Plasser & Theurer aktuellTV Episode 4 - Clip 1 - Mechanised maintenance train for turnouts

In technical terms, an MDZ mechanised maintenance train performs the necessary maintenance work in one operation:
lifting, lining, tamping as well as ballast profiling and stabilising.
This applies to tracks as well as turnouts.
Very interesting from an economical point of view, is an MDZ which can perform both: high-quality maintenance of tracks and turnouts.
The Unimat 09 4S series made by Plasser & Theurer is most suitable for this.
This machine combines the advantages of continuous action tamping machines with those of the high-capacity turnout tamping machines.
The working speed of an MDZ depends primarily on the tamping machine.
The continuous-action method of operation, reaching far into the turnout, is therefore the best solution for ideal utilisation of the track possession.
Furthermore, the 3-rail lifting and the 4-rail tamping ensure the highest quality for careful treatment of the turnout without damage to the materials.
Dynamic track stabilisation can be incorporated into the tamping machine, which helps to achieve a further reduction of the maintenance cost.
A firm feature of every MDZ is the ballast regulating machine.
When working through a turnout, it requires a special sweeper brush as well as a storage container for collecting surplus ballast. In turnouts it is not possible to deposit material at the side.
Plasser & Theurer SW series machines are equipped with a ballast hopper and a steep conveyor belt
This has the additional advantage that the stored ballast can be added later to the track wherever it is needed.

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