Small and flexible, the Multi Purpose Milling Machine (MPM) was designed to rectify serious damage to rail and turnout hotspots in commuter and urban transit systems, and especially in tunnels. The machine's compact size and light weight make it easy to transport and it's compatible with virtually every structure clearance gauge. Highly efficient, MPM removes as much as 2 mm of material per machining run and can operate on either ballasted or slab tracks and on either Vignole or grooved rails. With its adjustable wheel gauge, it can be used on all of the common track gauges.
Like its "big sister" HPM, the Multi Purpose Milling Machine is clean, safe and eco-friendly. MPM doesn't use water, produce sparks or generate grinding dust, and in tunnels, for example, there's no clean-up required because the milling chips are extracted during the process and stored in the chip bunker for disposal.
At only 5.8 m long and around 2.2 m high and 2.2. m wide, MPM fits inside almost all structure clearance gauges and can be used on the London Tube, for example. Its compact design and weight of just 16 tons – around half of other milling machines – make it very easy to transport. It fits into a standard container (TEU-compatible) and can be towed to a deployment location on a flat wagon or by truck. MPM is on-railed and readied for operation in a matter of minutes and can also be optionally equipped with a hoist for even easier loading and unloading.
