Rail clips are key components of elastic fasteners in railway tracks. Through their own bending and torsional deformation, they generate clamping force to secure rails to sleepers, ensuring steel rail stability and gauge accuracy. Additionally, rail clips provide shock absorption, capable of absorbing impact energy generated by passing vehicles and improving ride comfort.
Spring Clip Functions
The primary function of rail clips is to fix rails, preventing their longitudinal and lateral movement relative to sleepers while maintaining gauge stability. Furthermore, they can absorb impacts and vibrations from train operations, achieving a shock-absorbing effect.
Railway Clip Structure
Rail clips produced by GNEE are made of high-strength spring steel, featuring excellent elasticity and toughness. By cooperating with sleepers and rails, they utilize their own elastic deformation to generate clamping force.
Elastic Clip Importance
Rail clips are crucial guarantees for the safe operation of railway tracks. High-quality rail clips ensure the reliability of rail connections, preventing rail misalignment and displacement, thereby safeguarding train operational safety. GNEE's rail clips are manufactured in strict accordance with standards, accompanied by a rigorous inspection system to ensure they possess sufficient clamping force and can absorb impact forces generated by train operations.
Railroad Elastic Clip Different Types
There are various types of rail clips available on the market, such as the British Pandrol clips and German SKL series clips. GNEE RAIL can fully meet customer requirements for different rail clip types, including SKL, KPO, Nabla, E Type, Fast, Fist, crane rail clips, etc.
E-type rail clip
Generally, e rail clips are available at the range from 18mm to 23mm diameter. Rail –e clip is usually made of spring steel. As an important type of elastic rail clips, E-rail clip has a lot of sizes, such as E1, E2, E3, E1609, E1809, E1817, E2001, E2006, E2009, E2055, E2056, etc.
| Name | E-type rail clip |
| Material | 60Si2MnA 60Si2CrA 55Si2Mn 38Si7 |
| Hardness | 44-48HRC |
| Fatigue Life | for Dia.18 is 3 millions cycles without breaking for Dia.20 is 5 millions cycles without breaking |
| Surface | plain (oiled), Oxide black, color painting or according to customer requirement |
| Standard | DIN17221, BS970, GB/T1222 |
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| Name | Nabla rail clip |
| Material | 60Si2MnA |
| Hardness | Hrc41-48 |
| Sizes | As your drawing |
| Surface | plain (oiled), Oxide black, color painting or according to customer requirement |
| Standard | DIN17221, BS970, GB/T1222 |
| Name | SKL tension clamp |
| Material | 60Si2MnA 60Si2CrA 55Si2Mn 38Si7 |
| Hardness | 42-47HRC |
| Fatigue Life | for Dia.18 is 3 millions cycles without breaking for Dia.20 is 5 millions cycles without breaking |
| Surface | plain (oiled), Oxide black, color painting or according to customer requirement |
| Standard | DIN17221, BS970, GB/T1222 |
| Name | Deenik rail clip |
| Material | 60Si2CrA 55Si2Mn 38Si7 |
| Hardness | 42-47HRC |
| Fatigue Life | for Dia.18 is 3 millions cycles without breaking for Dia.20 is 5 millions cycles without breaking |
| Surface | plain (oiled), Oxide black, color painting or according to customer requirement |
| Diameter (mm) | Weight (Kg) | Toe Load (Kgf) | Materials | Surface |
| 12 | 0.18 | 200~400 | 60Si2MnA 60Si2CrA 55Si2Mn 38Si7 |
Plain Oiled, Oxygen Black, Zinc Plated, Hot Dip Galvanized, or according to customer requirement |
| 14 | 0.30 | 400~600 | ||
| 16 | 0.44 | 500~700 | ||
| 18 | 0.59 | 800~1000 | ||
| 20 | 0.76 | 1100~1400 |
| Name | KPO Rail Clamp |
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| Type | Customized |
| Assemblies | base plate, cover plate, t bolt, nut, washer |
| Material | base plate and cover plate: ductile cast iron, cast steel bolt, nut, flat washer: Q235 spring washer: 60Mn, 60si2Mn |
| Surface | plain, black, zinc plated, HDG, etc |
| Usage | rail fixing device |
Spring clips are a type of railway fastener used to increase joint resistance and ensure railway transportation safety. In addition to the above spring clip types, GNEE RAIL also offers many other types, including fist spring clips, PR spring clips, Fats spring clips, etc.If you need more information on our Rail Clip products, please contact GNEE.