prEN 13232-5 rev

Railway applications - Track - Switches and crossings for Vignole rails - Part 5: Switches

Scope

The scope of this European Standard is:
establish a working definition for switches and their constituent parts and identify the main types;
specify the minimum requirements for the manufacture of the switches and/or constituent parts;
specify codes of practice for inspection and tolerances of both full and half sets of switches and their constituent parts;
establish the limits and scope of supply;
list the methods by which switches and their parts should be identified and traced;
list the different and varying ways by which switches can be described using the following parameters:
geometry of the switches;
types of construction;
performance requirements;
design criteria;
tolerances and inspection.

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