Forging Steel Freight Car Body Upper Center Plate Railway Pivot Plate
Forging Steel Freight Car Body Upper Center Plate Railway Pivot Plate
Brief introduction:
The upper center plate of a railway freight car is connected to the middle beam of the under frame and paired with the lower center plate. There is one pair in front and one in front of each carriage. During the operation of the freight car, it bears longitudinal traction, impact force, and lateral force. At the same time, it is also the turning center of the vehicle during curved driving and is a key component of the vehicle.
The upper center plate is mounted by rivet under the car body in a longitudinally extending center sill, to which a main bolster extending transversely relative. Upper center plate, wear disc and lower center plate (center plate on bogie) are threaded together by a pivot pin, realizing connecting the car body and the bogie.
Upper Center Plate is made by casting or forging process, according to AAR M-201 standard or Chinese standard materials. Tieke could design and manufacture various upper center plates for railway freight cars according to customer requirements and related railway standards.
Main technical features:
| Manufacture process | Casting for forging |
| Material | Grade B+ steel, grade C steel, 25 Mn, ZG230-450 casting steel |
| Standard | TB/T46 ‘Core plate and wear plate of railway vehicle’ |
| Dimension | As customers requirement |
Technical drawing:
Tieke's car body center plates ready for installing on freight wagons:
FAQ:
Q1: Are you a trading company or a factory?
A: We are directly a factory and we manufacture and export railway wagons and wagon parts directly.
Q2: Chinese railway gauge is 1435mm, but our country’s is 1000mm gauge, will this be a problem for you?
A: Of course not, we are able to design railway wagon bogies of different gauges like 1435mm, 1000mm, 1067mm, 1520mm or other required railway gauges.
Q3: Why should I choose you, compared with your competitors?
A: Tieke Railway was transformed from wagons factory belong to Chinese Railway in 2016 and the company have over 10 years’ experiences in manufacturing railway wagons and bogies; Now as Tieke Railway is a private company and adopt modern market management strategies, our services are flexible and more considerate and our cost is more controllable.
Q4: What should I provide to get a quotation from you?
A: You could send your inquiry with detail drawings, product photos, detail technical parameters or requirement description. A complete requirement input is very important for us to provide an accurate quotation to you.
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