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In 2011, FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers were delivered to the Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) in Pueblo, Colorado, USA, for testing. Their evaluation had been taken place at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) and a report was issued on Railway Track & Structure Magazine in April 2021.
According to the report, after over 10
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In 2021, ArcelorMittal and SEKISUI CHEMICAL started partnering on a project to capture and re-use carbon waste gases from the steelmaking process. Last year in 2023, we achieved a CO2 conversion rate of 90% and a hydrogen conversion rate of 75% at ArcelorMittal S.A. plant in Asturias, Spain.
Now, we are pleased to announce that we have begun a project which
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This is another installation example of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers in Shinkansen (high-speed line) in Japan. The sleepers with brown color are FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers that are installed on precast slab bed at the turnout area in main line. This picture is a bird-view of Kyushu Shinkansen at Kagoshima Central Station. This station is the terminal ...
Calmmoon Rail is a rail noise reduction system from SEKISUI FFU Railway Technology. It was approved by EBA, the German Federal Railway Authority, as a rail web shielding technology in 2010 and installed in actual track for more than 80km.
In order to investigate the effectiveness of noise and vibration mitigation systems on railway track, an economic ...
Today we would like to introduce you another installation example of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper in Tohoku Shinkansen operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Tohoku (“Northeastern”) Shinkansen is a Japanese high speed rail line, connecting Tokyo Station with Shin-Aomori Station in a route length of 675 km (419 miles). The maximum line speed ...
Application of FFU is not only limited to railway sleepers. Approach way to the track for road-rail vehicles is an example. FFU is one of the best structural materials around railway tracks because it is durable, electrically insulated, and can be fabricated and assembled flexibly for various usage.
We have been supplying many types of applications of FFU ...
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Benefits of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper for bridge transom application are its light weight and longevity.
This picture was taken at Higashi-Hakuraku Station at Toyoko Line of Tokyu Railways (Japan) where FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers are used as bridge transoms. With the identical weight of timber but much longer product life, it is the best option for ...
The bridge in this picture is one of the first sites where FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers were installed 43 years ago. In 1980, SEKISUI and Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) in Japanese National Railway (at that time) co-developed FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers and installed as trials at an open deck bridge over Miomote River in Niigata Prefecture ...
Since 1988, FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers have been used in Shinkansen Lines (High-Speed Lines) in Japan.
The Shinkansen train shown in this picture is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) and runs maximum 320km/h from Tokyo Station to Hakodate-Hokuto Station. FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers are ...
Benefit of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper for bridge application is its light weight and longevity.
This picture was taken at Higashi-Hakuraku Station at Toyoko Line of Tokyu Railways (Japan) where FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers are used as bridge sleepers. With the identical weight as timber sleepers but much longer product life, FFU Synthetic Railway ...
Benefit of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper for bridge application is its light weight and longevity.
This picture was taken at Higashi-Hakuraku Station at Toyoko Line of Tokyu Railways (Japan) where FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers are used as bridge sleepers. With the identical weight as timber sleepers but much longer product life, FFU Synthetic Railway ...
FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper is mainly used at highly stressed track sections such as switches and bridges, but it is also used at regular tracks as well. According to the EBA (German Federal Railway Authority), the cross section of the sleeper can be reduced up to 26cm width and 10cm height for the regular tracks (*1). While minimizing the initial cost for ...
We are pleased to announce that SEKISUI has again been listed as one of the top 100 most sustainable corporations in the world! This marks the sixth consecutive year for SEKISUI on the list and this year we ranked number 84th.
The index is published annually by the Canadian company Corporate Knights Inc. It ranks large companies from all sectors worldwide, ...
From December 28th to January 3rd, SEKISUI FFU Railway Technology Team in Japan will be out of office for New Year Holiday. We will resume our business after the holiday, January 4th.
We would like take this opportunity to thank all of our clients, partners and team members for the support and cooperation throughout the year. We are looking forward to ...
A huge thank you goes out to everyone who follows us, likes our posts and shares our content. We really appreciate your support!
In SEKISUI FFU Railway Technology, we post installation pictures of FFU Synthetic Railway Sleepers from railways all over the world, product information, and company updates. The most updated information will be posted here, so ...
SEKISUI has been selected for 11 consecutive years by the World Index of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), a global stock index for ESG investment. DJSI is an index which its constituent stocks are selected by S&P Dow Jones Index, a major financial index developer, and is used to select the top-ranked business in each industry by evaluating the ...
In September 2022, SEKISUI had another project with Infrabel, a government owned railway company in Belgium. Tamines Bridge locates in Line 130 - one of the railway lines which connects Namur and Charleroi, cities in the South of Belgium.
Infrabel installed 90 sleepers (w/h/l = 270/150/2,400 mm). As FFU Synthetic Railway Sleeper has excellent workability ...
Thank you very much for those who visited our booth at “Rail Live 2022” in Málaga, Spain yesterday. If you have not, you have one more days, until Thursday 1st December, to meet our team.
We are at Stand 8. Don’t miss it!!
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