Develops and manufactures machines for the construction and maintenance of railway permanent way – from tamping machines to 200 m long high-performance systems.
Plasser & Theurer, Export von Bahnbaumaschinen, Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Vienna (Head office, Johannesgasse 3) · Linz/Donau (Main plant, Pummererstraße 9) · Purkersdorf (Plant/maintenance workshop, Wintergasse 56)New on Amplifa
About Plasser & Theurer
Plasser & Theurer is an Austrian mechanical engineering company headquartered in Vienna with its main plant in Linz/Donau, producing exclusively track construction and track maintenance machines. The family business, founded in 1953 by Franz Plasser and Josef Theurer, developed the world's first hydraulic tamping machine and today, as a full-range supplier, offers the entire machine spectrum for permanent way construction and maintenance: tamping machines, ballast distribution and regulating machines, track stabilizers, ballast bed cleaning machines, machines for new track and turnout construction, mobile rail processing (welding and grinding) as well as material conveying and silo units. Production takes place as series production at the main plant in Linz, complemented by Individual Design and Modular Customizing. Through its Life Cycle Services, the company offers retrofit, overhaul, general overhaul, ECM services and digital services such as PlasserFleetControl. By 2019, 16,500 machines had been delivered to 109 countries; today the company's machines are in operation in 110 countries.
- Site
- Wien
- Processes
- Tamping machine (track tamping), Track tamping – continuous action tamping machines, Universal tamping (turnouts and track), Self-loading and dual-mode tamping machines, Ballast distribution and regulating, Ballast bed cleaning, Stabilisation and consolidation (track stabilisation), Material logistics (material conveying and silo units, loading/transporting of bulk material)
- Materials
- Ballast, Sleepers, Rails, Sand/gravel mix (formation protective layer), Steel (rails), Sand/gravel mix
- Certificates
- ECM certification (EU Regulation 445/2011, all four main functions), Safety Certificate Part A and B (railway undertaking), ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1953
- Industries
- Railway infrastructure, Railway construction and track maintenance, Track construction machinery manufacturing, Transport infrastructure (rail transport)
- 01
Engineering and design
- 02
Series production (Linz/Donau)
- 03
Modular Customizing / Individual Design
- 04
Assembly and commissioning
- 05
Technical service and training
- 06
Retrofit, overhaul and ECM maintenance
Materials and Technology Areas
Steel (rails)
Base material for rail processing as well as new construction, conversion and rebuilding of track and turnouts.
Ballast
Bulk material for ballast distribution, regulating, ballast bed cleaning and material logistics.
Sleepers
Permanent way component for new track construction and conversion as well as tamping work.
Sand/gravel mix
Material for protective layers, transported via material conveying and silo units.
Locations
Vienna
ATHead office
Linz/Donau
ATMain plant with series production
- Materials
- Steel
- Manufacturing and assembly of track construction machines
- World's first hydraulic tamping machine (1953)
- World's first fully hydraulic ballast bed cleaning machine (1963)
Purkersdorf
ATPlant / maintenance workshop (ECM maintenance)
- ECM-certified maintenance in accordance with EU Regulation 445/2011
- Maintenance of freight wagons and track construction machines
Machines and Systems
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamping machine (track tamping)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Ballast, Sleepers, Rails |
| Track tamping – continuous action tamping machinesAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Universal tamping (turnouts and track)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Self-loading and dual-mode tamping machinesAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast distribution and regulatingAssembly | – | – | – | – | Ballast |
| Ballast bed cleaningAssembly | – | – | – | – | Ballast |
| Stabilisation and consolidation (track stabilisation)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Material logistics (material conveying and silo units, loading/transporting of bulk material)Assembly | – | – | 113 t | – | Ballast, Excavated material, Sand/gravel mix |
| Mobile rail processing (welding and grinding)Joining | – | – | – | – | Rails |
| New track construction and conversion, new turnout construction and conversionAssembly | – | 200 m (long high-performance systems) | – | – | Rails, Sleepers, Turnouts |
| Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture and sale of track construction and maintenance machines (production, series production)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
51 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous action tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Plasser Express | – | – | – | Linz/Donau |
| Continuous action tamping machine (dynamic) | Plasser & Theurer 09-16 Cst Dynamic | – | – | – | – |
| Continuous action tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer 09-16 Cat | – | – | – | – |
| Continuous action tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Duomatic 08-32 C | – | – | – | – |
| Dynamic Tamping Express | Plasser & Theurer 09-4x E³ Dynamic Tamping Express | – | – | – | – |
| Track tamping machine (compact) | Plasser & Theurer Plasser Compact | – | – | – | – |
| Universal tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Plasser Unimat | – | – | – | – |
| Universal tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Plasser UnimatExpress | – | – | – | – |
| Universal tamping machine (hybrid) | Plasser & Theurer Unimat 09-32/4S Dynamic E³ | – | – | – | – |
| Universal tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Plasser UnimatExpress E³ | – | – | – | – |
| Universal tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Plasser CompactFlex | – | – | – | – |
| Universal tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Unimat Compact 08-3S | – | – | – | – |
| Universal tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Unimat 09-8x4/4S BR Dynamic E³ | – | – | – | – |
| Self-loading/dual-mode tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer 08-275-4 ZW | – | – | – | – |
| Dual-mode tamping machine (retrofit) | Plasser & Theurer Unimat 08-275 | – | – | – | – |
| Dual-mode tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Plassermatic 08-275-4 ZW Y | – | – | – | – |
| Dual-mode tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Ust 79 S | – | – | – | – |
| Multifunctional machine | Plasser & Theurer Unimat Combi 08-275 | – | – | – | – |
| Track tamping machine | Plasser & Theurer Plasser 08-16 SH | – | – | – | – |
| Multifunctional maintenance machine | Plasser & Theurer Plasser MultiCrafter 12.5 E³ C/I | – | – | – | Zurich (SZU) |
| Ballast distribution and regulating machine | Plasser & Theurer Plasser CompactRegulator | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast distribution and regulating machine | Plasser & Theurer Plasser BallastMaster 410 | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast regulating trailer | Plasser & Theurer Plasser CompactTrailer R | – | – | – | – |
| Sweeping Trailer | Plasser & Theurer Sweeper Trailer | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast distribution and regulating machine | Plasser & Theurer Plasser BallastExpress / BallastExpress L | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast distribution and regulating machine | Plasser & Theurer USP 2000 C2 | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast distribution and regulating machine | Plasser & Theurer BDS 2000 E³ | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast distribution and regulating machine | Plasser & Theurer USP 4000 SWS | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast distribution and regulating machine | Plasser & Theurer USP 2005 | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast distribution and regulating machine | Plasser & Theurer PBR 500 | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast distribution and regulating machine | Plasser & Theurer SSP 110 SW | – | – | – | – |
| Track stabilizer | Plasser & Theurer Plasser TrackStabilizer | – | – | – | – |
| Track stabilizer (compact) | Plasser & Theurer Plasser CompactStabilizer | – | – | – | – |
| Stabilizing trailer | Plasser & Theurer Plasser StabilizingTrailer | – | – | – | – |
| Dynamic track stabilizer | Plasser & Theurer DGS 62 N | – | – | – | – |
| Dynamic track stabilizer | Plasser & Theurer DGS 90 N | – | – | – | – |
| Material conveying and silo unit | Plasser & Theurer MFS 120 SR | – | – | – | – |
| Material conveying and silo unit | Plasser & Theurer MFS 120 DF | – | – | – | – |
| Material conveying and silo unit | Plasser & Theurer MFS 120 SC | – | – | – | – |
| Material conveying and silo unit | Plasser & Theurer MFS 250 | – | – | – | – |
| Material conveying and silo unit | Plasser & Theurer MFS 100 | – | – | – | – |
| Material conveying and silo unit | Plasser & Theurer MFS 40 | – | – | – | – |
| Material conveying and silo unit (dual-mode) | Plasser & Theurer MFS 40 4 ZW | – | – | – | – |
| Material conveying and silo unit | Plasser & Theurer BLS 2000 | – | – | – | – |
| Material conveying and silo unit | Plasser & Theurer ULS 3000 | – | – | – | – |
| Material transfer unit | Plasser & Theurer Plasser MaterialTransferUnit D/F/L | – | – | – | – |
| Material transfer unit | Plasser & Theurer Plasser MaterialTransferUnit D | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast bed cleaning machine | Plasser & Theurer URM 700-2 | – | – | – | – |
| Ballast bed cleaning machine (fully hydraulic, world's first) | Plasser & Theurer | – | – | 1963 | Linz an der Donau |
| Rapid track renewal train (world's first) | Plasser & Theurer SUZ 2000 | – | – | 1968 | – |
| Hydraulic tamping machine (world's first) | Plasser & Theurer | – | – | 1953 | Linz |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and Certification
ECM maintenance is carried out in accordance with EU Regulation 445/2011 in the certified maintenance workshop in Purkersdorf; DLG Franz Plasser Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH is certified for all four ECM main functions and approved as a railway undertaking with Safety Certificates Part A and B. After every repair, safety and function tests are performed.
| Evidence | Purkersdorf |
|---|---|
| ECM certification (EU Regulation 445/2011, all four main functions) | |
| Safety Certificate Part A and B (railway undertaking) | |
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1953
Founded by Franz Plasser and Josef Theurer with nine employees; development of the world's first hydraulic tamping machine.
- Mitte 1950er
Start of series production in Linz an der Donau; export of the hydraulic tamping machine to five countries.
- 1958/1959
Establishment of subsidiaries in Canada and South Africa.
- 1960
Foundation of Deutsche Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH.
- 1963
World's first fully hydraulic ballast bed cleaning machine enters service.
- 1968
Delivery of the world's first rapid track renewal train (SUZ 2000) to Deutsche Bundesbahn.
- 1971
Establishment of subsidiaries in Brazil and Japan.
- 1981/1990
TGV world record stretches of the SNCF (380 km/h and 515.3 km/h respectively) built and prepared with Plasser & Theurer machines.
- 2001
Corporate restructuring.
- 2013
DLG Franz Plasser Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH certified for all four ECM main functions; ECM maintenance at the Purkersdorf plant.
- 2016
DLG receives Safety Certificates Part A and B as a railway undertaking.
- 2016/2017
Innovation award of the Privatbahn Magazin for the hybrid universal tamping machine Unimat 09-32/4S Dynamic E³.
- 2019
By then, 16,500 track construction and railway-specific machines delivered to 109 countries.