Simmons Presents Wheel Truing 101 & InfoZone at Wheel Rail Interaction conference May 2013
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Albany, New York – October, 2012
Simmons presents "Wheel Truing 101" principles course and automated heavy haul wheel set maintenance InfoZone.
Increasing and Sustaining Heavy Haul Wheel Set Maintenance Operations through Computer Controlled Integrated Manufacturing
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"Back shops" or maintenance shops play a critical role in maintaining and improving capacity in heavy haul operations. As heavy haul operators develop and implement more processes and methods for increasing capacity, the ore car maintenance wheel shop can often become a constraint to futher improvements.
BREAKING NEWS: Simmons Engineer Conquers Mount McKinley
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One of our very own Engineers, Jesse Kenyon, is climbing to the top, literally! Jesse is on the exploration of his life where he is hiking mountain tops, traversing glaciers, and dodging white out conditions and avalanche dangers. Here he is on top of the highest peak in North America, Mount McKinley.
Industry Today Profiles Simmons Machine Tool
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A major railroad industry player, Simmons Machine Tool Corporation doesn’t waste time with “flat car riders” and “cross-tie walkers” the New York-based company only works with major international industrial railway companies, offering the broadest line of machine tools that foster maintenance and production of railway wheel sets. Impact is global.
Fortescue’s first newsletter for the T155 Rail Expansion Project
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The Rail Expansion Project will allow Fortescue to achieve its ambitious growth plans. It is a critical link between our growing iron ore mining operations and the Herb Elliott Port where we export by ship. We are responsible or installing 111 turnouts, 4 bridges, nearly 300 kilometres of additional track, 400,000 sleepers, and the list goes on. Every component of the rail line that you work on contributes to this important infrastructure expansion project.