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	RAIL & SUPPORT PADS Rail support pads available in rubber, plastic and composite materials Rail products suitable for use on concrete, wood and steel sleepers and slab Over 20 years experience in supplying the rail industry

Railpads:
VIP-Polymers have been supplying track support products to the rail industry for many years. Manufactured in a variety of natural and synthetic elastomers, VIP-Polymers railpads are designed to withstand the most demanding operating environments.

VIP-Polymer railpads offer the following benefits:

• Dramatically Improved Impact Attenuation
• Noise Suppression
• Improved Passenger Comfort
• Extended Track Life
• Extended Ballast Life

VIP-Polymers in a joint initiative with a major world producer of rail track fastening systems analysed and developed a resilient pad concept to protect concrete rail sleepers from damage caused by the dynamic forces of passing trains. The result was the Patented Studded railpad. Over 45 Million of these rail pads are now used successfully Worldwide, including the USA, Canada, Australia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, France, Georgia, Lithuania, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Czech Republic, Uzbekistan, Syria, Singapore, Sudan, Estonia, Finland and extensively within the UK.

The combination of studded design and specially formulated rubber compound, gives VIP-Polymers patented rail pads a unique high resilience and abrasion resistance. Their superiority to those manufactured from other materials has been proven by their ability to reduce dynamic forces by up to 65%, which is a crucial consideration for railway systems worldwide as they adopt higher speeds and greater axle loads.

Other Rail Products:

VIP-Polymers also manufacture a range of ancillary rail support products designed to either compliment the benefits of railpads or for applications where further noise suppression and impact attenuation are required.

These products include:

• Sleeper Boot Pads
• Sleeper Pads
• Ballast Mats
• Baseplate Pads
• Railpads made from Dual Composite Polymers