Your specialist for cleaning solutions in rail transport technology

Your specialist for cleaning solutions in rail transport technology

Clean rail components form the basis for safe inspections, reliable maintenance and stable downstream processes.

Reference reports from the rail industry

Practical examples of cleaning technology in rail transport

High-pressure water jet

Automated removal of impact protection from wheelset shafts

At a maintenance facility in Germany, a fully automated Geyser system removes impact protection coatings using a high-pressure water jet: non-abrasive, gentle on surfaces and reproducible. A special approach for rail maintenance. The full reference report is available for download.

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Two coupled bearing washing systems

Clean different bearing housings simultaneously

Two coupled continuous-flow systems clean bearing housings and roller bearings in parallel in cycle operation. All components remain clearly assigned throughout the process — ensuring safe handling, thorough cleaning and cost-effective rail maintenance. The full reference report is available for download.

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The right cleaning solution for 
every rail component

Whether wheelsets, wheel bearings, bearing housings, motors, gearboxes or heavy bogies: BvL offers customized cleaning solutions for a wide range of rail components. The focus is not only on high cleaning performance, but also on cost-effectiveness and efficiency.

In our in-house technology center, we offer trial cleanings and determine the process technology best suited to your requirements. Our systems are custom-designed for your component and your process.

We have extensive experience and numerous international references.

Customized cleaning systems

  • Excellent cleaning results, even with the heaviest contamination
  • No thermal or mechanical stress on the surface
  • Automation creates easy handling and efficiency

Railway industry

Intelligent cleaning of railway components during production and maintenance processes

BvL Oberflächentechnik GmbH has in-depth specialist knowledge in system design for extreme applications. As a specialist for cleaning processes in rail transport companies, we can call on experience gained in numerous international projects. This ensures that the foundations for many years of precise and fault-free cleaning performance have been laid. Our cleaning systems are suitable for parts as varied as axle bearing caps through to train safety rails so that we can cover all applications in the railway industry both for maintenance tasks and also the production of new railway components.
 

Cleaning during the production of railway components
There are cleaning requirements in the new production of all manner of different railway components. Our cleaning systems are optimally customized to your application. For example, we can clean the internal threaded holes on new railway axles just as reliably as heavy railway wheels or bearings with complicated geometries on a fully automated production line.
 

Cleaning for maintenance tasks
Train components are subjected to extreme loads and these heavy parts with their complex shapes thus need to be cleaned intensively. Thorough cleaning is thus the only way to allow the completion of any further work that may be required such as maintenance, servicing, painting or quality and crack testing.

  • Parts cleaning in new production and maintenance
  • Cleaning of heavy railway components (weighing up to one tonne)
  • Certified by Deutsche Bahn
  • Extensive references in the railway sector