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Do you want to buy hardwood sleepers? Timber (wooden) sleeper, it is a kind of wooden sleeper. For the railway system, the railroad timber sleepers are an infrastructure. It is a support for the steel rails.

In general, the eco timber sleepers lay on the ballasts, and the steel rails are fixed on these railway timber sleepers so that ensuring the safety of the train. On the other hands, the timber sleepers hold the steel tracks at the right position and keep them in a correct gauge. What’s more, the railway sleepers could reduce the vibration of the rails to some degree.

Characteristics of Timber (wooden) sleeper

Wooden sleepers are the first one used in railway and still being used now.

Advantage of Timber (wooden) sleeper

With good elasticity and insulation, they're lightweight and easy to connect with rails, convenient for transportation, laying and maintenance.

Disadvantage of Timber (wooden) sleeper

Wooden sleepers are vulnerable to mechanical damage with the feature of non-refractory and non-corrosive. They have a short service life but with high costs.

Chinese national standard for Wooden sleeper

In China, normal wooden sleepers that can be used for standard railroad are Type I and Type II. The end of Type I sleeper is a rectangle with the length of 2500mm, the width of 220mm and the height of 160mm.Other types of wooden sleepers can be designed according to the needs.

Its short service life is mainly because of corrosion, mechanical damage and cracking. In order to extend its service time, China’s railway institute requests the wooden sleeper need to be treated with anticorrosive processing.

Standard for the failure of wooden sleeper

Corrosion – losing pressure bearing capacity and cannot hold nails.

Broken – cannot maintain the gauge

Thickness – less than 140mm

Weihai Ruihe Railway Sleepers Co.,Ltd, as a well-known railway sleeper company, has intensively collaborated on the railroad market at home and abroad. We sincerely invite and welcome people from all around the world to invest and create more values together.

Steel sleeper can provide lower installation and maintenance costs and more efficient logistics that are designed to cater for all types of application, from meter gauge railways to mainline passenger and heavy haul freight routes.

Moreover, stainless steel sleepers require less ballast than traditional concrete sleepers, contributing to lower track construction and renewal costs.

Advantage of Steel Sleeper

Reduced logistics costs and improved handling due to lightweight

Time and cost savings at installation due to reduced ballast requirements

Reduced maintenance through improved track stability

We have steel railway sleepers for sale! We offer a wide range of steel sleeper designs for different applications, including for heavier axle loads and higher speeds.

Weihai Ruihe Railway Sleepers Co.,Ltd, as the well-known manufacturer for quality railway sleepers, has intensively collaborated on the railroad market at home and abroad. We sincerely invite and welcome people from all around the world to invest and create more values together.

We have  concrete railway sleepers for sale! A concrete sleeper (British English) or concrete tie (American English) is a type of railway sleeper or railroad tie, less elastic, and consequently noisier than wooden sleepers as trains pass over them.

Concrete wooden sleepers can be one piece of uniform or variable dimensions, used in high speed railway line constructions, generally railway sleepers transfer loads to the track ballast and sub-grade, hold the rails stable and keep them spaced to the correct gauge.

As one of the most professional  concrete sleeper suppliers , we have follwing advantages: It makes track more stable (particularly with changes in temperature), they can withstand fire hazards better than wooden sleepers, and need less maintenance, resulting in lower ongoing costs and fewer track closures. Furthermore, cement railway sleepers  are environmentally friendlier to some extent.

Weihai Ruihe Railway Sleepers Co.,Ltd, as the well-known manufacturer for train sleepers, has intensively collaborated on the railroad market at home and abroad. We sincerely invite and welcome people from all around the world to invest and create more values together.

Are you looking for best price treated pine sleepers? Do you want to know timber paint for sleepers? Or want to buy pine sleepers?

Timber sleeper(wood used in railway sleeper), it is a kind of wooden train sleepers. For the railway system, the railroad timber sleepers are an infrastructure. It is a support for the steel rails.

In general, the cheap pine sleepers lay on the ballasts, and the steel rails are fixed on these railway timber sleepers so that ensuring the safety of the train. On the other hands, the timber sleepers hold the steel tracks at the right position and keep them in a correct gauge. What’s more, the railway sleepers could reduce the vibration of the rails to some degree.

Characteristics of Timber (wooden) sleeper

Wooden sleepers are the first one used in railway and still being used now.

Advantage of Timber (wooden) sleeper

With good elasticity and insulation, they're lightweight and easy to connect with rails, convenient for transportation, laying and maintenance.

Disadvantage of Timber (wooden) sleeper

Wooden sleepers are vulnerable to mechanical damage with the feature of non-refractory and non-corrosive. They have a short service life but with high costs.

Chinese national standard for Wooden sleeper

In China, normal wooden sleepers that can be used for standard railroad are Type I and Type II. The end of Type I sleeper is a rectangle with the length of 2500mm, the width of 220mm and the height of 160mm.Other types of wooden sleepers can be designed according to the needs.

Its short service life is mainly because of corrosion, mechanical damage and cracking. In order to extend its service time, China’s railway institute requests the wooden sleeper need to be treated with anticorrosive processing.

Standard for the failure of cedar railway sleepers

Corrosion – losing pressure bearing capacity and cannot hold nails.

Broken – cannot maintain the gauge

Thickness – less than 140mm

Weihai Ruihe Railway Sleepers Co.,Ltd, as the well-known railway sleeper factory for railway sleeper China, has intensively collaborated on the railroad market at home and abroad. If you want to buy cheap sleepers, or you are looking for best price railway sleepers for sale, don’t hesitate to contact.

Steel sleeper can provide lower installation and maintenance costs and more efficient logistics that are designed to cater for all types of application, from meter gauge railways to mainline passenger and heavy haul freight routes.

Moreover, it requires less ballast than traditional concrete sleepers, contributing to lower track construction and renewal costs.

Advantage of Steel Sleeper

Reduced logistics costs and improved handling due to lightweight

Time and cost savings at installation due to reduced ballast requirements

Reduced maintenance through improved track stability

We offer a wide range of metal rods for sleepers for different applications, including for heavier axle loads and higher speeds. And we have various steel railway sleepers for sale.

Weihai Ruihe Railway Sleepers Co.,Ltd, as the well-known railway sleeper factory for railway sleeper China, has intensively collaborated on the railroad market at home and abroad. If you want to buy cheap sleepers, or you are looking for best price railway sleepers for sale , don’t hesitate to contact.

Do you want to buy concrete railway sleepers or want to know the cement sleepers price? Our company is a concrete sleeper factory, and it is also one of the most professional concrete railway sleepers suppliers   in China.

A concrete sleeper (British English) or concrete tie (American English) is a type of concrete sleepers in railway tracks or railroad tie, less elastic, and consequently noisier than wooden sleepers as trains pass over them.

Concrete sleepers can be one piece of uniform or variable dimensions, used in high speed railway line constructions, generally railway sleepers transfer loads to the track ballast and sub-grade, hold the rails stable and keep them spaced to the correct gauge.

Advantages: It makes track more stable (particularly with changes in temperature), they can withstand fire hazards better than wooden sleepers, and need less maintenance, resulting in lower ongoing costs and fewer track closures. Furthermore, concrete sleepers are environmentally friendlier to some extent.

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Weihai Ruihe Railway Sleepers Co.,Ltd, as the well-known railway sleeper factory, has intensively collaborated on the railroad market at home and abroad. If you want to buy cheap sleepers, or you are looking for quality railway sleepers, don’t hesitate to contact.