
Ballast cleaning machine RM 900 S
Ballast cleaning, formation rehabilitation, recycling - Track-laying
The RM 900 S was designed by SPITZKE SE, together with the manufacturer, for processing track ballast. It also integrates the new ballast feeder and 09-CSM tamping. The excavation and cleaning performance rates (in one operation) exceed the capacity of conventional machines.

Funktionsmerkmale
- High-performance excavating equipment
- High-performance screening plant
- Progress rates of 300 to 390 m/h at a maximum screening capacity of 900 m³/h in one operation
- Complete ballast replacement in one operation
- Ballasting using a ballast plough with level control
- Level controlled placement of new ballast
- Equipment for compacting the ballast
- Integrated continuously working 09-32 CSM tamping machine
- Sweeping plant
- Measuring, controlling and recording equipment (8-channel recorder) for clearing depth, track gradient, track lowering as well as relative difference in rail levels, twist and versed sine
- Laser for controlling the cleaning depth




Technical specifications
- Overall weight
- 345 t
- Height above top of rail
- 4.600 mm
- Length over buffers
- 102.000 mm
- Number of axes
- 21
- Engine output (total)
- 1.500 kW
- Maximum speed in train formation
- 100 km/h
- Maximum self-propelled speed
- 60 km/h
Performance parameters
- Performance (depending on the cleaning width)
- max. 390 m/h
- Screening capacity
- max. 900 m³/h
- Cleaning depth
- max. 1000 mm above top of rail
- Depth cleared
- ≥ 200 mm
- Chain height
- 350 mm
- Width cleared
- 4,000 mm, 4,350 mm, 4,950 mm (plus 2 x 500 mm with shield)
- Lift
- max. 250 mm
- Track swivel
- ± 300 mm
- Working radius
- ≥ 200 m


