Bridges and railways are much more than parts of a transportation network. They are vital components of public infrastructure, where community investment includes trust in the ongoing safety and performance of the application. Living up to that trust means there can be no compromise on the parts and materials that, at the end of the day, are essential to ensuring critical services with minimum risk of failure and harm.
That’s a lot of responsibility. And though the thousands of train passengers crossing the Hohenzollern Bridge daily are unlikely to give it much thought, they are benefitting from the vigilance of the German Federal Railway Authority and Deutsche Bahn and its partnership with ThyssenKrupp Schulte.
The latter supplies the unique SBS (Steel Beam Sleepers) that are capable of handling the tremendous strain on the bridge’s sleepers and tracks caused by accelerating or braking trains. And to fasten and secure the SBS positions, ThyssenKrupp Schulte chose Nord-Lock washers.
Nord-Lock washers are also securing the more than 8000 SBS sleepers on 50 other bridges throughout Germany. The public puts their trust in the project managers, builders and engineers. And judging by the company’s presence in major projects globally, managers, builders and engineers are putting their trust in Nord-Lock, number 1 in bolt securing systems.
