A buffer stop is a device, installed at the end of rail tracks, stopping the trains in the emergency conditions to prevent serious hazards, loss of human life and property in force majeure cases, caused by high speeds, technical defects in the railway braking systems or human faults.
IRIDCO designs and produces different types of buffer stops such as ‘friction’ buffer stop and friction hydraulic buffer stops, based on the customer request.
This device with a main structure and a damper is developed to be used in both railway and suburban trains.
The friction model is composed of a metal structure and several railway break shoes with some various capabilities.
When the train strikes the buffer stop, the railway break shoes lessen the kinetic energy of the train through its friction with rail, making the train to come to a stoppage.
The buffer main structure is designed suitable to the rail vehicles , wagon-tampons, wagon-couplers as well as locomotives.
In hydraulic-friction models, apart from the railway brake shoes, the hydraulic jack also damps part of the affecting energy on the structure.
This product is manufactured according to the high technology using the high quality components, as a result its life cycle is long with low maintenance costs.
