VLA Rail System, 2017
Description
Equipment purchased in 2017 as part of ongoing efforts to improve VLA infrastructure. The machine is much bigger and better than the original equipment used to lay ties in 1976, adding a level of automation to the removal and insertion of cross-ties not previously available at NRAO. Now one machine will remove an old tie from under the rail, remove a new tie from the stack and properly position it, and then insert it under the rail, thus speeding the process considerably. The goal is to replace 5,000 ties per year.
Creator
Records of the NRAO
Type
Still Image
Identifier
DSCF0081-tie-inserter-2017.jpg
Citation
Records of the NRAO, “VLA Rail System, 2017,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed August 17, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/35233.