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INCREASED PAYLOAD QUALITY AND SAFETY WHEEL LIFE IMPROVEMENT HEAVY HAUL VHD TM Valdunes Heavy Duty MORE THAN 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN HEAVY HAUL WWW.VALDUNES.COM Wheels have been used for more than 5 years with a good perfor- mance. Experience has been used to participate in the new HPW2 program starting in 2017. More than 30 years experience in heavy haul transportation. Partner in the TTCI (AAR-USA) high performance wheel. Programs 1 an 2 (HPW1-HPW2). Tailor-made solutions from our R&D department adapted to your specific requirements. Hardness and steel grades designed according to your applications. Surpass AAR M107/208 requirements (Class C mod 2, Class C mod 3 and Class D solutions). Very high cleanliness and specially developed steel grades (with targeted micro-alloying). Optimized wheel and wheelset geometries to improve life, reduce wear and weight and improve safety.

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MORE THAN 30 YEARS EXPERIENCEI N H E A v Y H A u l W W W . V A L D U N E S . C O M

Wheels have been used for more than 5 years with a good perfor-mance. Experience has been used to participate in the new HPW2 program starting in 2017.

More than 30 years experience in heavy haul transportation.

Partner in the TTCI (AAR-USA) high performance wheel. Programs 1 an 2 (HPW1-HPW2).

Tailor-made solutions from our R&D department

adapted to your specific

requirements. Hardness

and steel grades designed

according to your applications.

Surpass AAR M107/208 requirements (Class C mod 2, Class C mod 3 and Class D solutions).

Very high cleanliness

and specially developed

steel grades (with targeted

micro-alloying).

Optimized wheel and wheelset geometries

to improve life, reduce wear

and weight and improve safety.

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INCREASED PAyLOADImproved wheelset design can help you increase both the axle load up to 50 tonnes and wagon payload by reducing the weight of the wheelset.

WHEEL LIFE IMPROVEMENTBy working closely with our customers we have been able to increase wheel life up to an ave-rage 1.7 million km.

WORLDWIDE ExPERIENCEOur products are currently in service throughout the world, giving us a wide experience of all ex-treme conditions: - 40°C to + 45°C, desert, arc-tic, tropical, mountain, steep gradients…

QUALITy AND SAFETySpecial steels, specific heat treatments and optimi-sed wheelset design not only enhance wheel life and increase payloads but also significantly im-prove railroad safety.

OUR MAIN REFERENCES Australia: BHP Iron Ore, FMG, Rio Tinto - Brazil: MRS Logistica, Vale - Canada: Arcelor Mittal Mines, QNSL, Wabush Mines - Gabon: Comilog - Mau-ritania: SNIM - Saudi Arabia: SAR - South Africa: Transnet - Sweden: LKAB...

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