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Producing Sleepers from Modified Wood for Railways in Cold Regions

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Transportation Soil Engineering in Cold Regions, Volume 1

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The technology of end-grain treatment of wood workpieces for sleeper production under pressure and treatment modes has been developed. Pilot plant for end-grain wood treatment under pressure has been created. Technological modes for producing sleepers with high-performance characteristics of softwood have been tested using the installation which enables to combine technological operations—drying, treatment, and wood pressing. The resulting sleepers can be used in the Extreme North conditions. According to the developed technology an experimental batch of half ties for underground railway system and a batch of sleepers to carry out tests have been produced on the pilot plant.

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Medvedev, I., Shamaev, V., Parinov, D., Shakirova, O. (2020). Producing Sleepers from Modified Wood for Railways in Cold Regions. In: Petriaev, A., Konon, A. (eds) Transportation Soil Engineering in Cold Regions, Volume 1. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 49. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0450-1_20

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