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Ballast Cleaning
RM 800 Super 3S

Fully hydraulically powered multi-car machine with 10 powered axles consisting of drive unit, screening car, excavating car, power unit and tank and measuring trailer. All cars, except the tank and measuring trailer, are linked together by articulated coupling.

Drive unit
conveyor belts for spoil, slewing spoil transfer conveyor belt which can also be turned for transit, one drive engine, diesel tanks, cabin at front end and measuring axles to measure the track geometry before cleaning.

Screening car
three eccentric vibrating screens, conveyor belts for excavated material, cleaned ballast and spoil.

Excavating car
endless excavating chain, fully adjustable excavating width up to 5.330 mm (with feeder plates), track lifting and slewing devices, conveyor belts for transport of excavated material to screening car, return transport of cleaned ballast, ballast hopper for cleaned ballast, ballast distributing conveyor belt and profiling plough, cabin in front of the excavating chain and behind ballast distributing and profiling devices.

Power unit
two drive engines.

Fuel tank and measuring car
carrying three diesel tanks and measuring axles to measure track geometry after cleaning. Cabin with driver's control desk, workshop cabin and measuring recorder.

Measuring, guiding and recording devices for
excavating depth, formation crossfall, versine and superelevation, twist and lowering of the cleaned track.

Technical Data
Length 358' 10''
Width 15' 1''
Height 10' 2''
Weight 782,633 lb
Engine Power 2,972 HP
Travel Speed 60 mph
Drawing
RM 800 Super 3S