Rail Scrap

Rail demolition/collection operation QMS

• Carbon verification (combustion analysis critical)
• Iron, manganese, copper, phosphorus, sulfur

• UKAS accredited laboratory
• ILAC accredited laboratory

£2–4 million general liability

ANY visible fasteners, spikes, fishplates, or bearings

• Rail Scrap Defined As Attachment-Free
• Grade Violation

C <0.60% OR C >0.80%

• Carbon 0.6–0.8% Defines Rail-Grade Steel
• Outside Range = Wrong Material

Fe <97.5%

Rail steel purity requirement violated

Mn <0.50% OR >1.10%

Rail alloying specification violation

Any rail segment <24 inches (610mm)

• Defines Rail Scrap Grade
• Undersized Material Wrong Grade

>0.10%

• Rail Steel Purity
• Copper Contaminates

P >0.05% OR S >0.04%

Rail steel purity specifications exceeded

Any visible OR >0.1% detected

• Stainless Requires Segregation
• Mixing Prohibited

Any detectable

Any visible

Any detectable