Ferobide has used successfully in tuneladoras (TBM) to protect areas of the cabezal of cut in the project of the Swedish tunnel Hallandsåsen. It presents an option of long length and soldable in front of the steels toughened conventional and the wands of revestimiento hard, what saves a time signicativo in the maintenance.
Ferobide was the material to the avant-garde of the rail project more desaante of Sweden: the perforación successful through the “impenetrable mountain Hallandsåsen” to build two parallel tunnels with a longitude unita- ria of almost 5.500 metres and an inner diameter of roughly 9 metres. The tunnels are the project of rail infrastructure more important of the country in 40 years. The capacity will augment of 4 to 24 trains by day, the time of trip among Malmö and Gotemburgo will shorten and the capacity of load of the trains of commodities will duplicate .
At all of this would be possible without Ferobide.
- Ferobide augments the useful life of 6 to 7 times, in comparison with the steel toughened 500HB.
- To the 5 months, the steel toughened 500HB is entirely worn, whereas to Ferobide remains him 85% of useful life.
- Ferobide exhibits an useful life of 26 months.
- Ferobide reduced signicativamente the time of inactivity and accelerated the nalización of the project.