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No. 46 European Crane Rail
No. 46 European Crane Rail
No. 46 European Crane Rail
the common North American “CR” The area between the underside of the
sections while others are quite unique. rail head and the top of the rail flange is
Refer to table 1. too narrow to contain a splice bar of
adequate strength.
ArcelorMittal U.S. Crane Rail
Profile Profile The standard method of joining DIN “A”
MRS 51 CR 104 crane rails is through welding. The
MRS 52 CR 105 normal welding procedures used are
MRS 67 CR 135 either the aluminothermic process or
MRS 85 CR 171 puddle arc welding. Both grade 70 and
90 DIN “A” crane rails can be
MRS 87B CR 175
Table 1 European A rails
cannot be
In the past, Arcelor Rodange mechanically
manufactured the North American “CR” spliced. The rail
sections to ASTM 759 and could must be joined
provide the head hardened option by welding.
commonly used in the US, but this is no
longer the case. Arcelor and Mittal
merged in 2006 and by 2008
ArcelorMittal elected to discontinue
production of North American “CR” DIN “A” rail web area too small for
sections at their Rodange mill in mechanical splice
Luxembourg. These CR sections are
successfully welded using either
now only rolled at the plant in Steelton,
process but higher failure rates must be
Pennsylvania.
anticipated when welding A45 to A100
110 Cr-V rails. The weld failure rate for
The balance of the special MRS
the larger A120 and A150 110 Cr-V
sections are still available but for now
sections is generally considered as
are only rolled from the standard 690,
unacceptable.
880 and 1080N/mm² grades. Some of
the more popular MRS profiles are now
also rolled by other European
manufacturers.
Aluminothermit Welding