BROOKS FORGINGS SUPPLY SPECIAL COMPONENTS TO SUPPORT THE UK RAIL INDUSTRY
30 January 2017Brooks Forgings Ltd have been approached to manufacture special arching horns that are used in overhead electrification applications for the rail industry.
Sawing, machining, hot bending and welding processes was used to manufacture the components used in the arching horn assembly. Brooks Forgings has all of these processes available at their manufacturing site in Stourbridge, West Midlands. This ensures the swift turnaround and quality tolerances required by the customer.
The components were produced from certified 316 stainless steel material of European origin. The profiles were manufactured from 6mm thick plate and required the machining of special chamfered edges prior to the hot bending process. The bending process required specially designed tooling and jigs to minimise deformation and meet strict tolerances. The profiles were fillet welded to a clamping block that was produced firstly as a one piece, drilled with two 10.5mm holes and a large 24mm hole, and then sawn in half to create a matching pair. The complete assembly was fully inspected for distortion following the welding process. Supplied complete with A2 stainless bolts, washers and stiff nuts.