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Reliable Pressings 30kg Lightrail Fishplate Information Brochure

The document discusses fishplates which are used to join rails in underground mining rail tracks. It details international standards that fishplates must meet and describes the fabrication process and quality management system to ensure standards compliance. Fishplates are available in sizes to fit 15, 22, and 30kg/m rails and conform to testing standards.

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Reliable Pressings 30kg Lightrail Fishplate Information Brochure

The document discusses fishplates which are used to join rails in underground mining rail tracks. It details international standards that fishplates must meet and describes the fabrication process and quality management system to ensure standards compliance. Fishplates are available in sizes to fit 15, 22, and 30kg/m rails and conform to testing standards.

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Meeting International Standards

SANS 916 – Fishbolts, spring washers and nuts for light rails supplied
SANS 10339 - Underground rail track work in mines i.e. for Maximum axle loads
SANS 7438 – Metallic Metals Bend Test
SANS 914 – Fishplate for light rails - dimensions
SANS 6892-1 – Metallic Metals - Tensile & Elongation Test

Context
Giving you Peace of Mind
Our Quality Policy
Fishplate sizes
Test certificates
Context – Fishplates
Narrow gauge railways have specialized use in mines. In South Africa, rail haulage is
the principal transportation method in underground mining. Haulage is important in the
efficient operation of an underground mine, as it represents around 15% of the total
operating costs and is the main artery of the mining operation removing rock, supplying
material, and transporting personnel to and from the working face. As mining
progresses deeper and further from the shaft, the role of logistics becomes increasingly
important if production targets are to be achieved. Rails are available in different sizes
based on a weight per metre, typically 15, 22, and 30 kg/m rails are used underground.
Fish plates are the most common method of joining rails used in underground rail track.
Our fabrication process uses cold hydraulic forming and avoids the
negative weakening introduced by hot forging which results in stress
fracturing. Mines now have access to a mission critical product that
exceeds all safety and international DIN engineering standards and is
cheaper than competing products commonly used in the market.

Giving you peace of Mind


Our fishplates conform to the highest
standards and meet both international
(ISO) and local (SANS) specifications,
which have been independently
tested by the CSIR & SGS Metlab.
There standards are:
o SANS 6892-1 – Metallic Metals -
Tensile & Elongation Test
o SANS 10339 - Underground rail
track work in mines i.e. for
Maximum axle loads
o SANS 7438 – Metallic Metals –
Bend Test
o SANS 914 – Fishplate for light
rails - dimensions
o SANS 916 - Fishbolts and nuts
for light rails, in terms of
fasteners supplied
Our Quality Management System
ensures that we consistently deliver
products that meets these standards.
Fishplates for various Rails
Our fishplates cater for the light underground rail market and fit rails that
come in the following sizes; 15, 22 and 30 kg per meter.

Schematic
The design of the fishplate is such that its strength is derived in three ways, firstly
from the metallurgical properties of the metal itself, secondly from the dimensions
of the mechanical design and lastly the actual production process.
Procurement Considerations
Our product meets ALL international standards (see pages 5 onwards)
Our product is very competitively priced
We are a proudly South African BEE Level 2 Manufacturing Business.
Consider your BEE Scorecard - Enterprise Development and Mining Charter points
We stand by our products with our Quality Management and Warranty policies

Why not visit us?


Feel free to pop by our offices and workshop based in Boksburg, Gauteng, which we
share with our sister company on the Demag-Kone Cranes complex.
60 Atlas Road or 65 Skew Road
Anderbolt
Boksburg, 1459
Get directions here: https://www.reliable-pressings.co.za/contact-us.html

Contact details
Aubrey Friedman +27(0)83 600 3356 [email protected]
Dawn Emerton +27(0)83 600 5166 [email protected]
Ivan Uttley +27(0)76 834 1759 [email protected]
Leslie Friedman +27(0)82 601 2585 [email protected]
Office Land Line 010-900-4118 010-900-4148

More Information
Our Website www.reliable-pressings.co.za
How to find us www.reliable-pressings.co.za/contact-us.html
More about us www.reliable-pressings.co.za/about-us.html
Photo Gallery www.reliable-pressings.co.za/gallery.html

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