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.

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