RM 801
The workhorse
The ballast bed cleaning machine RM 801 always does a good job with track construction projects of any kind. During excavation, the machine allows the ballast bed to shine in new splendor over a distance of 350 meters per hour.
Total mass in tonnes
Axles
Cubic metre/hour track bed cleaning
Technical data
| Type of machine | Ballast bed cleaning machine |
| Manufacturer | Plasser & Theurer |
| Registration year | 1992 |
| Total length over buffers | 66,80 m | With star screen wagon | 99,80 m | With repair-, equipment- and security wagons | 155,44 m |
| Width | 3,10 m | ||||
| Height | 4,65 m | ||||
| Mass | 342 t | ||||
| Axles | 20 | Powered of those | 8 | ||
| Permissible speed in train set | 100 km/h | Run by itself | 65 km/h |
Output
| Ballast bed cleaning | 800 m³/h | ||
| Total excavation (gravel & ground) | 180 - 200 m/h | ||
| Drive through width (in transporting position) | min. 3,10 m | ||
| Clearing chain hight | 0,35 m | ||
| Clearing chain width | min. 4,00 m | max. 5,40 m | |
| Clearing chain depth | up to 1,00 m under SOK | ||
| Change of gradient | from -500 mm to +100 mm to SOK | ||
| Required space on pressure side | 0,75 m | ||
| Required space on blank side | 0,70 m | ||
| Smallest drive through width (at 2,60 m threshold) | 4,20 m | ||
| Swivelling capabilities of the track | +/- 200 mm | ||
| Laying down to superelevation | 150 mm | ||
| Max. incline of the formation level | 1:20 | ||
| Chipping conveyor length before buffer | 3,60 m | ||
| Chipping conveyor loading into nearby track | up to 5 m track distance | ||
| Clearance between chipping conveyor and SO | 3,70 m (Loading before head) | ||
| Smallest ridable radius (Track bed cleaning) | 300 m | at total excavation | 210 m |
Your contact partner
Jakob Laukert
(Head of department track construction)
The complexity of this machine in no way limits its application possibilities, on the contrary: We always ensure that our machines are suitable for a range of different construction requirements.
If you would like to use this machine in one of your construction projects or simply require more information, just contact me. If you require another machine, we will find the right solution for you among our wide range of construction machines be it for the construction of new tracks, the removal of existing tracks or the maintenance of track and switch systems.
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