Functions And Features of Metal Railway Screw Spikes

Metal railway screw spike, or rail screw, is a type of rail fastener first introduced in 1860 in France (French tire-fond), and then became common in continental Europe. And now metal railway screw spike is one of the most popular rigid rail fixation items. Metal railway screw spike is a large metal screw used to fix rail tie plates or fasten steel rails. Metal railway screw spikes are fixed into a hole bored in the sleeper. Metal railway screw spikes can be various in thread profiles, lengths, diameters and drive heads based on specific geographic requirements. Metal railway screw spike costs more to manufacture than the dog spike or dog nail but has the advantage of greater fixing power; approximately twice that of a dog spike and can be used in combination with spring washers. Having a head and a threaded shank portion, the upper surface of said head being provided with a relatively slender upstanding malleable straight-sided projection extending about of an inch from the upper surface of said head and which will crush-flatten over the adjacent upper surface of the head, when the metal railway screw spike is maul-driven instead of screw driven, providing a visible tell-tale upon the head of the spike. AGICO RAIL is engaged in manufacturing and supplying a wide range of metal railway screw spike. Designed with high precision and processed under advanced technologies, these metal railway screw spikes are manufactured using high grade raw materials, satisfying all the quality standards. With reliability, robustness and effective performance, these products can be used in railway engineering.

Metal railway screw spike spikes are used to fasten sole plates and ribbed base plates to wooden sleepers. In rail construction with the concrete sleepers, the metal railway screw spike is used in combination with a plastic dowel pressed in the concrete sleeper, indirect or direct fastenings of rails on concrete and wooden sleepers. Characteristically, the sleeper screw thread may only be produced in a hot-forming operation. The different shapes of the head correspond to the pass form of the respective spanner used for fastening and loosening of the metal railway screw spikes. AGICO RAIL can supply a range of metal railway screw spike spikes manufactured to international standards according to BS, ASTM and DIN, among others. AGICO RAIL has extensive experience in the rail industry and a high level of expertise in this specialized field. AGICO RAIL can manufacture any quantity, big or small, and offers a range of finishes including hot dipped galvanized, black, sherardized or self-color for the budget conscious.