哈斯科的TX16：发展与迭代

Harsco's TX16: Evolving and Taking Over
哈斯科的TX16：发展与迭代

Harsco Rail’s 16-tool Production/Switch Tampers establish and maintain railroad track’s intended surface and line.  Regular track maintenance using tampers is critical for trains to operate at optimal speed and with reduced risk for issues, such as slow orders or derailment.  Over time, train traffic, weather, ground conditions, and other variables cause a track to become misaligned – tampers are used to lift the track, realign it properly, tamp the ballast bed under the ties to remove voids, and then place the track back on firm footing.

哈斯科铁路公司的 TX16 正线/道岔捣固车可以对既定的铁轨线路进行维护。 使用捣固车对轨道进行定期维护对于列车以最佳速度运行并降低脱轨的风险至关重要。 随着时间的推移，列车运行、天气、地面条件和其他变量会导致轨道错位-捣固车用于抬起轨道，使其正确对齐，捣实轨枕下的道碴层以消除空隙，然后将轨道重新铺设在坚实的基础上。

The TX16 Production/Switch Tamper, the latest addition to Harsco Rail’s tamper portfolio, provides performance through technology, reliability through experience, and safety by design.  Since being introduced to the field in late 2019, the TX16 fleet has grown to four units across the US and Canada, with an additional two units delivering to Mexico by the end of 2023.

TX16 正线/道岔捣固车是哈斯科铁路公司捣固车系列的最新成员，在先进技术的基础上提供了卓越的性能，开发团队丰富的经验确保了产品的可靠性，优秀的设计也使得产品具有了很高的安全性。 自2019年底投入使用以来，TX16车队已在美国和加拿大增加到四台，另外两台将于2023年底交付墨西哥。

With the first prototype TX16 being launched with Canadian National (CN), the machine has performed consistently at average production rates of over 30 ties/minute for over 4 years.  For context, that is a roughly 50% improvement in production rate over a MK4 or 6700 and continues to challenge the production rates of larger 32-tool tamping machines. The design and introduction of the TX16 Production/Switch Tamper is a culmination of experience from our extensive tamper portfolio, global expertise, and innovative solutions.  The result: a 16-tool tamper with unprecedented work window utilization.  The TX16 leverages tie-finding, non-contact measurement, hybrid indexing, and cab push-button buggy deploy and stowage to greatly reduce measurement, setup, tamping, and stowage time – maximizing work within shrinking maintenance windows.

随着加拿大国家铁路公司（CN）推出第一台 TX16 原型机，4年多来，该机器的平均生产率一直保持在30枕（根）/分钟以上。 与 MK4 或6700相比，生产率提高了约50%，并继续向大型32-捣固机的生产率发起挑战。TX16 正线/道岔捣固车的设计和推出是我们丰富的捣固车产品经验、全球专业知识和创新解决方案的结晶。 其结果是：TX16 捣固车具有前所未有的工作窗口利用率。 TX16 利用根枕查找、非接触式测量、混合分度以及驾驶室一键式下放和回收组件，大大减少了测量、设置、捣固和堆装时间，从而在不断缩小的维护窗口内最大限度地提高了工作效率。

Today, we are tracking the use of TX16s by our customers in Western and Eastern Canada, Florida, and Kansas.  This experience has provided a wide range of operational and infrastructure scenarios, which enable hardware and software refinement that benefits not only the existing machines through upgrades, but also all future TX16s coming off our production line.  Looking into the future, we are planning to build one TX16 per quarter, expanding our fleet throughout NOAM and even globally.  As the performance and technology continues to be demonstrated, the market is seeing proof of value in action – laying the foundation for a bright future for TX16 and our customers.

如今，我们正在关注加拿大西部和东部、佛罗里达州和堪萨斯州客户使用 TX16 的情况。 这些经验提供了广泛的操作和基础设施应用场景，使硬件和软件的完善不仅有利于现有机器的升级，也有利于未来投入使用的所有 TX16。 展望未来，我们计划每季度生产一台 TX16，在整个北美地区甚至全球范围内扩大我们的车队。 随着性能和技术的不断展示，设备在市场中证明了自己的竞争力，这为 TX16 和我们的客户的美好未来奠定了基础。