What happens during the tamping process? When “Smart-Tamper” Meets “Smart-Rock”

Tamping is an important maintenance activity to correct railroad track geometry by “lifting”, “aligning” and “leveling” the track. Traditional tamping practices in the US are often rather empirical and rely heavily on operator’s experience. Railroads have learned that tamping parameters such as squeezing time, number of squeezes, lifting height, etc.