Rail Joints, also called railway fish plate or joint bar, splice bar, is a metal joints bar connected to the ends of two rails to bond them together. A quality rail joint bar can largely reduce the impact of wheels to the jointing sections of the rail tracks and increase the continuity and steadiness of the train when passing through the jointing sections. This rail components is a guarantee to railroad transportation safety no matter it’s light or heavy.

According to different installation methods, there are bolted rail joints, welded rail joints, and glued joints; according to different production standards, there are GB standard rail joints, BS standard rail joints, American standard rail joints.

Railway fishplate specifications

UIC standard railway fish plate

DIN standard railway fish plate

Chinese standard railway fish plate

BS standard railway fish plate

South American standard railway fish plate

Installation of railway fish plates

Railway fish plate installation procedures can be summarized to four steps as follow.

1. Before installing railway fish plate, cutting power off and
2. Each connection joint install two rail bolts.
3. Install spring washer and flat washer before install fish bolt, openings of washer is downward.
4. Railway fish plate, railway track and fish bolts should be oiled.

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