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How to prevent blocking of railway turnouts due to the wind of the desert ?

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Question added by Claudio Cattaneo , Technical Director and Legal Representetive , Ing. Cattaneo & C. s.r.l.
Date Posted: 2013/10/09
Sam Lund
by Sam Lund , Management consultant , Stella Polaris

Basically the deal is the same as in the Nordics due to snow and ice - i.e. clean them up (with dedicated cleaning units), and build protective surfaces/barriers in the particularily exposed areas.

Claudio Cattaneo
by Claudio Cattaneo , Technical Director and Legal Representetive , Ing. Cattaneo & C. s.r.l.

For ice and snow it is much easier to the prevent blocking of railway turnouts ;

for exampleeven more effective : in theSecond World War British motorcycles could not work in the desert ( it'shistory ) , the Italian and German instead never stopped .

The sliding mechanismof railway tournouts ( whichmust be greasedfrequently ) attractthe desert sand like flies on shit

Ismail RAMDANE
by Ismail RAMDANE , Project , Algiers

Hi;

There is only periodic maintenance,

There is an other phenomenon, sand deposit can be solid after raining ...in this case we need strong washing of components and mobilized pieces.

 

mohammed el byari
by mohammed el byari , عامل مؤهل , rema auto, Tizi

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