The research and application of rail grinding technology not only improves the safety and stability of railroad trains in the process of driving, but also improves the comfort of passengers. The paper firstly generalizes and summarizes the research status of rail grinding technology in the past ten years. Secondly, it discusses the key technology of rail grinding from four aspects: turnout grinding, personalized contour grinding, rail grinding car and abrasive belt grinding, and explores the evaluation factors of grinding quality after the completion of rail grinding. Finally, the prospect of rail grinding technology is made.

Bolin Hao, Liqiang Wang. Research status and prospect of rail grinding technology. International Journal of Frontiers in Engineering Technology (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 9: 79-84. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFET.2023.050914.

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