Linzhou Changda Railway Material Co., Ltd. (CDR), established in 1989, focuses on the research, development and production of railway fishplates (splice bar / joint bar). CDR has become supplier for railway fishplates approved by the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Railways, and serves many Chinese large and medium-sized railway projects.

CDR has also broken into international markets and customised 21 different varieties of foreign standard and non-standard fishplates, which are exported to the US, Canada, Australia, South America, Africa and Jordan.

Railway fishplates
Fishplates are arguably the company's most renowned products, with CDR boasting 23 years' experience manufacturing them. CDR can produce common fishplates, insulated fishplates, bulged fishplates, compromised fishplates, and glued insulated fishplates used for high-speed railway according to several standards, such as TB/T2345-2008, AREMA 2007, BS47-1, UIC864-4 & UIC864-8, AS1085.1-2002 and DIN 5902-1995.

Available railway fishplates from CDR include:

Chinese standard fishplates
Standard: TB/T2345-2008
Material: Chinese steel grade 55#
Size: 43kg, 50kg, 60kg, 75kg

Fishplates for AREMA 2007 standard steel rail
Standard: AREMA 2007
Material: Chinese steel grade 50#
Size: 115RE, 119RE, 132RE, 136RE, 141RE

Fishplates for AS standard rail
Standard: AS1085.1-2002
Material: Chinese steel grade 45# / Chinese steel grade 50#
Size: 31kg, 41/47kg, 50kg, 53kg, 60kg, 68kg

BS standard fishplates
Standard: BS47-1
Material: Chinese steel grade 40#
Size: BS75R, BS80A, BS90A, BS100A, BS113A

Fishplates for UIC standard steel rails
Standard: UIC864-4, UIC864-8
Material: Chinese steel grade 50#
Size: U79 / UIC54, U85 / UIC60

Fishplates for DIN standard steel rails
Standard: DIN 5902:1995
Material: Chinese steel grade Q235 / Chinese steel grade Q295
Size: S30 for FL30 rail, S33 for FL33 rail, S41 for FL41 rail, S49 for FL49 rail

Brazilian fishplates
Standard: According to Customer's requirements
Material: According to Customer's requirements
Size: TJ57, TJ ASCE 90, TJ UIC60

Peruvian fishplates
Standard: According to Customer's requirements
Material: According to Customer's requirements
Size: 75LBS A.S.C.E, 75LBS BSS, 80LBS A.S.C.E, TJ BS80A

African fishplates
Standard: According to Customer's requirements
Material: Chinese steel grade 50#
Size: 85 LB, 85 LB-80 LB

Research and development of railway fishplates
CDR has two fishplate rolling lines, including 450 and 300 rolling lines, which can guarantee our annual production capacity of 20,000t. 123 workers and 22 technicians work for CDR, while our two senior engineers have more than 30 years' experience and unique insight into the development of fishplates, as well as other parts such as splice bars and joint bars.

CDR introduced ISO9001:2008 quality systems, attained ISO9001:2008 certificates and established a laboratory, which is equipped with a micro-computer control electro-hydraulic universal testing machine and a Brinell hardness tester, and is set up to correspond with the quality inspection department to control the quality of the entire production process.

CDR's technical team has studied several countries' specific standards and made special adjustments and arrangements when it comes to raw materials, process layouts and quality control.

Railway parts import and export
CDR has broken into the American market and is set to become a supplier of American first-class railways. CDR regards "reasonable prices, efficient production time and good after-sales service" as our tenet.

We hope to cooperate with more customers from all over the world for mutual development and benefits. We welcome potential buyers to contact us.