Crane rail and track support
Steel shimming under crane rails leaves point contact that fatigues the rail and the supporting structure under wheel loads measured in tons.
The need for crane rail and track support
BHI Coatings performs crane rail and track support across Alvin and the Texas Gulf Coast. Steel shims under a crane rail touch the structure at a few high points, never across the whole rail foot. Wheel loads in the tons concentrate on those points and fatigue both the rail and the runway beam beneath it. The rail walks out of position, fasteners loosen, and the lift line slows down while the steel works free under every pass.
How BHI Coatings does crane rail and track support
We bed the rail in a poured cold-cure chocking compound that flows into the gap and cures hard against the runway. The pour takes the rail's actual profile, so contact spreads across the full foot rather than a handful of points. No machining of the runway beam and no hot work over the bay. Our crew preps the steel, sets the rail to line and level, and dams the pour, and a Belzona 7111-class chocking system carries the load and damps shock.
Typically applied with Belzona 7111, matched to the service conditions.
The track holds line and level under heavy-lift loads, and the rail stops fatiguing the runway. The crane keeps running, and nobody cut or re-machined the support steel to get there.
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