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Service and Maintenance

We have dedicated teams for Field Services and After Sales with a technical support team who provide a full service to our customers.

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L.B. Foster's Field Applications and Service Team offers a wide range of both pre and post friction management program implementation services to ensure the best possible program benefits and Return on Investment.

L.B. Foster's team of field services professionals currently service all makes and models of equipment.

Field Services

Our professional team of field service engineers provide emergency call out and scheduled service appointments, as well as tailoring our training programs to meet the needs of our many friction management customers.

Our field services include

  • Equipment installation and commissioning

  • Equipment maintenance and repairs

  • On-site training for trackside and on-board equipment maintainers

  • Bulk filling solutions

  • On-site and on-call support

We take a hands-on, personal approach to delivering our wide range of field services solutions from troubleshooting to installation support, repairs, and skills development. We provide expertise and knowledge accumulated from years of on-the-job problem solving. Our experience is second to none.

Friction Management Training

Additional field applications services include

  • Friction Management placement studies and implementation proposals

  • Preliminary track and trackside equipment inspections

  • Equipment and consumable trials

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis and FM Program recommendations to ensure programs provide Total Cost of Ownership and Internal Rates of Return that meet customer expectations

  • Precise measurement of friction, noise, rail wear, and wheel wear

  • Ongoing data analysis and monitoring to ensure FM programs are running optimally

After Sales

Our service to customers always seeks to address problems, concerns or aspirations of the rail market - from full product design solutions to minor improvements in application or location of lubrication provision.

Our team is experienced in surveying, siting, installing and the maintenance of trackside lubricators and related equipment. We regularly provide practical and innovative solutions to customer’s specific issues.

Spares

Spares can be supplied for clients to fit or can be ordered as part of a complete maintenance and service package where L.B. Foster Rail Technologies engineers will visit the site and provide a full service.

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We are L.B. Foster

We enjoy a market-leading reputation for high quality, high performance solutions in rail and infrastructure.

  • Harness the strength of our global network
  • L.B. Foster spans North America, South America, Europe, and Asia
  • Seamless global operations and efficient delivery of our products and services

When you choose to partner with L.B. Foster, you're not just selecting a vendor; you're aligning with a trusted global leader renowned for its commitment to excellence and superior performance.

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Our end-to-end critical engineering solutions fulfil an essential role in maintaining the safe and reliable operation of railroad networks around the world.

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