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TRACK TECHNOLOGY


Maximise possession time with the world’s most powerful vacuum excavator


MD of Railcare Export AB, Håkan Johansson, tells RTM that his company’s RailVac RA7 is the best way to excavate track bed.


T


he best way yet found for maximising short possession


times during the week is the world’s most powerful air/vacuum excavator, BVES


RailVac


better known as the RA7, made in


Sweden by Railcare Group AB. Not surprisingly, this unique machine is attracting a lot of interest for its remarkable and virtually risk-free excavation capabilities.


By offering minimal impact on existing rail infrastructure the RailVac RA7 is proven to be the most efficient and safest way to excavate track bed without disturbance to track or buried installations. Combining 20 years of working on the Scandinavian railway network with an incident- free track record over the past seven years of its UK operation in all circumstances, the RailVac is now fully certified and approved for the UK, and its impressive reliability is well proven.


Exceptional efficiency


Provided via Bridgeway Railcare LLP,


the RailVac’s trump card


is proving to be the exceptional efficiency it delivers for short possessions for either weekend or midweek working, something that is soon to be a holy grail for the rail industry. Since the RailVac RA7 can be train-hauled to and from site and only needs a minute or two to start up and wind down, the RailVac maximises available possession time by focusing on the task in hand.


Once in position for S&C re- ballasting operations the RailVac is easily the fastest and most efficient solution yet available, and some 40 other maintenance requirements have been identified as being well within the RailVac’s capabilities.


74 | rail technology magazine Jun/Jul 12


Its minimal impact on infrastructure means digging can be carried out without any risk of damaging buried installations such as power or signalling cables. Its minimal impact means that time and cost-consuming CAT scans or trial holes aren’t needed either, and the risk for possession over-runs leading to costly train delays is also removed.


Furthermore, the RailVac can safely work underneath live overhead lines (OLE), and there is no need for disconnections.


Where do you go from here?


The BVES RailVac RA7 has Engineering


Acceptance


Certificate, Network Rail Statement of Compatibility (NRAP) and is registered in the Rolling Stock Library.


FOR MORE INFORMATION


Steve Mugglestone T: 07973 656 171 W: www.railcareexport.com


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