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Title: Plymouth Company Wins The 2008 "Railway Oscars" For Innovation Post by: Lee on October 05, 2008, 22:24:33 Vortok International, a Plymouth company, has won this years prestigious Award for Innovation at the 2008 National Railway Awards, known as the ^Railway Oscars^ (link below.)
http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/track/vortok/press6.html The Roborough-based company has developed a device to assist in the vital stressing of rail to ensure it is safe in extremely hot or cold weather and it is for this device that the award has been made. The Vortok Stressing Roller has replaced old techniques that required three different pieces of equipment that the new unit integrates into one. It is an under-roller, a side roller and a lifting device all in one. It reduces the time it takes to carry out the work, reduces the number of people needed and operates in a much safer way and produces higher quality track. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |