Engineering, Studies and Supply of LWR plants

Tailor made solutions, and Supports for your teams or projects

VFC design and supply various solutions for the production and handling of Long Welded Rails (LWR):

Stationary LWR plant (with one or more electric rail welding machines),
Mobile LWR plant (train including an electrical rail welding machine),
Relocatable LWR plant (transportable modular system installed around the electric rail welding machine),
Loading / unloading of LWR trains,
Local storage facility of rails and LWR (Long Welded Rails),
Specific equipment such as : rail lifting clamps, trolleys, tables, rail conveyors, for Short Rails (SR) and Long Welded Rails (LWR),

VFC can propose the design and the supply of turnkey projects for the production of LWR including electric rail welding solutions.
According your needs, VFC scope of work can be adjusted to provide you with advisory consultancy: starting from the concept up to the design of your Long Welded Rail production plants (LWR) and / or rail handling plants, rail storage plant (applicable to short rails and LWR). VFC is experienced in integrating rail flash-butt welding machine.

Thanks to some expertise of 20 years in electric rail welding including rail flash-butt welding as well as in rail conveying and rail handling through the entire process, VFC is able to provide dedicated solutions considering optimum production output rate.

VFC services can start from the study and the supply of single equipment up to the supply of complete turnkey stationary plants. The range of skills, services and products therefore covers all operations related to in-track electric rail welding activities as well as electric rail welding stationnary plant.

Advantages offered by VFC electric rail welding machine technology and VFC engineering team:

  Competent and consistent service,
  Optimized investment / performance ratio of the equipment,
  Productivity and economic performance of the rail welding solutions,
  Easy and ergonomic operation,
  Global expertise in technical and commercial matters,
Knowledge of various electrical rail welding machine technologies,
  Custom-design solution to suit budget and requirements : Rail welding plant to produce long welded rail (LWR) of 110m up to 500m (350 feet to 1650 feet) with productivity of 4 up to 20 rail welds per hours.