Mobile Welding
Chemetron Railway Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Progress Rail Services Corporation
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Chemetron has been designing, manufacturing and operating rail welding equipment for over 50 years. During that time, our weld systems have made over 25 million welds and we provided welding equipment for use around the world. We own and operate fixed plant and mobile welding equipment throughout North America. In addition, Chemetron-built welders are owned and operated by many major railroads. At Chemetron, we are continually expanding our in-track welding fleet to meet increased customer demand for our welders and services. Sixteen new machines were manufactured in the last two years and all were immediately put to work on North American Class 1 railroads. Additional machines are scheduled to be completed in 2009.
Chemetron is very excited to announce the addition of a multi-purpose welding head to our in-track fleet. Following the development of the world's first DC power for in-track welders in our CHEM 110 machines, we designed a 180-ton intrack welding head that is capable of making closure welds up to a 10-inch gap without a separate puller unit. Now both of these weld systems are available to the global market. The DC weld heads allow for greater efficiency of the generator thus allowing a smaller generator with more welding current than competitive AC machines.
Our mobile welders are designed to equal or exceed the quality and reliability of fixed plant welds. Our mobile welder combines the industry’s most advanced welding technology with the reliability and consistency that Chemetron designs into all its welding systems. In addition to improved productivity and quicker setup, our patented software automatically detects if the rails are properly positioned and applies the proper hold times for a closure weld. If no stretch is detected, our normal electric flash weld parameters are applied.
All of Chemetron’s welding systems also contain complete selfdiagnostic software to allow for easy maintenance and repairs. Chemetron welding systems can be accessed via cellular modem in the event technical assistance is needed from our U.S. headquarters.
All of the systems are designed for extreme hostile environments with protection from shock, vibration, temperature, and humidity built-in. Performance and reliability of the systems are designed to emulate fixed plant machines. The maintenance procedures adhere to MTBF schedules. Every unit has complete selfdiagnostic systems built-in that operated through user friendly displays. Spare components are commonly available and easily accessed throughout the world.
Products & Services
- Mobile Welding
- Plant Welding
- Equipment
Locations
- Kansas City, MO
- Pueblo, CO
- Steelton, PA
- Russell, KY
- Laramie, WY
- Laurel, MT
- Surrey, BC Canada
- Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Contacts
North America:
Mark Mclean
markmclean@progressrail.com
Office: 719-577-9184
Cell: 719-337-0606
International:
Dick Frostman
Dir. of International Sales
dfrostman@progressrail.com
Office: 859-291-5466
Cell: 859-468-8961