CN115571571A - Rail vehicle, system and method for container transfer - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of container transfer, and provides a rail vehicle, a system and a method for container transfer. The rail vehicle for container transfer includes: the frame is provided with two groups of wheels; the bearing beam is arranged on the top surface of the frame and used for bearing the container to be transferred, and a pair of connecting pieces are arranged on the bearing beam and used for being connected with the container; and the vehicle-mounted control system is arranged in the frame and used for controlling the rail vehicle to walk or brake according to the instruction of the control end. According to the rail vehicle for transferring the container, the bearing beam and the connecting piece are arranged, and the connecting piece is connected with the container, so that two rail vehicles can synchronously transfer one container, and the distance between the two rail vehicles can be adjusted according to the size of the container, so that containers with different sizes can be transferred; meanwhile, the size of the rail vehicle is reduced, the running density of the rail vehicle is improved, and the running efficiency is further improved.

Description

Rail vehicle, system and method for container transfer

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of container transfer, in particular to a rail vehicle for container transfer, a system for container transfer and a method for container transfer.

Background

Container transportation is a mainstream transportation mode at present because it can be repeatedly used for a long time and is convenient for intermodal transportation among different vehicles. The large container such as a container is used as a carrier, and a large loading and unloading machine and a large carrying vehicle are used for loading, unloading and transporting, so that door-to-door transportation service can be realized.

In port transportation, especially the transfer of containers, heavy handling equipment is used to transfer the containers from the cargo ship to a barge, rail wagon or truck and vice versa. In order to improve the transport efficiency and reduce the transfer time, it is necessary to load, unload and transfer containers in a short time.

At present, in ports, road equipment for transferring containers mainly uses a multi-trailer system, an AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) and a common heavy truck for loading, unloading and transferring work; railway flatcars are used for transportation from port-container railway transfer stations.

No matter adopt many trailer systems, AGV dolly or heavy truck, all there are existing haulage vehicle and equipment and need the whole container box of bearing when the transportation, lead to the haulage equipment volume great, deposit at the haulage equipment, overhaul and maintain the aspect need occupy great space.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a rail vehicle for transferring containers, a system for transferring containers and a method for transferring containers, which are used for solving the defect that container transferring equipment in the prior art is large in size.

The invention provides a rail vehicle for container transfer, comprising: the bicycle frame is provided with two groups of wheels; the bearing beam is arranged on the top surface of the frame and used for bearing a container to be transferred, and a pair of connecting pieces are arranged on the bearing beam and used for being connected with the container; and the vehicle-mounted control system is arranged in the frame and used for controlling the rail vehicle to walk or brake according to the instruction of the control end.

The invention provides a rail vehicle for transferring containers, which further comprises a positioning module, wherein the positioning module is arranged on the supporting beam and is used for acquiring the position information of the supporting beam.

According to the rail vehicle for container transferring, a rim is arranged on one side of each wheel, the rims of the two wheels in each group are arranged oppositely, and the rims can roll along a preset track.

According to the rail vehicle for container transferring, the vehicle-mounted control system comprises a power module, the power module is arranged in the frame, and the power module is used for providing power for the rail vehicle.

According to the invention, the on-board control system further comprises: the plurality of brake mechanisms are arranged on the frame and correspond to the wheels one by one, and each brake mechanism is used for braking one wheel; and the brake mechanism control module is used for controlling the brake mechanism to act.

According to the invention, the rail vehicle for container transferring is provided, and the vehicle-mounted control system further comprises: and the rail vehicle and the control end perform data transmission through the wireless communication transmission module.

The present invention also provides a system for container transfer, comprising: a plurality of pairs of rails, two rails of each pair of rails being arranged in parallel; a plurality of the rail vehicles for container transfer as described above, two rail vehicles being provided on each pair of the rails, the two rail vehicles constituting a transfer mini-consist for transferring a container.

According to the present invention, there is provided a system for container transferring, further comprising: and the control end is in communication connection with the rail vehicles and is used for controlling at least one rail vehicle in the small transfer marshalling to walk according to the position information of the two rail vehicles in the small transfer marshalling so as to enable the distance between the bearing beams of the two rail vehicles to be matched with the size of the container to be transferred.

According to the system for transferring the container, provided by the invention, a plurality of small transferring groups are arranged on each pair of tracks, and the control end is also used for controlling the distance between two adjacent small transferring groups.

The invention also provides a method for container transfer by using the system, which comprises the following steps: obtaining the distance between two rail vehicles in one small transfer marshalling on each pair of rails; controlling at least one of the two rail vehicles within one of the small transfer consists to walk according to the size of the container to be transferred so that the distance between the two rail vehicles matches the size of the container to be transferred; placing the container on the transfer mini-consist and connecting the container with the transfer mini-consist; and controlling the small transfer marshalling to walk synchronously to transfer the container to a destination.

According to the rail vehicle for transferring the container, the bearing beam is arranged on the top surface of the frame, the connecting piece is arranged on the bearing beam and can be clamped with the container, so that two rail vehicles can synchronously transfer one container, and the distance between the two rail vehicles can be adjusted according to the size of the container, so that containers with different sizes can be transferred; every rail vehicle only plays the supporting role to the one end of the bottom surface of container to reduce rail vehicle's volume, and rail vehicle's space occupation ratio, can set up more rail vehicle at the transfer site, transport a plurality of containers simultaneously, improved the transportation efficiency, made rail vehicle have miniaturized, unmanned operation, from the operation characteristics of walking and high densification.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention or the prior art, the drawings needed for the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a railway vehicle for container transfer provided by the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a system for container transfer according to the present invention;

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10: a frame; 11: a wheel; 20: a support beam; 21: a connecting member; 30: a brake mechanism; 31: a brake mechanism control module; 32: a wireless communication transmission module; 100: a rail vehicle; 200: a control end; 300: a container.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The features of the terms first and second in the description and in the claims of the invention may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of these features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

The rail vehicle for container transferring, the system for container transferring, and the method for container transferring of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 and 2.

As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, a rail vehicle for container transferring includes: frame 10, bolster 20 and on-board control system. The frame 10 is provided with two groups of wheels 11, the support beam 20 is arranged on the top surface of the frame 10, the support beam 20 is provided with a pair of connecting pieces 21, the pair of connecting pieces 21 is used for being connected with a container 300 to be transferred, the vehicle-mounted control system is arranged in the frame 10, and the vehicle-mounted control system is used for controlling the rail vehicle 100 to walk or brake according to instructions of the control end 200.

Specifically, the front end and the rear end of the frame 10 are respectively provided with a set of wheels 11, and the wheels 11 can run along a preset track. The bearing beam 20 is arranged on the top surface of the frame 10, the top surface of the bearing beam 20 is a plane, two ends of the top surface of the bearing beam 20 are respectively provided with a connecting piece 21, when the container 300 is hoisted to the rail vehicle 100, the container 300 is provided with a clamping part matched with the connecting piece 21, and the clamping part is connected with the connecting piece 21 so as to fix the container 300.

In a specific transfer process, one container 300 needs two rail vehicles 100 to be transferred, before the container 300 is lifted to the rail vehicles 100, according to the distance between the pair of clamping parts of the container 300 in the length direction, the control end 200 sends a command to the vehicle-mounted control system, the vehicle-mounted control system controls at least one of the two rail vehicles 100 to automatically move so as to adjust the distance between the two rail vehicles 100, the distance between the connecting pieces 21 of the two rail vehicles 100 is equal to the distance between the pair of clamping parts of the container 300 in the length direction, and then when the container 300 falls down, the container 300 can be just connected with the two rail vehicles 100, and the vehicle-mounted control system controls the two rail vehicles 100 to synchronously move, so that the container 300 is transported to a destination.

Further, the shape of the wheel 11 may be various, which is adapted to the rail.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, every rail vehicle 100 is unmanned to operate and is walked by oneself, does not have physical connection between two rail vehicles 100, and every rail vehicle 100 is located the one end of container 300 respectively, plays the supporting role to container 300, has solved the problem that transfer equipment is bulky because transfer equipment will bear the whole bottom surface of container 300 among the prior art, and then has realized the transportation equipment miniaturization. When the volume of the transfer equipment is reduced, a plurality of rail vehicles 100 can be operated on the same track at the same time, so that the density of the rail vehicles 100 is improved, a plurality of containers 300 can be sequentially transferred, and the transfer efficiency of the containers 300 is improved.

According to the rail vehicle for transferring the container, provided by the embodiment of the invention, the bearing beam is arranged on the top surface of the frame, the connecting piece is arranged on the bearing beam, and the connecting piece can be clamped with the container, so that two rail vehicles can synchronously transfer one container, and the distance between the two rail vehicles can be adjusted according to the size of the container, so that containers with different sizes can be transferred; every rail vehicle only plays the supporting role to the one end of the bottom surface of container to reduce rail vehicle's volume, and rail vehicle's space occupation ratio, can set up more rail vehicle at the transfer site, transport a plurality of containers simultaneously, improved the transportation efficiency, made rail vehicle have miniaturized, unmanned operation, from the operation characteristics of walking and high densification.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the rail vehicle for transferring containers further includes a positioning module, the positioning module is disposed on the support beams 20, the positioning module is configured to obtain position information of the support beams 20 and send the position information of the support beams 20 to the control end 200, the control end 200 calculates an interval between the two support beams 20 according to the position information of the support beams 20 of the two rail vehicles 100 on the same pair of rails, sends an instruction to the vehicle-mounted control system according to a size of the container 300 to be transferred, and controls at least one of the two rail vehicles 100 to travel to adjust the interval between the two rail vehicles 100, and when the distance between the connecting members 21 on the two rail vehicles 100 matches the size of the clamping portion on the container 300, the control end 200 controls the two rail vehicles 100 to synchronously travel to a designated position through the vehicle-mounted control system and synchronously travel after being connected with the container 300, so as to transfer the container 300 to a destination. Optionally, in this embodiment, the positioning module may adopt radar positioning.

As shown in fig. 1, in the embodiment of the present invention, a rim is provided on one side of each wheel 11, and the rims of the two wheels 11 in each set are disposed opposite to each other, and the rims can roll along a preset track. Specifically, when the wheel 11 is provided with a rim on one side, the track should be a tangible track laid on the ground.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the on-board control system includes a power module disposed within the frame 10, the power module being used to power the rail vehicle 100. Specifically, in this embodiment, the power module may be a battery, and the battery may be replaced or charged online.

Further, the in-vehicle control system further includes a plurality of brake mechanisms 30 and a brake mechanism control module 31. A plurality of brake mechanisms 30 are provided to the vehicle frame 10, the brake mechanisms 30 are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the wheels 11, and each brake mechanism 30 is used to brake one wheel 11. The brake mechanism control module 31 is used for controlling the brake mechanism to act.

Specifically, the control end 200 sends a command to the braking mechanism control module 31, and the braking mechanism control module 31 controls the plurality of braking mechanisms 30 to brake or cancel braking, so as to stop or self-travel the rail vehicle 100.

Further, the vehicle-mounted control system further comprises a wireless communication transmission module 32. The rail vehicle 100 and the control end 200 perform data transmission through the wireless communication transmission module 32.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a system for transferring the container, which comprises the following components: a plurality of pairs of rails and a plurality of rail vehicles 100. Two rails of each pair of rails are arranged in parallel, two rail vehicles 100 are arranged on each pair of rails, the two rail vehicles 100 form a small transfer marshalling, and one small transfer marshalling is used for transferring one container 300.

Specifically, a plurality of pairs of rails may be provided in a port or other transportation place, and the rails may be virtual rails buried under the ground or tangible rails laid on the ground.

According to the system for transferring the container, provided by the embodiment of the invention, the volume of the transferring equipment is reduced by arranging the rail vehicle, more transferring equipment can be operated in the same area of a transferring place, the transferring efficiency of the container is improved, and meanwhile, the rail vehicle is convenient to maintain after the volume of the rail vehicle is miniaturized.

Further, the system for container transferring further comprises a control end 200. The control end 200 may be a controller, a computer, etc. The control end 200 is in communication connection with the rail vehicles 100, and the control end 200 is used for controlling at least one rail vehicle 100 in the small transshipment group to walk according to the position between two rail vehicles 100 in the small transshipment group, so that the distance between the support beams 20 of the two rail vehicles 100 is matched with the size of the container 300 to be transshipped, and further, the two rail vehicles 100 can be used for transshipping one container 300 together without physical connection.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, each rail vehicle 100 is provided with a positioning module, the positioning module transmits the position information of the support beams 20 on the rail vehicle 100 to the control end 200, the control end 200 calculates the distance between two support beams 20 in one transfer small marshalling and controls at least one of the two rail vehicles 100 to travel so as to adjust the distance between the connecting members 21 on the two rail vehicles 100 to be matched with the size of the container 300. Generally, the dimensions of the container 300 are divided into: 20ft, 40ft, 45ft. The control end 200 can adjust the spacing between two rail vehicles 100 within each transfer mini-consist according to the size of different containers 300.

Further, a plurality of small transferring groups are arranged on each pair of tracks, and the control end 200 is also used for controlling the distance between two adjacent small transferring groups. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, a plurality of transfer mini-consists may be provided on each pair of tracks, and when a first transfer mini-consist transfer container 300 leaves a port, a second transfer mini-consist travels to the port and transfers the second container 300, which may be done sequentially, and a plurality of transfer mini-consists may be operated simultaneously on each pair of tracks. Further, the control end 200 may control the traveling speed of the two adjacent small transferring marshalls according to the position information of the two adjacent rail vehicles 100 of the two adjacent small transferring marshalls, so as to prevent the two adjacent small transferring marshalls from colliding, and keep the adjacent small transferring marshalls at a proper interval, so as to be able to run more small transferring marshalls on the same track at the same time, thereby improving the transferring efficiency.

Optionally, each rail vehicle 100 may further be provided with a vehicle-vehicle communication module to detect a distance between two adjacent rail vehicles 100, and the control end 200 controls a traveling speed of the rail vehicle 100 according to data sent by the vehicle-vehicle communication module, so as to implement synchronous and orderly operation of a plurality of small transfer groups on the unified rail.

According to the system for transferring the container, which is provided by the embodiment of the invention, the plurality of small transferring marshalls can be simultaneously operated on the pair of tracks by arranging the control end and the plurality of small transferring marshalls, so that the transferring efficiency of the container is improved, meanwhile, the plurality of small transferring marshalls are orderly operated, unmanned operation of a transferring site is realized, and the labor cost is reduced.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a container transferring method, which comprises the following steps:

step 101: obtaining the distance between two rail vehicles 100 in a small transfer marshalling on each pair of rails; step 102: controlling at least one of the two rail vehicles 100 within one transfer mini-consist to travel according to the size of the container 300 to be transferred so that the distance between the two matches the size of the container 300 to be transferred; step 103: placing the container 300 on a transfer mini-consist and connecting the container 300 with the transfer mini-consist; step 104: and controlling the small transferring marshalling to walk synchronously to transfer the container 300 to the destination.

Specifically, the control terminal 200 obtains the distance between two rail vehicles 100 in one transfer small consist on each pair of rails, specifically, the distance between two connecting members 21 on the two rail vehicles 100, which are positioned on the same straight line, and then controls at least one of the two rail vehicles 100 in one transfer small consist to travel according to the size of the container 300 to be transferred, so as to adjust the distance between the two connecting members 21, such that the distance between the two connecting members 21 is the same as the distance of the engagement portion on the container 300. The container 300 is lifted to the two rail vehicles 100 by the lifting equipment, the connecting piece 21 is clamped with the clamping part of the container 300, and the control end 200 controls the small transferring marshalling to walk synchronously so as to transfer the container 300 to a destination.

According to the container transferring method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the distance between the two rail vehicles is adjusted according to the size of the container, so that the transferring small marshalling can transfer different containers, and meanwhile, one container is transferred through the two rail vehicles, so that the size of transferring equipment is reduced, the running density of the transferring equipment is improved, and further the transferring efficiency is improved.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A rail vehicle for container transferring, comprising:

the bicycle frame is provided with two groups of wheels;

the bearing beam is arranged on the top surface of the frame and used for bearing the container to be transferred, and a pair of connecting pieces are arranged on the bearing beam and used for being connected with the container;

and the vehicle-mounted control system is arranged in the frame and used for controlling the rail vehicle to walk or brake according to the instruction of the control end.

2. The rail vehicle for container transferring of claim 1, further comprising a positioning module disposed on the joist, the positioning module configured to obtain position information of the joist.

3. The rail vehicle for container transfer of claim 1, wherein each wheel is provided with a rim on one side, and the rims of two wheels of each set are arranged opposite to each other, and can roll along a preset track.

4. The rail vehicle for container transfer of claim 1, wherein the onboard control system includes a power module disposed within the frame for powering the rail vehicle.

5. The rail vehicle for container transfer of claim 4, wherein the onboard control system further comprises:

the plurality of brake mechanisms are arranged on the frame and correspond to the wheels one by one, and each brake mechanism is used for braking one wheel;

and the brake mechanism control module is used for controlling the brake mechanism to act.

6. The rail vehicle for container transfer of claim 5, wherein the onboard control system further comprises:

and the rail vehicle and the control end perform data transmission through the wireless communication transmission module.

7. A system for container transfer, comprising:

a plurality of pairs of rails, two rails of each pair of rails being arranged in parallel;

a plurality of rail vehicles for container transfer as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, two of said rail vehicles being provided on each of said rails, two of said rail vehicles constituting a transfer mini-consist for transferring a container.

8. The system for container transfer of claim 7, further comprising:

and the control end is in communication connection with the rail vehicles and is used for controlling at least one rail vehicle in the small transfer marshalling to walk according to the position information of the two rail vehicles in the small transfer marshalling so as to enable the distance between the bearing beams of the two rail vehicles to be matched with the size of the container to be transferred.

9. The system for container transfer of claim 8, wherein a plurality of said transfer mini-consists are provided on each pair of said tracks, and said control end is further configured to control the distance between two adjacent said transfer mini-consists.

10. A method of container transfer using the system of any one of claims 7-9, comprising:

obtaining the distance between two rail vehicles in one small transfer marshalling on each pair of rails;

controlling at least one of the two rail vehicles within one of the small transfer consists to walk according to the size of the container to be transferred so that the distance between the two rail vehicles matches the size of the container to be transferred;

placing the container on the transfer mini-consist and connecting the container with the transfer mini-consist;

and controlling the small transfer marshalling to walk synchronously to transfer the container to a destination.

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