Crane rail and track support
Steel shimming under crane rails leaves point contact that fatigues the rail and the supporting structure under wheel loads measured in tons.
What is failing
Steel shims under a crane rail touch the structure at a few high points, not across the rail foot. Wheel loads in the tons concentrate on those points and fatigue both the rail and the runway beam beneath it. The rail walks out of position, fasteners loosen, and a lift line slows down while the steel works free under every pass.
How AAS does it
AAS beds the rail in a poured cold-cure chocking compound that flows into the gap and cures hard against the runway. The pour takes the rail's actual profile, so contact spreads across the full foot instead of a handful of points. No machining of the runway beam and no hot work over the bay. Our crew preps the steel, sets the rail to line and level, and dams the pour, and a Belzona 7111-class chocking system carries the load and damps shock.
Typically applied with Belzona 7111, matched to the service conditions.
The track holds line and level under heavy-lift loads and the rail stops fatiguing the runway, so the crane keeps running without cutting or re-machining the support steel.
How AAS delivers it
AAS performs Crane rail and track support work for Steel, Manufacturing, and Facilities operations across Baton Rouge and Louisiana, cold-applied and in place wherever possible, on your turnaround schedule. Crews are factory-trained Belzona applicators, the repair system is matched to the service conditions it will see, and urgent failures are covered by 24-hour on-call response. The result is a permanent, engineered repair that returns the asset to service without the cost or downtime of full replacement.
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