, as shown in Figures 4A and 4B .
  • each clip when unloaded will always fall back along an extension of this line, and thus all clips made using this method will have the same amount of set, and therefore the same finished geometry, as each other, regardless of the hardness of the rod.
  • employing a method embodying the present invention allows the geometry of the clip after the cold-setting process to be closely defined, and in particular it may be more precisely defined than the geometry of the clip before the cold-setting process.
  • Figure 4A shows the load-deflection characteristics for clips of different respective hardness, before (thinner lines) and after (thicker lines) cold setting by a method embodying the first aspect of the present invention, in which a measurement is taken of how much deflection, d H (hard clip) or d S (soft clip), has resulted from application to the clip of a fixed applied force F 0 , and the measured deflection for that clip (d H /d S ) is then used to determine the amount of force, F 0 + ⁇ F H (hard clip) or F 0 + ⁇ F S (soft clip), or the amount of deflection, d H + ⁇ d H (hard clip) or d S + ⁇ d S (soft clip), required in order to achieve a predetermined amount of permanent set S.
  • d H hard clip
  • d S soft clip
  • Figure 4B shows the load-deflection characteristics for clips of different respective hardness, before (thinner lines) and after (thicker lines) cold setting by a method embodying the second aspect of the present invention, in which a measurement is taken of how much force, F H (hard clip) or F S (soft clip), is required in order to achieve a fixed deflection d 0 of the clip, and the measured force for that clip (F H /F S ) is then used to determine the amount of deflection, d 0 + ⁇ d H (hard clip) or d 0 + ⁇ d S (soft ciip), or the amount of force, F H + ⁇ F H (hard clip) or F S + ⁇ F S (soft clip), required in order to achieve a predetermined amount of permanent set S. All clips cold set in this manner, throughout the whole of the hardness range, will have the same set S.

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  • Clamps And Clips (AREA)
  • Railway Tracks (AREA)
  • Investigating Strength Of Materials By Application Of Mechanical Stress (AREA)
  • Bending Of Plates, Rods, And Pipes (AREA)
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SI201030911T SI2528702T1 (sl) 2010-01-27 2010-12-03 Postopek izdelave prožne tirnične sponke
PL10796315T PL2528702T3 (pl) 2010-01-27 2010-12-03 Sposoby wytwarzania sprężystego zacisku szynowego

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GB1001301A GB2477282A (en) 2010-01-27 2010-01-27 Method of manufacturing a resilient metal rail clip with hardness within a known range
PCT/EP2010/068893 WO2011091893A1 (en) 2010-01-27 2010-12-03 Methods of manufacturing a resilient rail clip

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EP (1) EP2528702B1 (pl)
JP (1) JP5677466B2 (pl)
KR (1) KR101779394B1 (pl)
CN (1) CN102712028B (pl)
AU (1) AU2010344043B2 (pl)
BR (1) BR112012017549B1 (pl)
CA (1) CA2787694C (pl)
DK (1) DK2528702T3 (pl)
ES (1) ES2531309T3 (pl)
GB (1) GB2477282A (pl)
MX (1) MX2012008685A (pl)
PL (1) PL2528702T3 (pl)
PT (1) PT2528702E (pl)
RU (1) RU2543588C2 (pl)
SI (1) SI2528702T1 (pl)
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BR112012017549B1 (pt) 2020-04-22
KR101779394B1 (ko) 2017-09-18
JP5677466B2 (ja) 2015-02-25
EP2528702A1 (en) 2012-12-05
CN102712028B (zh) 2014-11-05
PT2528702E (pt) 2015-02-27
GB201001301D0 (en) 2010-03-10
PL2528702T3 (pl) 2015-07-31
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RU2543588C2 (ru) 2015-03-10
GB2477282A (en) 2011-08-03
SI2528702T1 (sl) 2015-05-29
MX2012008685A (es) 2012-08-23
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BR112012017549A2 (pt) 2016-06-28
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