10^th International Seminar „Track Maintenance Machines in Theory and Practice - SETRAS 2001“

October 4 - 5, 2001

Hostels of the University of Zilina, Block G-H (GAMA Club), ZILINA, SLOVAKIA

under auspices of

General Director of ZSR

Ing. Andrej EGYED

and

Rector of the University of Zilina

Prof. Ing. Milan DADO, PhD.

PROGRAMME AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE SEMINAR

Ing. Zoltan ADAM, Director of Research and Development Institute of Railways, Zilina

Ing. Daniel BOHAC, Technical Director of MTH RENOVA Ltd., Kosice

Ing. Tomas DZUGAN, Sales Director of COMPEL-RAIL, a.s. Martin

Dr.Ing. Juraj GERLICI, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zilina

Ing. Miloslav HRIVNA, I.M.I. Prague Ltd..

Ing. Vaclav JELINEK, CD - TÚDC Olomouc

Ing. Jozef LEHOCKY, ZSR, Bratislava

Ing. Jan LONDA, ZSR, Zilina

Ing. Ing. Stefan MAYERBERGER, CD - Railway Research Institute Prague

Ing. Josef NEMEC, Technical Director of MTH Prague a.s.

Ing. Alexander SMIRNOV, LOGRES Ltd., Martin

Ing. Ján SPANIK, PhD., Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zilina

Chairman of the Committee

Doc. Ing. Daniel KALINCAK, PhD., Department of Railway Vehicles, Engines and Lifting Equipment, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zilina, ZU Zilina, Moyzesova 20, 010 26 ZILINA, SLOVAKIA. Tel.: (+421 89) 513 2650, 8, tel./fax: (+421 89) 5254 440, e-mail: Daniel.Kalincak@fstroj.utc.sk.

Commitee secretary:

Ing. Dalibor BARTA,. Department of Railway Vehicles, Engines and Lifting Equipment, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zilina, Moyzesova 20, 010 26 ZILINA, SLOVAKIA Tel.: (+421 89) 513 2669, e-mail: dalibor@kkvmz.utc.sk.

Seminar languages:

Slovak, Czech, English.

Seminar objectives:

The International Seminar SETRAS 2001 was organized for railway workers, urban transport and factory transport workers, manufacturers and users of track maintenance machines and its components, research, development workers, designers, universities staff and people interested in research, development, design, testing, technology, operation and maintenance of track maintenance machines.

The aim of the Seminar was to bring information to participants about state and perspectives of development in the field of track maintenance machines, small and heavy machinery for track construction and maintenance, track measurement devices and cars etc.

Further aim of the Seminar SETRAS 2001 was to offer to the firms possibility of presentation its products and services.

The Seminar was organized as a part of 2nd International event RAILINFORM 2001. In the programme of the Seminar SETRAS 2001 was included visit of 6th International exhibition ZEL-RAIL 2001.

More than 220 participants from 9 countries (Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, United Kingdom and U.S.A.) took part in the Seminar.

Programme of the Seminar was as follows:

9⁵⁰ -10⁴⁵ LECTURES

u Volfgang MACOUREK, SaZ s.r.o., Hodonín, Czech Republic

Rail/road vehicles

u John D N ROOKE, Aardvark Rail Track Services Ltd., Enfield, United Kingdom

The Bance range of Alumi-carts

u Anton FURJEL, KOTEZA Ltd., Vrútky, Slovak Republic

Increasing of quality of weld surfacing track components

10⁴⁵ -11⁰⁰ Discussion

11⁰⁰ -11²⁰ Coffee break

11²⁰ -12³⁰ LECTURES

u Miloš ALTNER, Railtech Slavjana Ltd., Prague, Czech Republic

Automatic welding machine for repair works of rails and frogs „TRANSLAMATIC“

u Eugene PARKER, Holland Company, Crete, IL, USA

Intelliweld^®, finding your flash butt welding perimeter history on the Internet

u Josef POMIKACSEK, Dipl.-Ing. Pomikacsek KEG., Entwicklungs- und Ingenierbüro für Maschinenbau, Altmüster, Austria

„Power Grinding“, a new high speed rail grinding process for preventive maintenance

u Markus SCHNETZ, Josef POSCH, Plasser & Theurer GmbH, Wien, Austria

Modern machinery for efficient permanent way maintenance

12³⁰ -12⁴⁵ Discussion

12⁴⁵ –1400 Lunch

14⁰⁰-14⁴⁵ SIMULTANEOUS POSTER PRESENTATIONS

u Jan ADÁMEK, SEDRA Praha Ltd., Czech Republic

Individual solution for rail transport

u Eduard JANEČEK, Jaroslav BURDA, University of West Bohemia in Plzen, Czech Republic

Modell for automatic homing rail civil machines on the spatial curve

u Daniel KALINČÁK, Ladislav KALINČÁK, University of Žilina, Slovak Republic

Auxiliary working traction running gear for track maintenance machines

u Michael LATA, Stanislava VITOUŠOVÁ, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Posibility of constructional ordering conception of track maintenance machines undercarriage

u Tomáš ROZBOŘIL, ČD - VÚŽ, Pardubice, Czech Republic, Tomáš DŽUGAN, Compel Rail, a.s., Martin, Slovak Republic

Universal grinding machine UB - 2 in practice

u Milan SÁGA, Patrik KNAJBEL, University of Žilina, Slovak Republic

Contribution to Analysis and Optimalization of Track Maintenance Machines

u Josef TUREK, Antonín VYMĚTAL, KŽV Ltd., Prague, Czech Republic

Continual measuring of the rail support stiffness – the results discussion

14⁴⁵-15¹⁵ Presentation of firms

Ø KŽV Ltd, Prague, Czech Republic

Ø KOTEZA Ltd., Vrútky, Slovak Republic

15¹⁵ -15 ⁵⁰ Lectures

u Václav JELÍNEK, ČD - TÚDC, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Guiding systems of tamping machines

u Yuri P. SHERBININ, Evgenij GROUNINE, Aleksandr KARPOV, REMPUTMASH, Kaluga, Russian Federation

Structural and operational features of ditch cleaning machine KOM-300

15 ⁵⁰ –16 ⁰⁰ Discussion

16 ⁰⁰ –16 ³⁰ Coffee break

16 ³⁰ –17 ⁴⁰ Lectures

u Tomáš DŽUGAN, Compel Rail, a.s., Martin, Slovak Republic, Hakan JOHANSSON, DISAB Vacuum Technology AB, Eslöv, Sweden

Experiences from employment of railway vaccum loaders and possible field of their using in track maintenace

u Géza HAJNAL, MÁV FKG KFT, Jászkisér, Hungary

Rapid failure-eliminator machines made in the Hungarian-American cooperation

u R Mark HAVIRA, Nicola TOSTO, Harsco Track Technologies, Cayce-West Columbia, USA

HTT - Rail flaw detection system

u János TAKÁCS, BUTE Budapest, György POSGAY, Péter MOLNÁR, , METEALELEKTRO, Ltd., Budapest, János BÉLI, MÁV Central Rail and Track Inspection Ltd., Budapest, Róbert KESZTE, Tamás MAR-KOVITS, BUTE Budapest, Hungaria

Diagnostics of thermal stress state of rails

17 ⁵⁰ –18 ⁰⁵ Discussion

19⁰⁰ -23⁰⁰ Evening Reception

October 5, 2001

Visit to 6^th International Informative-Contractional Exhibition of the Products and Services for the Needs of Railways and Rail Transport „ŽEL-RAIL 2001“ in Exhibition Area - Compel Rail, Vrútky. Transport of the participants to exhibition and back was ensured by nostalgic train.

LIST OF SPONSORS AND FIRMS ADVERTISING ON THE 10 ^th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR SETRAS 2001

COMPEL RAIL, a.s, MARTIN, SLOVAKIA

DT VÝHYBKÁRNA A MOSTÁRNA, s.r.o., PROSTĚJOV, CZECH REPUBLIC

HARSCO TRACK TECHNOLOGIES, WEST COLUMBIA, U.S.A.

HOLLAND COMPANY, CRETE, U.S.A.

INFRAM a.s., PRAHA, CZECH REPUBLIC

KOMERČNÍ ŽELEZNIČNÍ VÝZKUM, s.r.o., PRAHA, CZECH REPUBLIC

KOTEZA s.r.o., VRÚTKY, SLOVAKIA

LINSINGER MASCHINENBAU GmbH, STEYRERMÜHL, AUSTRIA

MATISA SA, CRISSIER, SWITZERLAND

MTH PRAHA, a.s., CZECH REPUBLIC

MTH REMONT, s.r.o., VRANOV n. TOPĽOU, SLOVAKIA

NES NOVÁ DUBNICA s.r.o., SLOVAKIA

PLASSER & THEURER, WIEN, AUSTRIA

RAILTECH SLAVJANA, s.r.o., PRAHA, CZECH REPUBLIC

REMPUTMASH, KALUGA, RUSSIA

SKLENÁŘ s.r.o. - TRANSPORTNÍ SYSTÉMY, ŽAMBERK, CZECH REPUBLIC

STAVEBNÍ GEOLOGIE - GEOTECHNIKA, a.s., PRAHA, CZECH REPUBLIC

TENCONI SA, AIROLO, SWITZERLAND

TRANSSERVIS, a.s., KOŠICE, SLOVAKIA

VOSSLOH RAIL SYSTEMS GmbH, WERDOHL, GERMANY

WILLY, PETROVICE U KARVINÉ, CZECH REPUBLIC

ZTS KOĽAJOVÉ VOZIDLÁ, a.s., DUBNICA, SLOVAKIA

ZTS - VÝSKUM A VÝVOJ, a.s, DUBNICA, SLOVAKIA

ZVOLENSKÁ ŽELEZNIČNÁ a.s., ZVOLEN, SLOVAKIA

ZW CONTROL, RAKOVO, SLOVAKIA

ŽELEZNIČNÉ STAVBY, a.s., KOŠICE, SLOVAKIA

ŽELEZNIČNÉ STAVEBNÍCTVO BRATISLAVA, a.s., SLOVAKIA

ŽELEZNIČNÍ STAVITELSTVÍ PRAHA a.s., CZECH REPUBLIC

ŽPSV UHERSKÝ OSTROH, a.s., CZECH REPUBLIC

Plasser & Theurer GmbH. Johannesgasse 3, A-1010 Wien, Austria
"KALUGA RAILWAY REPAIR - MECHANICAL FACTORY" member of "Remputmash" group, Maliniki, 248 025 KALUGA, Russia
KOTEZA s. r. o. Železničná 16, 038 61 Vrútky, Slovak Republic
ŽELEZNIČNÍ STAVITELSTVÍ PRAHA a.s.,  Czech Republic
MTH Praha a. s. Kandertova 1a/1131, 180 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic
ZVOLENSKÁ ŽELEZNIČNÁ, a. s. Lesnícka 1, 960 02 Zvolen Slovak republic
Railway Constructions Košice joint stock company, Palackého 14, 040 01 Košice Slovak republic
Transservis, a. s. Košice Slovenskej jednoty 10, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic