KLP® Turnout Bearers

• Manufactured from 100% recycled polymers
• Can be 100% recycled
• Low thermal expansion – due to steel reinforcing (maintains gauge)
• Stiffness comparable to timber
• Steel provides required strength
• Polymer absorbs impact and noise
• Excellent chemical resistance
• Does not rot and decay
• Environmentally friendly – low CO2 footprint
• Non-toxic content
• Handling – same equipment as for timber
• Virtually maintenance free
• Low Life Cycle cost – Design life of 50 years+
• Drilling or cutting – same tools as for timber
• No special respiratory PPE required – contains no glass fibres

• Baseplates can be installed over the full length of the Bearer

• Types 201 and HS 206: 2000 – 5200 x 150 x 260mm, suitable for axle loads up to 25t
• HS Type 202: 2000 – 5200 x 150 x 250mm, suitable for axle loads up to 35t

• Types 501 and HS 502  : 4200 – 9600  x 150 x 260mm, suitable for axle loads up to 25t

Product lengths are based on 2 connectable sleepers in ‘connected condition’.