Two functions of rail pads in railway systems

Aug 22, 2025 Leave a message

Rail pads, originally called sole plates, are elastic polyurethane mats assembled between steel rails and rail sleepers to protect the sleeper top from wearing and impacting.

 

GNEE RAIL specializes in producing rail fastening parts include Rail Pads. Keep the rail stable, to preclude and buffer impact, increase friction and reduce vibration, rail EVA pad lies between the rails and base plates. It can be made of HDPE, EVA, rubber, and EPDM materials. Main rail pads are made for E type rail fastening system and SKL type rail fastening system.

 

elastic fasteners

 

In the railway system, rail pads act in two main ways: rail pads can diminish shock or impact loads by providing compliance, and they reduce (by isolation and perhaps by damping) resonant vibrations excited in the concrete sleepers (lowest resonant frequency about 200 Hz) and accommodate vibration deflections in the rail sections between the sleepers (about 0.12mm amplitude, 1000 Hz).


In addition rail pads prevent rail sleeper abrasion, and crushing of the sleeper under the rail foot.

 

rail fasteners

 

GNEE RAIL's Rail Pad Product Details

 

Raw Material Rubber,EVA,TPEE,HDPE
Standard UIC,AREMA,TB/T2626-95
Application 43kg/m, 50kg/m, 60kg/m, 75kg/m,115RE,UIC54,UIC60,S49
Model number 43-7-7, 43-10-7, 50-7-9, 50-10-9, 60-10-17, 60-12-17
Operating temperature -50~70 degrees
Certificate MSDS,ROHS,REACH
Notes They should be stored in clean, ventilated place. Don't be direct sunlight, keep away from heat source and chemical reagent. Don't touch the oil, organic solvent and other chemicals. Banned exposure.