Tech Specifications | Composite Rail Ties

Tech Specifications | Composite Rail Ties

IntegriCo Composite's rail ties are made with engineering materials and processes utilizing best practices for quality assurance and control standards. The company utilizes its patented technology and equipment to process mixed plastic waste in achieving high consistency and structural integrity of its rail ties.

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Performance Highlights

Property	IntegriCo's Tie	AREMA Standards
Modulus of Elasticity, MOE (psi)	240,000	170,000
Modulus of Rupture, MOR (psi)	2,500	2,000
Rail Seat Compression (psi)	2,200	900
Spike Pullout (lb)	3,500	1,900
Weight (lb)	240	185-320
Dimensions (inXinXin)	7x9x102	7x9x(102 or 108)
CTE (in/in/ºF)	1.2 x 10^-5	Max 7.5 x 10^-5

Additional Features and Information

- A pattern is stamped into the three sides of the railroad ties to increase ballast retention and increase in-track stability.

- IntegriCo railroad ties can be spiked without pre-drilling

- IntegriCo rail ties have undergone extensive third party testing at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne, TTCI Pueblo, Colorado, NTS Laboratories Plano, Texas and OCM Test Laboratories Anaheim, California

- Railroad Ties have been installed in a variety of applications and locations and have been in service in excess of two years.

Applications

IntegriCo Composites' ties provide benefits for all major rail tie applications from the extreme loading conditions of a class I heavy axle load applications to the caustic environment of an industrial chemical processing plant. Key benefits are listed below.

Integrico News

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr 03, 2009 - Today IntegriCo Composites, Inc, announced achievement of two important milestones in developing its composite railroad tie division.

First, IntegriCo announced that tests conducted on IntegriCo Composites' ties by the Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) in Pueblo, Colorado, the largest and most recognized testing organization in the world for railroad industry products, met and exceeded railroad industry performance requirements.