Rail Maintenance Vehicles
Cotta products continue to support a wide variety of markets and applications where high performance is a must. One of those markets includes rail maintenance equipment, such as utility track vehicles, rail grinders, spike drivers and pullers, tie handlers, gravel trucks, rail excavators, wire tensioners, and boom/scissor lift trucks.
Cotta’s customer, Custom Truck One Source, has a rail car mover that works in conjunction with a split-shaft Cotta gearbox and a pump drive. Cotta worked with Custom Truck to develop a gearbox solution that included all of the customer’s requirements. In this application, the split-shaft PTO supplies power to the rear axles in the road mode.
Cotta has another customer that has been using a creep drive design for over 10 years. The creep drive is used in a guardrail truck, and allows the vehicle to creep along at very low consistent speeds, regardless of engine speed. This in turn allows the auxiliary systems to utilize the power needed to perform the work needed effectively. The vehicle is then able to drive at a normal speed once the system is disengaged. The unit was designed to provide precision vehicle speed control by using a hydraulic motor to rotate the vehicle drive shaft.
Cotta designed another heavy duty transfer case that is being used in hi-rail trucks. In these applications, the vehicles need to be able to go as fast forwards on a rail as they do backwards. Since that is not possible with a regular truck transmission, Cotta’s forward reverse transfer case has been a great solution for companies in the hi-rail market.
To speak to an application specialist regarding your custom gearbox needs, call 608-368-5600, or email sales@cotta.com .
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