Chamfering of Fish Bolt Holes in Rail 1 In case of elongated holes, such portion of rail Description / Item No. Qty.

Description / Item No. Qty. 1 On the other face of the rail hole, insert the
should be removed, new holes should be drilled second half of the HSS chamfering bit over the
and chamfered. High Tensile Steel (HTS) bolt M-20 1 No. bolt shank followed by the second packing
Purpose : (RDSO/T/4513)
piece.
Chamfering of rail holes gives substantial increase 1 Old elongated holes should not be chamfered, as High Tensile Steel nut for M-20 bolt 1 No.
1 It shall be ensured that chamfering bit faces the
the chamfering bit will not be in contact with the (RDSO/T/4513)
in fatigue life of rail at the hole (an increase of three bolt hole on both sides.
to four times). Chamfering of bolt holes work full edge of the elongated bolt holes periphery and Sets of 2 High Speed Steel (HSS) 1 Set
hardens the periphery of holes and thereby delays there will be uneven hardening of the metal chamfering bits 1 Fix the nut on the HTS bolt thread and tighten
the formation of star cracks. Each hole drilled in resulting in stress concentration in weaker zones. (RDSO/T/4510 for 32mm dia. hole and initially by hand or with a spanner.
RDSO/T/4511 for 26.5 mm dia. hole)
the rail shall be chamfered as under : 1 Pre-set torque wrench to torque value of 52 kg-
Competent Person/Official In-charge : 19 mm square drive sockets size 32 mm 1 No. m equivalent to an axial force of 12.5 tonnes.
1 Bolt holes in new rails received directly from Mate/Keyman.
Set of 2 packing pieces (Sleeves) 1 Set 1 Fix the socket in the square drive of the torque
steel plant should be chamfered before rails are (RDSO/T/4512) wrench and then fix the socket with torque
laid in track. Equipment :
T-400 torque-wrench with built-in ratchet 1 No. wrench on the nut.
Work hardening of bolt holes should be done with mechanism 1.25 m length 1 The nut is then tightened with the torque
1 Chamfering of bolt holes in the welded rail
panels should be done before dispatch in the chamfering kit of approved make (RDSO drawing no. wrench. As soon as the pre-set torque is attained,
Flash Butt Welding Plants, if situation so RDSO/T/4510 for 32mm dia. hole and RDSO/T/4511 the torque wrench will automatically trip
for 26.5mm dia. hole for gapless joint). Procedure :
warrants. indicating complete tightening to pre-set torque
value.
The chamfering kit consists of the following 1 Insert one packing piece on the shank of HTS bolt
1 When rails in track are end-cropped, new bolt followed by one side HSS chamfering bit. 1 Unscrew the nut by reversing the torque wrench
holes should be chamfered at site. equipment : and remove the HTS bolt.
1 Now insert the HTS bolt (with one packing piece 1 The process is then repeated on other rail holes.
1 Existing bolt holes in fracture prone zones and one HSS chamfering bit as above) in the hole.
should be chamfered if not elongated. ***
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Sketch showing the assembly details of Our Objective
chamfering equipment :
To upgrade Maintenance Technologies and gË`_{d O`V{
Methodologies and achieve improvement in
productivity and performance of all Railway GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
4 4 5 assets and manpower which inter-alia would
1 3 3 2 cover Reliability, Availability, and Utilisation.
6 CHAMFERING OF
If you have any suggestion & any specific
comments, please write to us : FISH BOLT HOLES
Contact person : Director (Civil) IN RAIL
Postal Address : Centre for Advanced CAMTECH/C/2004/FBH/1.0
Maintenance Technology SEPTEMBER - 2004
1. High tensile bolt (RDSO/T/4513)
2. High tensile nut (RDSO/T/4513) Maharajpur, Gwalior (M.P.)
Pin Code - 474 020
3. Chamfering bits
(RDSO/T/4510 for 32mm dia. hole Phone : 0751-2470869
and RDSO/T/4511 for 26.5 mm dia. hole) 0751-2470803 Μ
4. Packing pieces (RDSO/T/4512) EXCELLENCE IN MAINTENANCE

5. Socket to fix on high tensile nut Fax : 0751-2470841

Torque Wrench
6. Torque wrench 6 Maharajpur, Gwalior - 474 020 (INDIA)
( 0751 - 2470869 • Fax : 0751 - 2470841