CN201186655Y - Suspension structure - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a primary suspension structure of an urban rail vehicle bogie, which comprises an axle box (3) arranged on a mounting base of a bogie structure (1) through a rotary arm positioning base (11), wherein a primary spring and a rotary positioning rubber joint (12) are respectively arranged on both sides of the central line of the axle box (3) for positioning; the primary spring includes a single double-coil helical steel round spring group (8) and a rubber gasket (10); a vertical hydraulic damper (9) is arranged at the outer end part of the axle box (3) and the bogie structure (1); and a vertical stopper (4) is arranged between the top of the axle box (3) and the side beam of the bogie structure (1). The primary suspension structure can optimize the allocation and suspension parameters matching of a primary internal structure of the bogie, improve the dynamic performance of the bogie, reducing abrasion of wheels and rails, suppress hunting and side rolling vibration of the bogie, and remarkably prolong the service life and the stability of the primary suspension, thereby improving the operation safety of the bogie.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to the electric locomotive bogie truck, especially a kind of single stage suspension structure of city rail vehicle bogie truck.
Background technology
Single stage suspension is widely used on domestic and international various railway truck and the passenger vehicle vehicle as elastic vibration clamper, and it mainly provides one to be vertical, horizontal and vertical rigidity, and the rational Match of this three-way rigidity is to improve the key of bogie truck dynamic performance.At present, steel spring provides one to be the first-selection of vertical stiffness because of its fast energy storage, robustness and higher life span become.One is that the pivoted arm location is simple and direct because of its structure, can realize that one is the relatively independent and rational Match of elastic parameter in length and breadth and become and provide to be the preferred plan of horizontal and vertical rigidity, as shown in Figure 1, representative type one is that the pivoted arm location structure mainly is made up of journal box spring 44, elasticity location node 33, vertical oil-pressure damper 55 etc.Its elasticity location node structure mainly is made up of sleeve 111, rubber spring 222 and mandrel 333 as shown in Figure 2 in addition.The principal feature of this structure is the both sides that journal box spring and location node branch are located at the axle box line of centers, the fore-and-aft distance of journal box spring decentering line is 1/2nd of a location node, the two ratio of bearing static vertical load is 2: 1, has improved the force-bearing situation of journal box spring.But there are many deficiencies in this structure: elasticity location node unreasonable structure, and volume is little, and fragile; Journal box spring is the individual pen spring, frangibility or the like.These shortcomings have greatly reduced the service life of spring damping spare, have had a strong impact on the safety in operation of the travelling comfort and the vehicle of vehicle.
The utility model content
Technical problem to be solved in the utility model is, at one being that the structure design of spring and elasticity location node is unreasonable in the prior art, cause the operation well damage, jeopardize the deficiency of traffic safety, provide a kind of and can not only optimize distribution of bogie primary inner structure and suspension parameter coupling, improve the bogie truck dynamic performance, and can effectively reduce the wearing and tearing of wheel and rail level, the hunting and the rolling that effectively suppress bogie truck, and can significantly improve the service life and the stability of single stage suspension, thereby improve the safe in operation of bogie truck, have better economic and social benefit.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the technical scheme that the utility model adopted is: a kind of single stage suspension structure, comprise axle box 3, this axle box 3 is installed on the mount pad of truck frame 1 by pivoted arm positioning seat 11, it is spring and rubber arthrosis 12 location, pivoted arm location that the line of centers both sides of described axle box 3 are arranged with one, vertical oil-pressure damper 9 is installed between the outboard end of axle box 3 and the truck frame 1, between the curb girder of the top of axle box 3 and truck frame 1, is provided with vertical backstop 4.
Described one is that the fore-and-aft distance ratio of spring and described pivoted arm location rubber arthrosis 12 is designed to 40: 27.
Described one is that spring comprises Dan Zushuan circle spiral steel coil spring 8, and the one end is by being installed in rubber pad 10 guiding that axle box 3 is provided with guide seat 17, and the other end connects with truck frame 1 by the spring plate 7 of band spring shim 6.
Be provided with vertical backstop pad 5 between described vertical backstop 4 and the truck frame 1.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:
1) adopt short pivoted arm axle box to improve the hunting stability of bogie truck; Adopt one to be that not only to have optimized one be that the carrying of spring and rubber arthrosis distributes spring and rubber arthrosis location, and efficiently solve the problem of suspension parameter rational Match.
2) adopt two circle coil springs can take into account the sky of vehicle, loaded vehicle state and suppress the vertical high-frequency vibration of vehicle, and satisfy bogie truck speed-raising and high-revolving requirement.
3) adopt coil spring configuration set rubber pad structure not only to have the robustness of spring, and have the vibration-absorbing denoising effect of Rubber Parts.The porose rubber pad structure of thickening guarantees the insulation relation of framework and axle box, has reduced coil spring group stress level, has avoided the endurance failure of coil spring group.
4) adopt the rubber arthrosis that to adjust and to change the vertical cross stiffness parameter, can improve the crawl stability and the curving performance that stick together high-speed cruising on performance, the straight way of bogie truck.
5) the thick rubber layer structure of rubber arthrosis, rubber pad and vertical backstop, rubber layer efficiently solves vibration and noise problem.Be provided with vertical backstop in addition and avoid producing over-large displacement between axle box top and the truck side sill, also be provided with the backstop pad and be used to regulate the backstop height.
6) be vertical vibration and rocking vibration in the decay single stage suspension, wheel is to having installed the vertical oil-pressure damper of scalable between axle box and the truck frame.
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Fig. 1 is representative type single stage suspension pivoted arm location structure figure.
Fig. 2 is an elasticity location node constructional drawing.
Fig. 3 is the utility model single stage suspension constructional drawing.
Fig. 4 is the rubber arthrosis constructional drawing
Fig. 5 is the rubber pad constructional drawing
Fig. 6 is the spring plate constructional drawing
Fig. 7 is a pivoted arm positioning seat constructional drawing
The specific embodiment
As shown in Figure 3, the utility model is a kind of novel single stage suspension structure, and it comprises axle box 3, and this axle box 3 adopts the whole short pivoted arm axle box that does not have abrasion, and is installed on the truck frame 1 by pivoted arm positioning seat 11.It is that spring and pivoted arm location rubber arthrosis 12, is that the fore-and-aft distance ratio of spring and pivoted arm location rubber arthrosis 12 is designed to 40: 27 that the line of centers both sides of axle box 3 are arranged with one.Vertical oil-pressure damper 9 is installed between the outboard end of axle box 3 and the truck frame 1, is used to improve the bogie truck dynamic performance.Between the curb girder of the top of axle box 3 and truck frame 1, be provided with vertical backstop 4, thereby avoid vertical rigid shock with vertical backstop pad 5.This vertical backstop pad 5 can be used for regulating the backstop height.
This one is that spring comprises Dan Zushuan circle spiral steel coil spring 8, and the one end is by being installed in rubber pad 10 guiding that axle box 3 is provided with guide seat 17, and the other end connects with truck frame 1 by the spring plate 7 of band spring shim 6.Rubber pad 10, rubber arthrosis 12 and vertical backstop 4 have all adopted thick rubber layer structure.
When the utility model uses, be mainly used in the application force that transmits vertical, horizontal and vertical three directions.Vertical force herein mainly refers to the vehicle weight of truck frame more than 1, and it is that spring and rubber arthrosis are passed to axle box 3 12 common distribution by one, passes to wheel 2, rail again.Because one is that spring is in series by Dan Zushuan circle spiral steel coil spring group 8 and rubber pad 10, this structure has greatly reduced the stress level of spring, has realized the insulation of truck frame 1 and axle box 3, has relaxed vibration and impact.One is that spring is installed between the guide groove of the guide seat 17 of rubber pad 10 (see figure 5)s and spring plate 7 (see figure 6)s.Rubber pad 10 is middle structure thicker with holes, and this structure shock attenuation result is better.Vertical backstop 4 has been installed in addition to produce over-large displacement between restrictive axes box top and truck frame 1 curb girder, has avoided the spring compacting or lose the back rigid shock takes place.Longitudinal force herein mainly refers to act on tractive force or the braking force on the wheel, and it mainly reaches axle box 3, by rubber arthrosis 12 is that spring is also participated in the distribution, but can ignore.When transverse force herein referred to that mainly vehicle passes through curve, rail acted on the right transverse force of wheel, and this mainly reaches axle box 3, by rubber arthrosis 12 is that spring is also participated in the distribution, but influence is very little.Rubber arthrosis 12 is installed in the axle box pivoted arm, and is connected on the truck frame 1 by mandrel 19 and pivoted arm positioning seat 18 (see figure 7) flexibilities, is used for not having abrasion ground transmitting tractive power and braking force, and realizes the location that wheel is right.As shown in Figure 4, pivoted arm location rubber arthrosis 12 adopts precompressed compressions three lobe split-type structurals, i.e. metal-coating 14, inner metal sleeve 16 and nicked rubber layer 15, and rubber layer and metal inner and outer cover sulfide.For not producing drawing stress, avoid the relative friction of Rubber Parts, and reduce the strain and stress in the rubber layer outside, improve its service life, rubber arthrosis adopts precompressed compression three lobe split-type structurals; For improving rubber arthrosis fatigue life, its Free Surface is designed to anti-arc structure; For reduce rubber arthrosis each to rigidity, increased the thickness of rubber layer; For reducing deflection stiffness, Rubber Parts is designed to dark groove shape.
Act on wheel last three direction power (vertical, vertical, horizontal) respectively are delivered to framework to rigidity by what single stage suspension provided, this novel single stage suspension rigidity of structure is distributed rationally, capable transmission and load-carrying capacity are all greatly strengthened, greatly reduced endurance failure.
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1, a kind of single stage suspension structure, comprise axle box (3), this axle box (3) is installed on the mount pad of truck frame (1) by pivoted arm positioning seat (11), it is characterized in that, it is spring and pivoted arm location rubber arthrosis (12) location that the line of centers both sides of described axle box (3) are arranged with one, between the outboard end of axle box (3) and the truck frame (1) vertical oil-pressure damper (9) is installed, between the curb girder of the top of axle box (3) and truck frame (1), is provided with vertical backstop (4).
2. single stage suspension structure according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described one is that the fore-and-aft distance ratio of spring and described pivoted arm location rubber arthrosis (12) is designed to 40: 27.
3. single stage suspension structure according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, described one is that spring comprises Dan Zushuan circle spiral steel coil spring (8), the one end is by being installed in rubber pad (10) guiding that axle box (3) is provided with guide seat (17), and the other end connects with truck frame (1) by the spring plate (7) of band spring shim (6).
4. single stage suspension structure according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, is provided with vertical backstop pad (5) between described vertical backstop (4) and the truck frame (1).
5. single stage suspension structure according to claim 3 is characterized in that, is provided with vertical backstop pad (5) between described vertical backstop (4) and the truck frame (1).
6. single stage suspension structure according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described pivoted arm location rubber arthrosis (12), rubber pad (10) and vertical backstop (4) rubber layer have all adopted thick rubber layer structure.
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