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EspañolAdditional benefits of using FFU® in bridge construction
Technical
- Any shape that can be drawn can be reproduced with millimetre precision
- Dimensionally stable, even after a derailment
- Use of existing fasteners
- Use of existing tools
- No change to static bridge support system
- Full-surface support on the steel girders
- No change to deadweight of bridge
- The visual appearance of the bridge is maintained
- Simple working on the project
- Fast repairs possible
- Very good technical characteristics
Economic
- Service life forecast to be 50 years or 1700 million load tonnes
- Since 1980 no returned material - 35 years of experience
- Low construction height in centre of sleeper, e.g. 16 cm
- High level of availability of track
- Reduced maintenance costs
- Improved railway safety
- Short track possessions
- LCC analysis by Graz Technical University - more economic than wood after 15 years of use
- According to DB AG only 5% higher project investment required
- Recoverable material after end of service life
Environmental
- Long service life without impregnation
- Free from insecticides
- High resistance to weathering
- 100% recyclable
- No impairment of water or soil
