10 SHOW PREVIEW: INFRARAIL 2012


electrification and the many other fixed assets of the railway. A regularly updated list of all Infrarail


exhibitors can be found on the show website, however many exhibitors have already been providing details about the products they will be promoting at the show. Modular signalling, computer-based


interlocking and ERTMS technology will be showcased by Invensys Rail, while Unipart Rail and Dorman will focus on modular and LED signalling. Inductive sensors for railway


recently on trial with Network Rail, and Schwihag’s new switch rail rolling and pressure mechanism, plus a new high capacity rail clip for heavy haul track. Abacus Lighting will display its Raising and


Lowering (RL) lighting columns, now offered in aluminium, as well as its latest LED large area lighting product for sites such as station car parks and LED bollards suitable for railway yard areas. CUBIS Industries will highlight its access chambers and cable duct protection systems, for which it has chalked up a recent significant


New from Kwik-Step will be a range of


platforms that can be used for refuges and walkways, trackside equipment and inspection of bridges and structures, and Pipex px® will present advanced compo- site railway products, including FRP (fibre reinforced polymer) handrails, ladders, grating, flooring and platforms. Trojan Services is to display its recently


introduced TroBord® ballast board system together with the associated TroPost®, developed using polymer material and modern


Drop-in seminars in the exhibition hall will be a highlight of Infrarail 2012


applications will be exhibited by Frauscher Sensortechnik, as well as wheel detection and axle counting systems for a large variety of applications. Security system specialist Axis Communi -


cations is to introduce its Q6032 PTZ Dome Network Camera. This indoor pan/tilt/zoom dome camera with 35x zoom, wider picture with extended D1 resolution and outstanding mechanical performance is claimed to be ideal for station applications. Security will also be the focus of Wireless CCTV, which will be demonstrating its new Network Rail type- approved fibreglass CCTV tower. Innovative track products will include Rosehill Rail’s Rodded Rubber Crossing System,


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order to equip Manchester Metrolink extensions. Screw pile foundations and modular LOC platforms will be featured on the FLI Structures stand – the company has installed these between Charlbury and Evesham for Phase 1 of Network Rail’s Cotswold re-doubling project. FP McCann says it will be building on its


entry into the market for precast concrete platform components following the acquisition of Ennstone Building Products and its ‘C’ cable trough business. Also representing this sector will be tactile paving specialist Visul Systems, with initiatives to overcome the problems created by frost on station platforms.


manufacturing processes to offer an alternative to concrete counterparts. And Visul Systems will outline its work with Network Rail on the problem of ‘frost heave’, which causes potentially hazardous displacement on platforms on which concrete tactiles have been installed. Cembre plans to exhibit its petrol-engined


LD Rail and SD wooden sleeper drills. The company says the most popular rail drill in the world is now the LD-ECO, with in- creased environmental safeguards provided by a Kawasaki engine having significantly lower emissions. Meanwhile, GGR Rail will display a Unic URW-295 mini spider crane. Measuring just


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