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Improved ArcelorMittal Rail Tool App with new functionalities
17 February 2021ArcelorMittal Rails & Special Sections has released a new version of the successful Rail Tool App – version 1.2.0.
Product NewsA new service centre for ArcelorMittal Rails & Special sections
28 January 2021Recently inaugurated, ArcelorMittal Rails & Special sections’ new service centre in Rodange, Luxembourg spans over 6000 m².
Product NewsArcelorMittal rails in ambitious Finnish tram project
7 January 2021The 25 km Jokeri Light Rail tram line, including 16 km in Helsinki and the remaining 9 km in Espoo, will replace the current main bus line 550, which is the busiest in the region. Around 91 000 passengers are expected to use the Jokeri tram on weekdays by 2030. The budget for the 25 km line is 386 million euros. The line will have a total of 33 stations and will open in June 2024.
Project NewsArcelorMittal rails will keep the French Open players dry
19 August 2020From 21 September to 11 October 2020, all eyes will be on the French Open / Roland-Garros tournament. While encouraging Novak, Serena, Rafael, or Roger, we invite you to admire the new retractable roof of the central court! Thanks to ArcelorMittal Rodange rails, your favourite players will be protected from the rain.
Project News
Improved ArcelorMittal Rail Tool App with new functionalities
ArcelorMittal Rails & Special Sections has released a new version of the successful Rail Tool App – version 1.2.0.
Key features
The Rail Tool App allows rail key players to obtain interactive information regarding standards and profiles for different rail product typology, calculate rail length or tonnage for different types of railway projects (rail calculator available online and offline), and download the dimensional profile drawing.
New features
ArcelorMittal, following the constant evolution of the rail sector and wanting to provide better service to railway players, has included new features that will allow (in addition to category search) searching by profile name and profile dimensions, plus the possibility to compare several profiles.
In addition, the tool is more intuitive and allows for the visualisation of different dimensions over the required profile.
Text:
ArcelorMittal Rails & Special Sections
Constructalia
Images:
ArcelorMittal
A new service centre for ArcelorMittal Rails & Special sections
Recently inaugurated, ArcelorMittal Rails & Special sections’ new service centre in Rodange, Luxembourg spans over 6000 m².
It can carry out a broad range of finishing operations on grooved, light, transport, and crane rails such as drilling, cutting, and bending. Other customised work is being proposed.
Discover the new centre in this video:
Text:
ArcelorMittal Europe Communications, Constructalia
Images and video:
ArcelorMittal
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ArcelorMittal rails in ambitious Finnish tram project
The 25 km Jokeri Light Rail tram line, including 16 km in Helsinki and the remaining 9 km in Espoo, will replace the current main bus line 550, which is the busiest in the region. Around 91 000 passengers are expected to use the Jokeri tram on weekdays by 2030. The budget for the 25 km line is 386 million euros. The line will have a total of 33 stations and will open in June 2024.
Supplied rails
In total, the project includes the supply of:
- 77 400 metres of rail from Królewska and Dąbrowa in Poland, representing 3823 tonnes, and
- 23 500 metres of grooved rails from Rodange, representing 1400 tonnes.
These quantities also include the supply of curved rails necessary for making the bends during the laying of the tram tracks in the city. These curved rails were made in the new finishing centre that has been in the Rodange plant since the beginning of 2020.
A complex project
The complexity of this project requires the imperative respect of deadlines and delivery timing, requirements to which the ArcelorMittal plants have been able to respond to by being efficient in terms of manufacturing times and deliveries. Each week, an area of the city is neutralised and reserved for the laying of the rails. The stakes are high as each delay can cause many difficulties in setting up the project which currently employs more than 700 workers.
Text:
ArcelorMittal Luxembourg, Constructalia
Images:
ArcelorMittal
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ArcelorMittal rails will keep the French Open players dry
From 21 September to 11 October 2020, all eyes will be on the French Open / Roland-Garros tournament. While encouraging Novak, Serena, Rafael, or Roger, we invite you to admire the new retractable roof of the central court! Thanks to ArcelorMittal Rodange rails, your favourite players will be protected from the rain.
Premium rails provided in record time for the French sports monument
The Rodange site produced the 44 crane rails used for the construction of the retractable roof of the court. The A150 rails are the largest in our DIN range and were produced in 110CrV of superior quality. This shade has long been exclusively developed by ArcelorMittal with special straightening to ensure perfect track alignment.
The rails were mainly produced for the Philippe Chatrier central court roof. Once the rails were manufactured, the finishing operations were managed and organised in Yutz, France for:
- Cutting: The rails were cut to length according to customer specifications, including 45° corner cuts while respecting the required lengths with a tolerance of +/- 1mm.
- Hardness: The A150 are the highest quality in the range.
- Handling: Made with textile straps only, without magnets or chains, despite the size of the rails (the A150 are the largest rails in the range of crane rails produced in Rodange).
- Fast delivery
In total, it took only two months between ordering and shipments to provide the end customer with completely finished rails - from production to delivery. Thanks to good internal cooperation, we were able to provide the customer with a complete solution.
The revival of an iconic tennis court
Built in 1928, the Philippe Chatrier central court has undergone a complete renovation to modernise the stands and build a retractable roof.
This roof will not only allow the organisation of night games, but will also protect players from the rain in case of bad weather. It is composed of 11 panels of 100 metres and 350 tonnes each which slide on our rails. Thanks to our high quality products, this 3850-tonne roof will open and close in 12 minutes.
Click here to see the construction of the retractable roof.
Text: ArcelorMittal Luxembourg, Constructalia
Images: ArcelorMittal Europe
Video: Roland-Garros
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Philippe Chatrier Central Court at the Roland-Garros / French Open
Équerre d'argent 2019 winners: A special jury prize for the Roland Garros Stadium
Retractable roof of the Philippe Chatrier central court at the Roland-Garros Stadium
Retractable roof mechanism of the Philippe Chatrier central court at the Roland-Garros Stadium
Philippe Chatrier central court at the Roland-Garros Stadium
Technical information
Transport rails:
- rails & track fittings for public and urban railway and underground lines
- high speed rails (for speeds over 350 km/h)
- heavy rails
- conductor rails
Tram Rails (grooved, vignole, & block rail)
Light Rails (specific light transport & underground mining operations)
Crane Rails (DIN crane rails, American crane rails, special crane rails & girder crane rails)
Special sections (cathode bars, rail accessories, & track shoes)
Useful information
MoreInnovative, high quality rails
The rails and track fittings manufactured by ArcelorMittal are supplied worldwide for high speed tracks, heavy haul tracks, and urban transport systems amongst others thanks to their product quality and the elevated level of reliability which has earned ArcelorMittal the trust of their customers.
The offer is enhanced with many certificates and approvals from transport companies in different countries.
Rails are steel products that must fulfil a multitude of technological requirements. Continuous quality control and elaborate testing ensure the characteristics of the final product meet the stringent requirements regarding rail characteristics and performance.
In addition to head hardened rails, high-speed railways (with speeds over 350 km/h) are one of the most demanding applications for which ArcelorMittal has developed innovative production processes.