CN115848438A - Intelligent sand adding system and method for locomotive - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an intelligence of locomotive adds sand system and intelligence and adds sand method, intelligence adds sand system and includes: the sand filling machine comprises a host and a plurality of sand boxes, wherein a sand box cover capable of being automatically opened, a plurality of sensors and a sand filling robot are arranged on a sand filling opening of each sand box. The intelligent sand adding method comprises the following steps: setting a limit value L of sand capacity in a locomotive sand box ₁ When the locomotive is in a warehouse returning and servicing state, the sensor transmits the monitored actual sand volume L data in the sand box to the host, and when the locomotive is static and L is smaller than L ₁ When the sand box is opened, the host instructs the sand box cover to open, and instructs the sand adding robot to move to the position of the sand box to add sand to the sand box; when L is equal to L ₁ And then, the host computer instructs the sand adding robot to stop adding sand and instructs a sand box cover to close, and the sand adding robot adds sand to the next sand box. This openly realized the intellectuality of locomotive sanding, improved the wholeness and the systematicness of locomotive sanding system.

Description

Intelligent sanding system and intelligent sanding method for locomotives

technical field

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of sand adding to locomotives, and in particular to an intelligent sand adding system and an intelligent sand adding method for locomotives.

Background technique

Sanding operations on locomotives mainly include manual sanding and mobile equipment sanding, among which manual sanding is a common method for locomotive sanding operations. However, the artificial sanding speed is slow, the labor intensity is high, and the working environment is polluted by flying dust. When encountering rainy and snowy weather, the amount of sand used by locomotives increases sharply, and the workload of adding sand increases significantly, which becomes the bottleneck of maintenance operations. The degree of automation of mobile equipment and sand adding equipment is low. Although the labor intensity is reduced, mechanical equipment such as forklifts and forklifts need to be added, and the environmental pollution problems such as dust have not been solved. The adaptability is poor, the maintenance is large, and the promotion is difficult.

Prior art 1 discloses a rail transit sanding device and sanding method (CN 105774842A). The sanding device includes a sand storage tank and a launch cylinder. The top of the launch cylinder is connected to the sand outlet at the bottom of the sand storage tank through a packing door. The bottom of the cylinder is connected to the sand gun through the sand conveying pipeline; the filling door includes a cylinder fixed in the vertical direction near the sand outlet in the sand storage tank, and the piston rod of the cylinder is connected with a filling door plate that realizes the opening and closing of the filling door. The stuffing door is also provided with an inflatable and deflated air bag enclosing the edge of the stuffing door plate along the radial direction. The invention transports the brake sand from the launch cylinder to the locomotive sand box through compressed gas pressure, and the whole process is fully automatic control without dust pollution; the filling door is equipped with an air bag for filling and deflation to ensure the airtightness of the launch cylinder, and the sand storage tank and There are material level sensors in the launching cylinder, and the amount of sand in the launching cylinder and sand storage tank can be controlled to prevent the system from being sprayed without sand. The sand adding method of the invention is provided with an emptying step, which prevents the sand grains in the static state in the launch cylinder in the waiting state from forming into agglomerates, which affects the use.

Prior art 2 discloses a sand adding system (CN 204150038 U) of locomotive sand adding equipment, which includes a sand lifting mechanism and a sand discharge mechanism. The sand discharge mechanism is used to receive the sand output by the sand lifting mechanism and add sand to the locomotive. The sand discharge mechanism described above includes a movable sand discharge device and a walking frame for supporting the movable sand discharge device. The walking frame is composed of a guide rail and a column for supporting the guide rail. The movable sand discharge device includes a The walking device matched with the guide rail and the sand storage hopper fixed on the walking device, the sand storage hopper is provided with a discharge device for adding sand to the locomotive. The sand adding system of the locomotive sand adding equipment of the utility model can reduce the energy consumption of the sand adding machine, and increase the safety of the sand adding system, the sand adding position can be adjusted, and at the same time, it can prevent excessive sand adding.

Although the existing technology has improved in the automation of locomotive sanding, it still needs to be further improved in terms of the system, integrity and real-time monitoring of sand capacity of the locomotive sanding system. Based on this, locomotive sanding The overall intelligence of the system is a problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Contents of the invention

In order to solve the above technical problems, an aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure provides an intelligent sand filling system for a locomotive, including a main engine; There are multiple sand boxes arranged on the locomotive; sensors, the sensors used to monitor the sand volume in the sand boxes are arranged on the sand boxes, and the sensors include multiple sensors, and the multiple sensors are respectively arranged on multiple sand boxes; plus The sand robot and the sand adding robot used for adding sand to the sand box can freely walk along one side of the locomotive, wherein a plurality of sand box covers, a plurality of sensors and the sand adding robot are respectively electrically connected to the main machine.

Further, the main engine is arranged in the cab of the locomotive.

Further, the host is provided with a display screen for displaying the sand capacity of the sand box.

Further, the sand adding robot is electrically connected with the host through a wireless network.

Further, the sand-filling robot is provided with a sand-filling gun for adding sand to the flask.

Further, the flask cover is electrically connected with the main machine through a motor for driving the flask cover to open, and the motor is arranged on the flask.

Further, the intelligent sand adding system is powered by the battery of the locomotive.

Further, the sensor is arranged on the top of the sand box.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides an intelligent sand adding method using the above-mentioned intelligent sand adding system of the locomotive, setting the sand capacity limit L ₁ in the sand box of the locomotive, and when the locomotive returns to the warehouse for preparation, the sensor will The monitored actual sand capacity L in the sand box is transmitted to the main engine. When the locomotive is stationary and L is less than L ₁ , the main engine instructs the sand box cover to open, and instructs the sand adding robot to move to the sand box to add sand to the sand box; when L After it is equal to L ₁ , the host instructs the sand-adding robot to stop adding sand and instructs the lid of the sand box to close, and the sand-adding robot adds sand to the next sand box.

Furthermore, when the locomotive is running and the sand box cover is closed, the sensor monitors the actual sand capacity L of the sand box in real time, and transmits the monitored data to the host.

According to the above technical solution, the present disclosure provides an intelligent sanding system and intelligent sanding method for a locomotive. Through sensor monitoring, the sand capacity of each sand box on the locomotive can be monitored in real time, and the monitored data is transmitted to the host computer. When the locomotive is returned to the warehouse for maintenance, the main engine will open the sand box cover and instruct the sand adding robot to add sand to each locomotive sand box one by one according to the monitoring data, thus realizing the overall intelligence of the locomotive sand adding system.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without creative work.

Fig. 1 is the logic diagram of the intelligent sand adding method disclosed by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the intelligent sand adding system disclosed by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an intelligent sand adding system disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of reference signs:

1. Host; 2. Sensor; 3. Sand box cover; 4. Sand adding robot; 5. Sand box.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. The detailed description and accompanying drawings of the following embodiments are used to illustrate the principles of the present disclosure, but cannot be used to limit the scope of the present disclosure. The present disclosure can be implemented in many different forms, and is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed herein. Rather, it includes all technical solutions falling within the scope of the claims.

These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. It should be noted that unless specifically stated otherwise, the relative arrangement of parts and steps, the composition of materials, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments should be interpreted as illustrative only and not as limiting.

It should be noted that, in the description of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "plurality" is greater than or equal to two; the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inside" The orientation or positional relationship indicated by , "outside" and so on are only for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation of this disclosure. When the absolute position of the described object changes, the relative position relationship may also change accordingly.

In addition, "first", "second" and similar words used in the present disclosure do not indicate any order, quantity or importance, but are only used to distinguish different parts. "Vertical" is not strictly vertical, but within the allowable range of error. "Parallel" is not strictly parallel, but within the allowable range of error. Words like "comprising" or "comprising" mean that the elements preceding the word cover the elements listed after the word, and do not exclude the possibility of also covering other elements.

It should also be noted that, in the description of the present disclosure, unless otherwise clearly stipulated and limited, the terms "installation", "connection" and "connection" should be interpreted in a broad sense, for example, it may be a fixed connection or a flexible connection. Disassembled connection, or integral connection; it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediary. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present disclosure according to specific situations. When it is described that a specific device is located between a first device and a second device, there may or may not be an intervening device between the specific device and the first device or the second device.

All terms used in the present disclosure have the same meaning as understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs, unless otherwise specifically defined. It should also be understood that terms defined in, for example, general-purpose dictionaries should be interpreted as having meanings consistent with their meanings in the context of the relevant technology, and should not be interpreted in idealized or extremely formalized meanings, unless explicitly stated herein Defined like this.

As mentioned in the above background technology, the artificial sanding of locomotives has the problems of slow speed, high labor intensity, and dust pollution in the working environment. Although the automation of the locomotive sanding system in the prior art has been improved, manual sanding is avoided Some problems existing in the sand, the inventor realizes that in order to further improve the degree of automation of the locomotive sand adding system, it needs to be further improved in terms of the integrity and systematic intelligence of the locomotive sand adding system, so the invention of the present application In one or more embodiments, people provide an intelligent sanding system and intelligent sanding method for locomotives, which are believed to solve one or more problems in the prior art. Meanwhile, those skilled in the art can understand that the technical solution of the present application is applicable to different types of rail vehicles.

In view of the aforementioned technical problems, one aspect of the present invention provides an intelligent sanding system for a locomotive. As shown in Figure 2-3, the intelligent sanding system includes a host 1, a sand box 5, a sensor 2 and a sanding robot 4. The sand box 5 includes multiple sand boxes 5 arranged in different positions on the locomotive. The sand filling port of each sand box 5 is provided with a sand box cover 3 that can be opened automatically. The sensor 2 is used to monitor sand. Sand capacity in the box 5, each sand box 5 is provided with a sensor 2, and the sand-adding robot 4 for adding sand to the sand box 5 can walk freely along one side of the locomotive. Each flask cover 3 , each sensor 2 and the sand adding robot 4 are electrically connected to the main machine 1 respectively. The host computer 1 of this technical solution is used as the central control system to receive the sand capacity data of each sand box 5 transmitted by the sensor 2, so as to grasp the sand capacity situation of each sand box 5; the host computer 1 controls the opening of the sand box cover 3 and commands The sand adding robot 4 moves to add sand to the sand box 5 . This technical solution improves the integrity and systematic control of the locomotive sand adding system through the data transmission and instruction between the host 1 and the sensor 2, the sand adding robot 4 and the sand box cover 3, and realizes the intelligence of the locomotive sand adding system. It provides a guarantee for the safe operation of the locomotive.

In one embodiment, in order to facilitate the operation of the locomotive driver, the host 1 is arranged in the locomotive driver's cab.

In one embodiment, in order to understand and grasp the situation of the sand adding system of the locomotive in real time, and avoid affecting the safe operation of the locomotive due to the problem of the sand adding system of the locomotive in rainy and snowy weather, the main engine 1 is provided with a display for displaying the sand capacity in the sand box 5 Screen, so that the locomotive driver can grasp the situation of the sand adding system in time to avoid safety problems.

In one embodiment, in order to ensure the free walking of the sand-adding robot 4, to complete the sand-adding of each sand box 5 on the locomotive, the sand-adding robot 4 is electrically connected to the host computer 1 through a wireless network in the locomotive garage, that is, The sand-filling robot 4 receives the walking instruction and the sand-filling action command sent by the host computer 1 through the wireless network.

In one embodiment, the sand adding robot 4 is provided with a sand filling gun for adding sand to the sand box 5 , and the sand in the sand storage device on the sand adding robot 4 is transported into the sand box 5 through the sand adding gun. Specifically, the sand filling port of the sand box 5 is set in a long strip shape, and the sand filling gun swings back and forth in the length direction of the sand filling port when adding sand, so as to ensure that the sand surface in the sand box 5 is at the same height, avoiding the If the surfaces are not at the same height, the sand capacity data monitored by the sensor 2 is inaccurate, so that when the sand box 5 is not full, the host 1 sends an instruction to the sand adding robot 4 to stop adding sand.

In one embodiment, the flask cover 3 is electrically connected to the host machine 1 through a motor for driving the flask cover 3 to open, and the motor is arranged on the flask 5 . The main engine 1 sends an opening or closing instruction to the motor, and the flask cover 3 is opened or closed by the motor drive. Specifically, the host computer can control and select to open or close a certain flask cover 3, and also can control to open or close all the flask covers 3. In addition, the sand box cover 3 can also be opened and closed in a manual mode as required.

In one embodiment, the smart gritting system is powered by the locomotive's battery.

Further, the sensor 2 is arranged on the top of the sand box 5, and the sensor 2 fixes the upper surface of the sand box by screwing in, and the sand capacity in the sand box 5 is determined after conversion by measuring the distance from the top surface of the sand to the sensor 2, and the The sand capacity data is transmitted to the host computer 1.

Another aspect of the present invention provides an intelligent method for adding sand to a locomotive. As shown in Figure 1, the sand capacity limit L ₁ in the sand box 5 is set. The actual sand capacity L data in the sand box 5 is transmitted to the host 1. When the locomotive is stationary and L is less than _L1 , the host 1 instructs the sand box cover 3 to open, and instructs the sand adding robot 4 to move to the sand box 5 as the sand box 5 Add sand; when L is equal to L ₁ , the host 1 instructs the sand adding robot 4 to stop adding sand and instructs the sand box cover 3 to close, and the sand adding robot 4 adds sand to the next sand box 5.

When the locomotive is running and the sand box cover 3 is closed, the sensor 2 monitors the actual sand capacity L of the sand box 5 in real time, and transmits the monitored data to the host computer 1 .

To sum up, when the locomotive is running, disconnect the action switch of the sand box cover 3 to ensure that the sand box cover 3 is closed during the running of the locomotive, monitor the sand capacity in real time, adjust the sand spreading strategy, and ensure the safety of the locomotive. When the locomotive is returned to the warehouse for maintenance, the entire sand adding process is unmanned and intelligent.

So far, the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail. Certain details known in the art have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the concept of the present disclosure. Based on the above description, those skilled in the art can fully understand how to implement the technical solutions disclosed herein.

Although some specific embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail through examples, those skilled in the art should understand that the above examples are for illustration only, rather than limiting the scope of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art should understand that the above embodiments can be modified or some technical features can be equivalently replaced without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. In particular, as long as there is no structural conflict, the technical features mentioned in the various embodiments can be combined in any manner.

Claims (10)

1. An intelligent sand adding system for a locomotive, characterized in that it comprises, host(1); A sand box (5), the sand filling port of the sand box (5) is provided with a sand box cover (3) that can be opened automatically, and the sand box (5) includes a plurality of sand boxes (5) ) is arranged on a locomotive; Sensor (2), the sensor (2) used to monitor the sand capacity in the sand box (5) is arranged on the sand box (5), and the sensor (2) includes a plurality of The sensors (2) are respectively arranged on a plurality of the sand boxes (5); The sand-adding robot (4), the described sand-adding robot (4) for adding sand to the sand box (5) can walk freely along one side of the locomotive, Wherein, a plurality of the flask covers (3), a plurality of the sensors (2) and the sand adding robot (4) are respectively electrically connected with the host (1). 2. The intelligent sand adding system of the locomotive according to claim 1, characterized in that the host (1) is arranged in the cab of the locomotive. 3. The intelligent sand adding system of the locomotive according to claim 2, characterized in that, the host (1) is provided with a display screen for displaying the sand capacity of the sand box (5). 4. The intelligent sand adding system for locomotives according to claim 3, characterized in that, the sand adding robot (4) is electrically connected to the host (1) through a wireless network. 5. The intelligent sanding system for a locomotive according to claim 4, characterized in that, the sanding robot (4) is provided with a sanding gun for adding sand to the sand box (5). 6. The intelligent sand adding system of the locomotive according to claim 5, characterized in that, the sand box cover (3) is connected with the host (1) through a motor for driving the sand box cover (3) to open Electrically connected, the motor is arranged on the sand box (5). 7. The intelligent sand adding system of the locomotive according to claim 6, characterized in that, the intelligent sand adding system is powered by a battery of the locomotive. 8. The intelligent sand adding system of the locomotive according to claim 7, characterized in that the sensor (2) is arranged on the top of the sand box (5). 9. An intelligent sanding method utilizing the intelligent sanding system of the locomotive according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein the intelligent sanding method comprises: Set the sand capacity limit L ₁ in the sand box (5), When the locomotive is returning to the warehouse for preparation, the sensor (2) transmits the monitored actual sand capacity L data in the sand box (5) to the host (1). When the locomotive is stationary and L is less than _L1 , The main engine (1) instructs the sand box cover (3) to open, and instructs the sand adding robot (4) to move to the sand box (5) to add sand to the sand box (5); when L After being equal to _L1 , the host computer (1) instructs the sand-adding robot (4) to stop adding sand and instructs the sand box cover (3) to close, and the sand-adding robot (4) adds sand to the next sand box . 10. The intelligent sand adding method according to claim 9, characterized in that, when the locomotive is running, the sand box cover (3) is in a closed state, and the sensor (2) monitors the sand box ( 5) the actual sand capacity L, and transmit the monitored data to the host (1).

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