manufactured plastic railroad ties

Research done by the International Agency for Research on Cancer has concluded that creosote is possibly a human carcinogen. Given the hazards of wood treated with preservatives such as creosote, many rail companies have begun replacing their wood railroad ties with composite railroad ties made without creosote.

Jul 6, 2017 "It will take us to between 250,000 and 300,000 composite railroad ties per year out of Sarepta." The railroad ties are made from recovered plastics, the CEO said. GP Harmon Recycling, a unit of Georgia-Pacific, provides about 70 percent of that raw material to IntegriCo. "One hundred percent recycled

NARSTCO is proudly North America's leading railroad tie company of steel railroad tie and manufacturer of track turnout sets installed with less cost. Steel railroad ties are common on secondary lines in the United States; plastic composite ties are also employed, although far less than wood or concrete. As of January

AXION controls and assures the manufacturing quality each and every step of the way from raw materials, to manufacturing, to the final finished product shipped to our customers around the world. AXION's product manufacturing team is led by our Director of Quality, Director of Manufacturing, and Director of Materials

AXION (New Providence, N.J.) announced several new contracts for its ECOTRAX rail ties, which are extruded with its patented recycled structural composite (RSC) material. The company received a third purchase order for ECOTRAX from Miami-Dade Transit (Miami, Fla.) through a sale made by Miami-based Eastern Rail

How it's made. Each shipment of plastic our suppliers deliver is thoroughly inspected and tested for quality. After it melted down, the molten plastic mixture is fed into our panted processing equipment and finally into our molds to dry. After the final product is removed, each plastic railroad tie is inspected, measured and tested

Last year, the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association published the first standards for composite ties. Tie Tek and USPL have both made ties able to carry heavy freight on the railroads' FAST/HAL (Facility for Accelerated Service Testing/Heavy Axle Load) test at the Transportation Technology