Everything on track

Rheinbahn Düsseldorf AG recently started using our FBF-S 10,000 rail milling machine. It's used to do super-precise wear repairs on all common types of rails, like broad-head and grooved rails. MTE milling machines have been in service at Riecken Maschinenbau GmbH for over 25 years. There, too, the focus is on track superstructure: Riecken manufactures switch setting devices, track rods and fishplates, track locks, protective boxes and track drainage devices, among other things. Some of the components weigh up to 10 tonnes.

17 MTE machines in 25 years                                                                                                                                                                                             The collaboration began with an MTE bed type milling machine, and most recently we installed an SB-M 8000 fixed bed milling machine with travel distances of 6,500 mm in the X direction, 2,000 mm in the Y direction and 1,500 mm in the Z direction. 

The SB-M 8000 combines the advantages of a classic bed type milling machine with those of a travelling column milling machine. This enabled us to achieve an optimal combination for heavy-duty machining at Riecken Maschinenbau: higher milling performance and between 10 and 15% shorter machining times with the same tools and programme. Another advantage: the SB-M 8000 is the first MTE machine to feature an inline motor located directly behind the milling head. This gives us optimised torque characteristics and less vibration on the chips.

Service highlight 

What we are really proud of: Riecken Maschinenbau currently has a total of seven MTE milling machines in operation. This is also due to the well-known good price-performance ratio of our machines. But the service factor is definitely also a factor. Riecken appreciates, as we hear time and again, the reliability of our service department, the excellent spare parts supply, the milling head workshop and the rental head service, all centrally located here in Montabaur. Praise that we are happy to accept. Text: Wolfgang Gnoss