In the welding business unit, the project team (René Frey, Ralf Süss, Patrick König) has already successfully tested and partially deployed various alternative energy systems:
- Power bank on welding trailer for lighting, compressor, shearing device, and Smart Weld Jet
- Energy station for surfacing of turnout components
- Battery-based power supply for spot electrode welding (small repair welds)
- Rail cutting with battery-operated rail saw
- Rail-end preheating with Smart Weld Jet (without oxygen as an energy carrier)
- Rail joint grinding with battery-powered angle grinder and rail grinding machine
- Shearing of weld excess with battery-powered hydraulic shears
- Mobile battery-powered lighting on construction sites
- Use of fume filters for Thermit Euro crucibles
Fig.: Battery-powered rail head grinding machine
