Guide rail
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A guide rail is a device or mechanism to direct products, vehicles or other objects through a channel, conveyor, roadway or rail system.
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Several types of guide rails exist and may be associated with:
- Factory or production line conveyors
- Power tools, such as table saws
- Elevator or lift shafts
- Roadways and bridges (in this context sometimes called guardrails)
- A central rail that guides the rubber tired train of a rubber tired metro