Railway fish plate, it is also called rail joint or joint bar. As one of the rail components, rail joint's function is different from other rail components. Rail joint is a flat metal plate usually used to connect adjacent two rails by a number of rail bolts or railroad spikes. In general, railway fish plates are made of steel, but plastics and composites are alternative raw materials for rail joint.
According to different applications, rail joint can be classified into many types. Typical rail joint types include ordinary rail joint, insulated rail joint, non-standard rail joint and compromise rail joint.
Common rail joint
Common rail fish plate is made of the general material Q235 steel, this kind of rail fish plate can be used in various types of rail tracks. Appearance and weight of ordinary rail joint has some differences with the different weight of railway track. Main types of ordinary railway fish plate are 4hole and 6hole.
Insulated rail joint
The raw material and production process of insulated rail joint are decided by the process standard of insulating material. The size of insulated rail joint is same with the ordinary rail joint. Insulated rail joint is generally applied at railway section that near power plant or leaky section. Insulated rail joint can effectively prevent the occurrence of electrical leakage accidents.
Non-standard rail joint
Non-standard rail joint has various types in all rail joints. For the section and speed of different railways, which decides some rail joints are different from ordinary railway fish plates. Normally, non-standard rail joints have three types, such as different weight, different pitch and different appearance.
Compromise rail joint
Compromise rail joint is different with non-standard rail joint. General compromise rail joints include bulge railway fishplate and railway Switch Expansion Joint. Basically, compromise rail joints are customized, and they are mainly used in switch expansion Joint or some railway sections appearance with special design and requirements. Compared to other types of rail joint, compromise rail joint are difficult to process.
GNEE RAIL can provide various types of standard railway fishplates. If you have special customized requirements, please contact us.