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Welding solutions for locomotives, wagons and the track

India’s rail network never stops, and neither does the wear on it — rails, wheels, journals and diesel engine parts take load every day of the year. Most of that damage is repairable in the shed rather than replaceable. Pick a part of the railway on the map to see which components fail, how, and the STANVAC range that returns them to service.

12
Components mapped
4
Railway areas
500+
Authorised distributors
Isometric view of a railway depot — diesel locomotives stabled over inspection pit roads below the fuelling silos, a turntable in the middle of the yard, a repair shed spanned by an overhead travelling crane, bogies and coach underframes up on stands, and a permanent-way yard stacked with rail panels, sleepers and ballast.
Railway depot and yard 12 components mapped Click a numbered pin on the depot
Railway area

All railway areas

Every mapped component across the locomotive, the bogie, the track and the shed.

Component Base metal Railway area Recommended solution
Crank Case Carbon Steel Locomotive STAVITRODE A 11 (opens in a new tab) Repair - Joining Electrode
Cylinder Head Cast Iron Locomotive STAVITRODE A 42 (opens in a new tab) Cast Iron Welding Electrodes
Diesel Valve High Temperature Steel Locomotive Nickel & Inconel grades (opens in a new tab)
Exhaust Mufflers & Manifolds Alloy Steel Locomotive STAVITRODE A 31 (opens in a new tab) Repair - Joining Electrode
Loco Wheels Steel Locomotive STAVITRODE A 24 (opens in a new tab) Repair - Joining Electrode
Journal Box Manganese Steel Bogie & Underframe STAVITRODE A 24 (opens in a new tab) Repair - Joining Electrode
Bearing Ends Copper Alloy Bogie & Underframe STAVITRODE A 50 (opens in a new tab) Repair - Joining Electrode
Roof Truss/Under Frames Alloy Steel/Carbon Steel Bogie & Underframe STAVITRODE A 11 (opens in a new tab) Repair - Joining Electrode
Brake Equipment/Lever/Rods Carbon Steel Bogie & Underframe STAVITRODE A 11 (opens in a new tab) Repair - Joining Electrode
Rail Ends & Crossings Austenitic Manganese Steels Track STAVITRODE A 24 (opens in a new tab) Repair - Joining Electrode
Machine Housings Cast Iron Workshop STAVITRODE A 40 (opens in a new tab) Cast Iron Welding Electrodes
Crane Case Cast Iron Workshop STAVITRODE A 43 (opens in a new tab) Cast Iron Welding Electrodes
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How railway components fail

  1. Rolling contact

    Rail ends, crossings and wheel treads battered by wheel loads until the manganese work-hardens and spalls away.

  2. Friction

    Journal boxes, bearing ends and bushes running out of size where metal turns against metal all day.

  3. Thermal fatigue

    Exhaust mufflers, manifolds and diesel valves cycling hot to cold until they scale and craze.

  4. Cracking

    Cast housings, crank cases and under frames split by vibration, shock loads and shunting damage.

The range

What a railway workshop buys from us

Stainless steel electrodes India's best-selling SS welding consumable range. Hard surface electrodes Overlays for abrasion, impact and friction wear faces. Hard surface tubular electrodes High deposition on large, heavily worn surfaces. Cast iron welding electrodes Cold repair of cracked housings, beds and pump bodies. Cladding & die build-up Rebuilding shafts, dies and tooling back to size. Repair & joining electrodes Dissimilar and unknown-steel joints made on site. Nickel & Inconel grades Heat-resistant service on grills, elements and doors.

Send us the component.
We’ll send the procedure.

Base metal, service condition and a photograph — an application engineer comes back with the consumable, the parameters and the expected life gain.

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