The elastic rail clip is one of the common railway fasteners in the railway system. Generally, the rail clips are made of forged spring steel and have many uses. Whether as part of a railroad fastening system or as a railroad fastener, elastic rail clips are used with other railroad track components such as railroad spikes, rail pads, tie plates and plastic dowels.
Kingrail Parts can produce various elastic rail clips for railway construction. Our rail clips can meet AREMA, BS, GB, UIC, DIN standards.
Manufacturing Process
Based on process production, the manufacturing process of the elastic rail clip includes the following steps: raw material-shearing-heating-forming-quenching-tempering-inspection-packaging.
Types of Rail Clips
For different applications and national standards, elastic rail clips can be divided into various types, including rail e-clip, SKL rail clip, Nabla rail clip, Deenik clip, crane rail clip, Russian rail clip and other standard rail clips.
E-rail clip
E-rail clips provide reliable and durable rail alignment in the harshest operating conditions, extending the life of railroad tracks. Typically, e-rail clips are available in diameters ranging from 18mm to 23mm. Rail-e clips are usually made of spring steel. As an important elastic rail clip, E-type rail clip has many sizes, such as E1, E2, E3, E1609, E1809, E1817, E2001, E2006, E2009, E2055, E2056 and so on.
E-type rail clip specifications
Name | E-type rail clip |
Material | 60Si2MnA 60Si2CrA 55Si2Mn 38Si7 |
Hardness | 44-48HRC |
Fatigue Life |
for Dia.18 is 3 millions cycles without breaking for Dia.20 is 5 millions cycles without breaking |
Surface | plain (oiled), Oxide black, color painting or according to customer requirement |
Standard | DIN17221, BS970, GB/T1222 |
SKL rail clip
SKL guide rail clip, also called skl tension clip. Deutsche Bahn is the first to develop the SKL elastic rail clamp. They then proved reliable on concrete and wooden railroad ties. SKL rail clips are available in various sizes, such as skl1, skl3, skl12, skl14, etc.
SKL Rail Clip Specifications
Name | SKL tension clamp |
Material | 60Si2MnA 60Si2CrA 55Si2Mn 38Si7 |
Hardness | 42-47HRC |
Fatigue Life |
for Dia.18 is 3 millions cycles without breaking for Dia.20 is 5 millions cycles without breaking |
Surface | plain (oiled), Oxide black, color painting or according to customer requirement |
Standard | DIN17221, BS970, GB/T1222 |
Nabla Rail Clip
The Nabla rail clip is one of the common elastic rail clips, usually as part of the Nabla rail clip rail fastening system.
Nabla Rail Clip Specifications
Name | Nabla rail clip |
Material | 60Si2MnA |
Hardness | Hrc41-48 |
Sizes | As your drawing |
Surface | plain (oiled), Oxide black, color painting or according to customer requirement |
Standard | DIN17221, BS970, GB/T1222 |
Deenik Rail Clip
Deenik clips are widely used on South American railway tracks, especially on concrete sleepers. DE clips are typically used with cast iron shoulders and a ribbed base plate. Deenik clips are known for their excellent maintenance of the gauge at high temperatures.
Deenik Rail Clip Specifications
Name | Deenik rail clip |
Material | 60Si2CrA 55Si2Mn 38Si7 |
Hardness | 42-47HRC |
Fatigue Life |
for Dia.18 is 3 millions cycles without breaking for Dia.20 is 5 millions cycles without breaking |
Surface | plain (oiled), Oxide black, color painting or according to customer requirement |
Crane rail clamp
Crane rail clamps are usually mounted on the rail base and can be bolted to the supporting parts of the crane rail clamp.
Russian railway clip
The Russian rail clip is a special type of rail clip. More specifications are as follows:
Diameter (mm) | Weight (Kg) | Toe Load (Kgf) | Materials | Surface |
12 | 0.18 | 200~400 |
60Si2MnA 60Si2CrA 55Si2Mn 38Si7 |
Plain Oiled, Oxygen Black, Zinc Plated, Hot Dip Galvanized, or according to customer requirement |
14 | 0.30 | 400~600 | ||
16 | 0.44 | 500~700 | ||
18 | 0.59 | 800~1000 | ||
20 | 0.76 | 1100~1400 |
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