What are the types of Rail Tension Clips?
Dec 01, 2025
What are the types of Rail Tension Clips?
Rail elastic clip is used to fasten the rails to the base plate together with the concrete sleeper. Rail clip is usually made of spring steel which is produced by hot forging process. Because of the uniform microstructure of forged clips, it is considered to be better than other metal forming process.
Rail Clip Supplier-GNEE RAIL
Elastic rail clip is very important components that is heavily used in laying of railway tracks. GNEE RAIL manufactures these rail clips using finest quality raw material ensuring enhanced sturdiness and long durability. Moreover, our rail clips are made of forged spring steel which is thought the best raw material. Therefore, elastic rail clips we manufactured saved a large amount of maintenance cost.

Elastic rail clips are made of high quality spring steel bar. spring steel is used in the manufacture of springs and other elastic parts prominently in automotive and industrial suspension applications. These steels are generally low-alloy Manganese, medium-carbon steel or high-carbon steel with a very high yield strength. Spring steel has excellent comprehensive performance like mechanical properties, performance by the bullet-proof, fatigue, hardenability, physical and chemical properties. The raw materials of elastic railroad clip mostly include 55 Si7, 60 Si7, 65 Si7, 55 Si Cr7, 60Si2MnA, 60Si2CrA, 55Si2Mn, and 38Si7 grade of spring steel.
| Material | 60Si2MnA | 60Si2CrA | 55Si2Mn | 38Si7 |
| Chemical composition(%) | C:0.56-0.64, Mn:0.60-0.90, Si:1.60-2.00, Cr:≤0.35, P:≤0.03, S:≤0.03 | C:0.56-0.64, Mn:0.40-0.70, Si:1.40-1.80,Cr:0.70-1.00 P:≤0.03, S:≤0.03 | C:0.52-0.60, Mn:0.60-0.90, Si:1.50-2.00,Cr:≤0.35 P:≤0.03, S:≤0.03 | C:0.35-0.42, Mn:0.50-0.80, Si:1.50-1.80, P:≤0.03, S:≤0.03 |
As a professional manufacturer and supplier of railroad fasteners, with rail clip as our most popular products, we are capable of producing extensive range of elastic rail clips with optimum quality. Designed with high precision, our rail clips are imparted with high tensile strength and corrosion resistance. With more than 18 years' rich experience, our monthly production capacity can be up to 5,000.000 pieces which could help shorter delivery time. Strict dimensional control and the use of high quality spring steel but best price is our one competitiveness.
Rail Clip Types
After over 18 years' experience on producing rail elastic clips, GNEE RAIL has become the largest and most competitive production base of rail clips in China, qualified to tender nationally large and medium scaled rail projects under the China Ministry of Railways, both at home and abroad. GNEE RAIL can produce various kinds of elastic rail clips like E-type (E1609, E1809, E1817, E2007, E2009, E2055, etc), SKL tension clamps (SKL1, SKL3, SKL12, SKL14, SKL75, etc), PR series, N clips, gauge lock clip, Deenik clip as well as other standard and non-standard clips(e.g. and Vossloh) can be customized by drawing or samples.

| Main series of Rail Elastic clips | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series | Type | Hardness | Material | Fatigue life | Surface | Standard |
| E rail clip | E1,E2,E3 | 44-48HRC | 60Si2MnA: C:0.56-0.64, Mn:0.60-0.90, Si:1.60-2.00, Cr:≤0.35, P:≤0.03, S:≤0.03 60Si2CrA: C:0.56-0.64, Mn:0.40-0.70, Si:1.40-1.80,Cr:0.70-1.00 P:≤0.03, S:≤0.03 55Si2Mn: C:0.52-0.60, Mn:0.60-0.90, Si:1.50-2.00,Cr:≤0.35 P:≤0.03, S:≤0.03 38Si7: C:0.35-0.42, Mn:0.50-0.80, Si:1.50-1.80, P:≤0.03, S:≤0.03 |
For Dia.18 is 3 millions cycles without breaking. For Dia.20 is 5 millions cycles without breaking. |
plain (oiled), Oxide black, color painting or according to customer requirement. | DIN17221, BS970, GB/T1222 |
| E1609 | ||||||
| E1809 | ||||||
| E1817 | ||||||
| E2001 | ||||||
| E2006 | ||||||
| E2009 | ||||||
| E2055 | ||||||
| E2056 | ||||||
| Vossloh clip& Forged rail clip |
SKL1 | 42-47HRC | ||||
| PR rail clip | PR309 | 44-48HRC | ||||
| PR401 | ||||||
| PR601 | ||||||
| PR85 | ||||||
| We can also produce customized rail clips according to your drawings or samples! | ||||||
Parameters of Main Rail Clip Products
| Model | Diameter | Weight | Material |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type III | Ø18 | 0.80kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| E1609 | Ø16 | 0.43 kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| E1809 | Ø20 | 0.61kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| E1813 | Ø18 | 0.62kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| E2001 | Ø20 | 0.80kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| E2007 | Ø20 | 0.80kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| E2009 | Ø20 | 0.80kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| E2039 | Ø20 | 0.80kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| E2055 | Ø20 | 0.80kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| E2056 | Ø20 | 0.80kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| E2063 | Ø20 | 0.80kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| PR85 Rail Clip | Ø13 | 0.25kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| PR309A | Ø19 | 0.85kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| PR401 | Ø20 | 0.97kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| PR415 | Ø20 | 0.95kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| PR601A | Ø20 | 1.03kg/pc | 38Si7 |
| SKL 1 | Ø13 | 0.48kg/pc | 60Si2CrA |
| SKL 3 | Ø13 | 0.48kg/pc | 60Si2CrA |
| SKL 12 | Ø13 | 0.53kg/pc | 38Si7 |
| SKL 14 | Ø13 | 0.53kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| Special Rail Clip | Ø13 | 0.48kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| Russia Rail Clip | Ø18 | 0.58kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| Deenik Clip | Ø25 | 0.49-0.68kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
| Single Anti- Theft |
Ø20 | 0.25kg/pc | 60Si2MnA |
Elastic Rail Clips Manufacturing Process
Based on the process production, elastic rail clip manufacture process include following steps: raw material- shearing- heating- forming- hardening- tempering- inspection- packing.

GNEE RAIL supplies E-clips, PR clip, SKL clips, Russia rail clip, Deenik clip, Nabla spring blade, KPO rail calmp, gantrex rail clips, fast clip, crane rail clip and other special clips for rails. We have proffesional production cline to design and manufacture standard rail clips or nonstandard clips. welcome to as.







