DE102012005287A1 - System for rail-bound transportation of objects, particularly for delivering or collecting material, has multiple interconnected railway carriages comprised of conveyor track, where conveyor bodies are provided for objects - Google Patents

Abstract

The system has multiple interconnected railway carriages (1) comprised of a conveyor track (6,7), on which the objects are driven in a longitudinal manner relative to the railway carriages. The interconnected railway carriages are joined by the conveyor tracks. The conveyor bodies (8) are provided for the objects and are designed to move from one railway carriage to another railway carriage along the conveyor tracks. The conveyor bodies are moved from one railway carriage to another railway carriage without an additional load. An independent claim is provided for a method for rail-bound transportation of the objects, particularly for delivering or collecting the material to and from the railway working vehicles.

Description

The present invention relates to a system for track-bound transport of objects, for example, for transporting material to or from railway work vehicles, with several rail cars together, each having at least one transport path on which the objects along the railway cars are movable and the so is formed, that connect the transport paths coupled train cars together. Moreover, the present invention relates to a corresponding method and a railroad car for use in such a system and method.

Work on railway tracks is carried out as far as possible by rail, as this can minimize the impact on rail traffic and the burden on the environment. Be used for this purpose rail mobile work vehicles such as ballast bed cleaning machines, underground renovation machines and the like, but also machines for dismantling or for the new production of railways. In practically all cases material has to be transported to and / or transported away from the work vehicles. In gravel bed cleaning machines, for example, overburden from old gravel and underground material must be removed. For underground repair machines and machines for the new production of railways, material must be transported to the ground or to the railroad track. In addition, in such work vehicles demand for other materials such as water, fuel, iron, sleepers and the like exist.

During the transport of the other materials often by so-called gantry cranes or possibly not rail-bound, so trucks, takes place, are for the supply and removal of overburden, gravel, sand and the like so-called material handling and silo units, short MFS available , These are mostly open-top railway carriages whose bottoms are equipped with conveyor belts to convey the materials mentioned above. At one end of this railway car also a transfer conveyor belt is arranged, with which the material from car to car or, after swinging the transfer conveyor belt, can be conveyed to the side.

A disadvantage of these known MFS cars is the use of conveyor belts only at the bottom of the car. This results in the promotion of significant friction between the material and the side walls of the car, which leads to a high energy loss and wear by abrasion. Therefore, large motors are required to drive the conveyors. Due to the open design also occurs pollution not only the car but also the environment. A further disadvantage is that segregation of the materials occurs due to the conveyance, which is undesirable in the case of materials for underground remediation or the new production of a rail track.

The invention has for its object to provide a system, a method and a railway car of the type mentioned, which do not have the disadvantages mentioned and can also be used generally for freight transport on railways.

In a system according to the invention, this object is achieved in that transport bodies are provided for the objects, which are formed to a mobility along successive transport paths from car to car, or that the objects are piece goods and even form such transport body.

In a method according to the invention the object is achieved in that the objects are transported on the railway carriage by means of transport bodies or as piece goods including at least one track-related work function fulfilling device, in particular machine, forming transport body are formed, wherein the transport body on the railway carriage along connectable transport paths of Carts to cars are movable.

An inventive railway carriage for use in a system according to the invention or a method according to the invention has at least one transport path on which objects can be moved along the railroad car, wherein a drive for moving transport bodies along the transport paths is provided.

According to the invention, instead of the conveyor belts transport bodies are used, which are moved to the railway carriage. The transport bodies can be moved on roadways, roller conveyors, slideways, suspension railways, overhead conveyors, conveyor belts, conveyor chain tracks or other tracks.

A significant advantage of the invention is that much less friction occurs through the use of transport bodies during transport. The energy loss is thus significantly lower than in the known system. In addition, there is virtually no segregation of the materials due to the use of transport bodies. Also, the pollution is compared to the known System significantly lower. Pollution of the environment occurs practically not at all. Another advantage is that all types of materials, so in particular water, iron, sleepers and fuel can be transported in addition to roadway material and gravel. Thus, these materials can also be transported on track or removed as previously gravel and sand, and indeed at the same time by different transport bodies are filled with different material. Also, by the invention, all materials, if desired, can be transported on and / or off from only one side of the machine.

Another advantage of the invention is the ability to transport multiple transport body at the same time. This considerably increases the throughput compared to gantry crane solutions and to transport by means of MFS.

The invention can be used not only for the supply and removal of material to or from railway work vehicles but in general for the transport of objects on railway lines. A significant advantage here, too, is that the railway carriages can be loaded and unloaded very quickly by moving the transport bodies for the articles along the adjoining transport paths of the railway carriages. Thus, at the starting point of a train according to the invention, the transport bodies previously loaded with the objects are simply moved onto the railway carriages, for example rolled. For this purpose, the transport lanes of the railway carriages can be provided with suitable rollers. Accordingly, the transport bodies are unloaded at the destination of the train of the railway cars. The loading and unloading of the train is thus possible in a very short time.

In addition, there is the possibility that the transport bodies are re-sorted while the train is traveling on the train in order to obtain a specific sequence of transport bodies during unloading. Thus, for example, only a part of the transport body can be unloaded quickly at a first destination by these transport bodies are sorted to the unloading end of the train. At a second destination then the subsequently sorted transport body can be unloaded. At the first destination other transport bodies can be charged as a substitute for the unloaded transport body, which can then also be sorted during the onward journey to a suitable location of the train. For resorting facilities for temporary removal of transport bodies from a transport path are provided. The railway cars may also have two or more parallel transport paths, between which the transport body can be changed.

The parallel routes allow a continuous arrival and / or removal of material by the transport body moved on a road to the work vehicle and there are filled or unloaded and loaded or unloaded on another lane again moved away from the work vehicle. A plurality of transport bodies can thus be moved continuously in succession towards and away from the working vehicle in order to transport and / or transport away material.

The transport bodies are preferably movable on the roadways in both directions. The system is therefore particularly flexible.

The transport paths preferably extend at least substantially horizontally and / or at least substantially without any abutment against one another. For a transfer of the transport body of railway cars to railway cars is particularly well possible. Between the transfer points, the transport paths could also not run horizontally, for example, form a depression. It would then be sufficient to drive the transport body only at the beginning and / or end of each transport path of a railway car. In between, the transport bodies would move on their own by their mass.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, two lanes are arranged one above the other. This has proved to be particularly advantageous, in particular for loading and unloading of the transport body.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, a device for temporarily removing a transport body from a roadway or for changing the roadway is provided on at least one car. The flexibility of the system is thereby further increased. In particular, this allows a re-sorting of the transport body and an intermediate storage of individual transport body. According to one embodiment, at least one of the transport body is provided with caterpillars and able to drive down on reaching the destination laterally from the relevant transport path. This allows an effective unloading of the transported goods from the transport body, for example, the laying of a switch next to the track.

According to yet another embodiment of the invention, a device for the mechanical transfer of goods to be transported between the carriage and a working vehicle and / or a loading and / or unloading point is provided on at least one, in particular to be arranged at a train end. This facilitates the loading and / or unloading of the transport body on the work vehicle.

Furthermore, at least one carriage is preferably equipped with a lateral unloading possibility for the transport bodies. As a result, the transport body can be removed laterally and replaced with other transport body. Thus, it is possible to exchange a filled with discharge material transport body at an appropriate location against an empty transport body, or an empty transport body against another transport body with feed material. It is also possible to exchange a filled with overburden transport body against a filled with feed material transport body. The unloading possibility can also consist solely in that the car provides access for a loading and unloading device such as an excavator or a lifting vehicle.

According to a particularly preferred embodiment, a device for depositing and / or receiving transport bodies on or from the track is provided on at least one carriage. This allows a very fast loading and / or unloading of a train according to the invention. This is particularly important in a train for the supply and / or disposal of a railway work vehicle. A processed train can be driven, for example, to a remote location of the rail network, where previously new transport body were stored on the track. First, the new transport body are taken by a suitable device on a present at the end of the train car from the track and moved to a transport path of the train. Thereafter, the processed transport bodies are shut down by another transport train of the train and placed on the said track on the said track. Now the train can travel with the new transport containers back to the railway work vehicle and this again and / or dispose of. It is also possible to stack the transport body on the track in order to reduce the necessary track length and thus the usually also long construction site setup area.

A particularly favorable working operation is made possible by a part of the existing railway carriages remaining on the machine, while the remaining part of the railway carriages oscillates between the construction site and the material supply location. The oscillating carriages always remain with the carriages on the machine only during the relatively short period of material change, to which they are coupled during this period. When using a screw coupling, the machine must stop briefly during coupling and uncoupling. However, it can also be provided a device which continuously detects the buffer pressure and controls the change of material controlled stops when the buffer pressure falls below a threshold. Such a device may obviate the aforementioned coupling and uncoupling.

Preferably, the transport body without additional Verlademittel such as cranes of railway cars to rail cars are movable. Furthermore, the transport body are preferably moved directly on the transport lanes of railway cars to railway cars. In other words, only the transport lanes themselves serve to transfer the transport body from car to car by z. B. change the transport body by means of its own drive from a section located at the end of a transport path on the transport path of the next car or by such a section, the transport body actively transported to the transport path of the next car. The complex and costly provision of gantry cranes or the like can be avoided.

At least one transport body can be designed as an open or closed container. Open containers are easy to load while closed containers provide good protection for the items being transported. Such containers can thus depending on the design liquids such as water or fuel, bulk materials such. As ballast or even components such as iron or thresholds and carry them by procedures on the transport lanes to a railway work vehicle or generally to a railway workstation out or away. At least one transport body can also be designed as a plate-like carrier, so as to enable a transport of heavy and bulky goods such as rails or concrete slabs. By means of an arrangement of differently shaped transport bodies can thus a variety of different materials, machines and components track-bound to a railway workstation or be transported away from this, whereby a particularly effective work on the track is possible.

However, it is not absolutely necessary to provide a container or carrier for each load to be transported. Rather, a piece of cargo to be transported on the transport paths can itself form a transport body. In this regard, at least one transport body may be designed as piece goods to be transported on the transport paths. In other words, the transport paths can be designed specifically for transporting transport bodies in the form of specific heavy and / or bulky components - even without containers or carriers. In this way, rails, switches, concrete slabs and the like can be tracked to the desired job or away from this, by B. be transported directly on roller conveyors of the respective railway cars.

Furthermore, at least one transport body can be designed as a device, in particular a machine, which fulfills at least one track-related work function. Thus, the transport lanes can be used to carry heavy working devices of different types in a simple way to a railway track located on the railway job. As a device that performs a track-related work function, not only a machine such. As an excavator or a lifting vehicle, but also a measuring or testing device, a monitor or a complex device such as a mobile gas station may be provided. A transport body according to the invention can thus be designed not only for receiving or carrying a machine, but also be designed as a machine, measuring device or the like. The machine can also be formed by combining two or more transport bodies. In this way, measurements or construction work can be carried out particularly effectively, since the machine does not have to be road bound or brought by separate railway cars and then removed.

According to one embodiment of the invention, at least one transport body is designed for passenger transport. Thus persons, in particular workers, can be transported along railway vehicles.

Preferably, the transport body with respect to their external dimensions, their weight and / or their surface condition adapted for transport on the transport paths or vice versa. In other words, the transport bodies and the transport paths are coordinated so as to enable effective transport, in particular without additional loading means such as cranes. In particular, the width and / or the maximum contact load of the transport paths can already be chosen in the construction of a system according to the invention such that the transport of machines or large components required on a railway workstation such as rails, concrete slabs or even points is possible on them.

As a transport body in the context of the invention, therefore, each piece of cargo is to be considered, which is designed specifically for a mobility on the transport lanes due to the nature of the transport paths.

In order to allow the most effective transport, the transport body may have special rolling surfaces for rollers of roller conveyors on one or more of their sides. Furthermore, the transport body could be provided with a substantially completely smooth bottom. Thus, the transport body can be moved and / or performed in an advantageous manner. The rolling surfaces are in particular designed so that there is sufficient frictional resistance between the rollers of a roller conveyor and the transport body to prevent or reduce spinning of the rollers. A design of the rolling surface to reduce the load on the rollers of a roller conveyor and thus their wear, especially during the transition of the transport body from one roller to the next is advantageous. For example, a ramp or rounding may be provided at the end of the rolling surface.

The provision of a rolling surface at the top of the transport body can serve to improve a rolling of a roll on the top of the transport body. With such a role, for example, the tilting of the transport body during the transition of the transport body can be prevented from one railway vehicle to another.

Rolling surfaces on the side of the transport body serve for lateral guidance over rollers of roller conveyors. The rolling surfaces can also be located in a special groove or on a web on the underside of the transport body. At the transport lanes, in addition to an existing side guide, a further guide may be provided, which, like a guardrail, prevents the transport body from leaving the transport path even if the side guide fails.

To move the transport body along the transport paths may be provided on this a drive, such as driven rollers. However, a drive can also be provided on the transport bodies themselves or elsewhere in the railway carriage, for example laterally of the transport paths. According to one embodiment of the invention, the transport body on a driverless drive, d. H. the driven movement of the transport body is automatically controlled or remotely controlled. It is then not necessary to occupy the transport body with drivers. A drive on the railway carriage has the advantage that the transport body can be designed very simple, for example, as a simple transport boxes. In one embodiment of the invention, a railway carriage on a drive for moving the transport body along the transport paths, wherein the transport body itself have no own drive.

The drives are preferably designed so that with them a cornering of the transport body according to the track curve of the track is generated and / or that a method of Transport body is also possible in gradients and elevations of the track. This makes it possible to move the transport body on any route, for example, to reorder them.

In a drive of the transport body by means of rollers all existing rollers can be driven, for example by a central drive, or it can be driven only part of the rollers. For example, at least two rollers in succession in the direction of travel can be driven by respective individual drives or by a common drive. It can also be equipped with two drives with respect to the transport path opposite roles with individual drives or with a common drive. In the latter variant may be provided in the drive train, which connects the engine of the drive with the two rollers, a differential gear. This differential gear can be designed as a self-locking or foreign-locking differential. Furthermore, a device for so-called "torque vectoring" can be provided. Such devices can support a rotary or pivotal movement of the transport body at the transition from one car to the next car. Such rotational movements can be particularly helpful when the railway cars are in a curve. A pivoting movement of the transport body can also be initiated by a differential speed of opposite rollers, preferably on the first or last pair of rollers of the respective car. The degree of pivotal movement can be determined by sensors at the ends of a fixed coupled group of cars. Together with the track of the wagon group traveled on the track, the angle of articulation between the wagons can be estimated, even in those wagons where no sensor is attached. The determination of the individual bending angle is preferably automated.

The drive of the rollers is preferably carried out electrically, for. B. by means of an electric motor. Preferably, a switched reluctance machine, also referred to as a switched-reluctance motor or SRM, is used. Such motors are characterized by a high level of robustness and a simple design. Furthermore, the speed-torque characteristic is well suited for the present application and the efficiency is sufficiently high over a wide speed range. It can also be provided an inverter, which preferably close to the engine, for. B. directly in the associated motor housing, is arranged.

The rotational movement of the output shaft of the electric motor can be transmitted directly or with the interposition of a gear to the rollers. Alternatively, the drive of the rollers can also be accomplished hydraulically, pneumatically or mechanically. The arrangement of transport paths and transport bodies could also be designed as a magnetic levitation train.

A drive by means of rollers can be designed such that a recovery of energy (recuperation) is possible, for. B. when braking a transport body or during operation of a roller conveyor in the fall.

The operating state of the roller drive and / or its components can be detected periodically and / or continuously by a suitable device. This device can be permanently installed or provided manually. The provision can also be automated.

At least one roller of the roller drive can also be equipped with a braking device. This allows an independent movement of the transport body -. B. in a fault of the roller drive - can be prevented. The braking device is preferably designed such that it fails in the direction of the safe state. Preferably, the braking device is mechanically operated and released electrically, pneumatically, hydraulically or mechanically. It can also be provided an automatically acting brake, which is preferably equipped with an emergency release device. Alternatively or additionally, a device for limiting the maximum speed of the transport body may be integrated into the roller drive. Furthermore, the roller drive may comprise a device which prevents the movement of the transport body in a certain - preferably selectable - direction. The direction of action of this device can be manually or remotely switched or canceled altogether.

At least one of the rollers of the roller drive can also be provided with a device for detecting the direction of rotation, the angle of rotation, the speed and / or the rotational acceleration of the roller. The device can output a corresponding signal by means of which the spinning or blocking of rollers of the roller drive can be detected.

The rollers of the roller drive may comprise a solid rubber bandage. Alternatively, a pneumatic tire bandage may be provided. Depending on the application, however, the rollers can also be designed as steel rollers. If the rollers are designed as solid rubber rollers, the tread may have a profile for achieving a better load distribution, for. B. a barrel profile, have. Furthermore, the rigidity of individual rollers designed as solid rubber rollers can be influenced by at least one longitudinal and / or lateral groove. Furthermore, the roller can be equipped with a tire tread-like profile. It can also be at least one role composed of several individual roles.

In order to achieve a uniform load through the transport body, a device can be provided, which causes a so-called "load balancing" by twisting.

Basically, the drive can be realized instead of roles on spindles, chains or ropes. In addition, instead of a frictional drive a positive drive, for. B. via at least one hydraulic cylinder may be provided.

More preferably, the transport body can be individually and / or in groups and / or moved together. This further increases the flexibility of the system. Among other things, it is possible to move at slopes less than all transport body at the same time to keep the necessary power and the necessary energy consumption low. The joint mobility allows a fast loading and / or unloading. The Einzelverfahrmöglichkeit facilitates a resorting of the transport body and increases the overall flexibility of the system.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the transport bodies can be coupled to one another mechanically and / or by appropriate control. As a result, two or more transport bodies can be moved together in a simple manner.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the transport body for transport to a transport path or the. Railcar lockable. This can prevent that the transport body move while driving by itself. A lock can z. B. be realized by adjustable bolts on the car, which engage in corresponding recesses of the transport body. Depending on the application, the lock can be actuated automatically or remotely. It may also be provided a monitoring device for automatically detecting the locking state.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the transport body are provided with a machine-readable coding. As a result, the loading and / or unloading process can be automated. Also, according to a further embodiment of the invention, a remote control of the loading and / or unloading of the transport body and the movement of the transport body is possible.

On the transport bodies and data carriers can be attached, which can be described and read by a read / write device on the car. Furthermore, a data transmission system can be provided, which allows an exchange of information between different cars and / or the machine. The information can be z. B. refer to the contents of the transport body or on the control of the machine.

Furthermore, means for detecting the position of the transport body can be provided with respect to the transport path. In particular, mechanical, optical, magnetic and / or inductive detectors can be arranged on the transport tracks or elsewhere on the railway carriages to detect the position. Such a position detection can, for. B. facilitate locking the transport body as described above.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, a warning device is provided, which indicates an operator of the system on approaching, from the runway operation and / or from the train operation on one or more opposite tracks resulting hazards, preferably acoustically, optically, sensory and / or mechanical.

The railway carriages can also be designed with an additional loading and / or conveying option for goods such as liquids or gases, in particular pipelines which can be coupled to one another. Thus, for example, a railway working vehicle can be supplied with the necessary water or fuel and / or wastewater can be disposed of.

Individual wagons or groups of wagons according to the invention can also be provided with additional devices for several or all wagons, such as power supply device, converter, braking device and the like. The corresponding supply of a train or part thereof can be ensured in a cost effective manner by one or more individual cars. In addition, at least one car may have a travel drive for driving on a track. A locomotive can thereby be dispensable.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, two or more railway cars are rigidly coupled together. This makes it possible to dispense with facilities such as buffer between the car. The cars can also be particularly closely coupled with each other, whereby the overall length of the train can be kept smaller.

The individual railway cars are preferably made as short as possible in order to keep the bend angle low in a curve. Preferably come as a railway car therefore biaxial cars are used. Alternatively, the Wagen also form an articulated train with Jakobs bogies. In principle, the cars can also have two, three or four axle bogies.

At least one railroad car can be designed such that the transport bodies can change from an upper to a lower transport plane or vice versa. In this case, the energy required for lifting the transport body is preferably temporarily stored in order to minimize the load on the energy supply and / or to accelerate the lifting process. Furthermore, the potential energy released during lowering of the transport body can be recovered and made available for other tasks as needed. The intermediate storage of the energy can be done mechanically, electrically, pneumatically, hydraulically or chemically. If the energy storage is carried out pneumatically, the force-displacement characteristic of the pneumatic accumulator can be adapted with a gearbox to the characteristic curve required for the stroke. This allows the energy content of the memory completely, d. H. without throttling losses, can be used. In addition, the potential energy of the transport body can be completely transferred to the pneumatic storage when changing from the upper to the lower transport level.

An apparatus for temporarily removing a portion of the upper runway may allow passage of the transport body to the lower runway. The lower runway is here also usable when the section of the upper runway is removed. Alternatively, a portion of the upper runway can be lowered together with the transport body to transfer it to the lower runway. This embodiment allows a particularly simple structure.

The transport body can be moved on the transport lanes for loading and / or unloading of railway work vehicles or resorting in both or in opposite directions. Thus, the loading and / or unloading or re-sorting can happen very quickly. In this case, the supply and removal of material to or from railway work vehicles can take place simultaneously and also on the same side of the work vehicle. The simultaneous supply and removal of the supply and disposal of the railway work vehicle is further accelerated. The supply and removal on the same side has the advantage that, for example, points in the vicinity of the work vehicle can be kept free. The impairment of rail traffic can be reduced as a whole.

By using transport bodies also different materials can be added and / or removed at the same time, which is not possible or only to a very limited extent when using the known material conveying and silo units.

The system according to the invention particularly preferably comprises two trains with carriages which can be brought together in order to exchange their transport bodies with one another. The downtime of railway work vehicles can be kept very low because the transport body can be exchanged within a few minutes between a processed and a non-processed train. After replacing the transport body of the second train from the first train, which is located on the work vehicle, moved away and emptied and / or loaded at any point. It is therefore not necessary to provide deposits in the immediate vicinity of the work vehicle.

The railway cars according to the invention may be open or have a roof and / or side walls. When providing a roof in particular open transport body are protected against the weather. In addition, the required electrical insulation against a traction current line is guaranteed. By side walls weather influences can be kept away.

Particularly preferred is also the design of the railway carriage as a two-axle car. These are therefore particularly light and inexpensive and can also be produced as a short car other than the known Materialförden- and silo units. Thus, the railway cars according to the invention can also be easily and inexpensively transported on land and on the water, to bring them to places where no railway network is still available.

The railway car may also be equipped with a travel drive for driving on a track. A locomotive can thereby be dispensable.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawing and will be described below. They show, in each case in a schematic representation,

1 a railway car according to the invention and

2 two compiled trains of several railway cars according to the invention.

The in 1 illustrated railway cars 1 includes a lower frame 2 with two wheelsets 3 , Furthermore, there is an upper frame 4 provided, over vertical struts 5 with the lower frame 2 connected is. On the lower frame 2 and the upper frame 4 is each a transport path 6 . 7 formed, on which transport body 8th are movable. At the transport bodies 8th These can be closed boxes, open transport bodies such as containers or pallets, or machines that are wheeled on their undersides 9 are provided on the transport path 6 or the transport path 7 roll.

The transport body 8th can on the transport path 6 . 7 be automatically movable. For this purpose, the transport body 8th with a machine-readable encoding 10 Mistake. The process can also be done remotely.

As in 2 shown, each are several cars 1 to a train I . II compiled. The lower transport tracks 6 and the upper transport lanes 7 the car 1 each close to each other absatzlos each other and run horizontally. For this are between the cars 1 Transport rail links 11 intended. Such transport links 12 can also be between two moves I . II be provided. In this way, the transport body 8th be exchanged between two trains. When using transport tracks 6 . 7 with rollers or the like and transport bodies without wheels 9 can on such connections 11 . 12 also be waived.

Like also in 2 is shown, at least one of the car 1 with a changing device 13 between the transport lanes 6 . 7 be equipped. This allows the transport body 8th from the one transport track 6 respectively. 7 to the other transport line 7 respectively. 6 to be brought. This allows a re-sorting or intermediate storage of transport bodies 8th , The transport bodies can on both transport tracks 6 . 7 preferably be moved in both directions. Also in 2 shown is one at one end of a turn I . II arranged car 1 with an automatic loading and / or unloading device 14 can be equipped. This loading and / or unloading device allows a material exchange between the transport bodies 8th and a railway work vehicle, not shown here, or an exchange of transport bodies 8th between the car 1 and a depository, especially on the track.

Also not shown is the possibility of at least one of the cars 1 with a lateral loading and unloading possibility for the transport body 8th to provide. The transport body 8th can by the car 1 removed and replaced with other transport body, for example, filled with overburden transport body 8th to replace empty transport body or empty transport body 8th replace with transporting body with new material.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

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Railway carriage

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wheelset

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upper transport path

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Transport path changer

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Claims (30)

System for track-bound transport of objects, for example for transporting material to and from railway work vehicles, with a plurality of train carriages which can be coupled together ( 1 ), each having at least one transport path ( 6 . 7 ), on which the objects along the railway carriages ( 1 ) are movable and which is designed so that the transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) coupled railway carriages ( 1 ) connect to one another, characterized in that transport body ( 8th ) are provided for the objects that contribute to a mobility along successive transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) of railway cars ( 1 ) to railway wagons ( 1 ) are formed, or that the objects are piece goods and even form such transport body. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the transport body ( 8th ) without additional loading equipment such as cranes of railway wagons ( 1 ) to railway wagons ( 1 ) are movable. System according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the transport body ( 8th ) directly on the transport lanes ( 6 . 7 ) of railway cars ( 1 ) to railway wagons ( 1 ) are movable. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) run at least substantially horizontally and / or adjoin one another without offset. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least a transport body ( 8th ) is designed as an open or closed container for the objects or as a plate-like support for the objects. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one transport body ( 8th ) is designed as at least one track-related work function fulfilling device, in particular machine. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one transport body ( 8th ) is designed for passenger transport. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transport body ( 8th ) with regard to their external dimensions, their weight and / or their surface condition for transport on the transport lanes ( 6 . 7 ) or vice versa. System according to claim 8, characterized in that the transport body ( 8th ) have particular rolling surfaces for rollers of roller conveyors on one or more of their sides. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one railway carriage ( 1 ) a drive for moving the transport body ( 8th ) along the transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) and / or that at least a part of the transport body ( 8th ) is provided with a drive, in particular with a driverless drive, wherein, preferably, in at least one transport path ( 6 . 7 ) and / or outside the transport lanes ( 6 . 7 ) a drive is provided and / or the drive for generating a cornering of the transport body ( 8th ) according to the track curve of the track and / or for moving the transport body ( 8th ) is formed in slopes and elevations of a track. System according to claim 10, characterized in that at least one railway carriage ( 1 ) a drive for moving the transport body ( 8th ) along the transport paths ( 6 . 7 ), wherein the transport body ( 8th ) do not have their own drive. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least a part of the railway carriages ( 1 ), in particular all carriages, at least two parallel transport paths ( 6 . 7 ), which in coupled railway carriages ( 1 ) adjoin each other and along which the transport body ( 8th ) are movable, preferably in each case in both directions or in opposite directions, wherein, preferably, two transport paths next to each other or one above the other on the railway carriage ( 1 ). System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one railway carriage ( 1 ) a device for temporary removal of at least one transport body ( 8th ) from a transport path ( 6 . 7 ) or to change transport bodies ( 8th ) between two transport tracks ( 6 . 7 ), wherein, preferably, a control device is provided, through which the transport body ( 8th ) on the transport lanes ( 6 . 7 ) are sortable. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) are formed by roadways, roller conveyors, slideways, suspension railways, monorails, conveyor belts, conveyor chain tracks or the like and / or that the transport body ( 8th ) individually and / or in groups and / or all are moved together and / or that the transport body ( 8th ) with a machine-readable coding ( 10 ) are provided. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that means for detecting the position of the transport body ( 8th ) in relation to the transport path ( 6 . 7 ) are provided. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transport body ( 8th ) are coupled to one another mechanically and / or by control and / or that the transport body ( 8th ) for transport to one of the transport lanes ( 6 . 7 ) and / or to a car ( 1 ) are lockable and / or that the railway cars ( 1 ) have an additional loading and / or conveying option for goods such as liquids or gases. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one railway carriage ( 1 ) or groups of railway carriages ( 1 ) with ancillary equipment for several or all railway wagons ( 1 ) are such as power supply device, inverter, braking device or the like and / or that at least one railway carriage ( 1 ) has a travel drive for driving on a track and / or that two or more railway carriages ( 1 ) are rigidly coupled to each other and / or that on at least one railway carriage ( 1 ) an automatic loading and / or unloading device ( 14 ) is provided for the exchange of goods with a railway work vehicle and / or a loading and / or unloading point and / or that the method and / or the loading and / or unloading of the transport body ( 8th ) is remotely controllable. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one railway carriage ( 1 ) with a lateral removal possibility for the transport body ( 8th ) and / or with a device for exchanging transport bodies ( 8th ) with a loading and / or unloading point along the direction of travel of the train, in particular for depositing and / or receiving transport bodies ( 8th ) on the track, and / or that the system has two trains ( I . II ) with railway cars ( 1 ) which are joinable to their transport bodies ( 8th ) to exchange with each other. Method for track-bound transport of objects, for example for transporting material to and from railway work vehicles, in which the objects are conveyed by means of a plurality of railway carriages which can be coupled together ( 1 ), the railway carriages ( 1 ) at least one transport path ( 6 . 7 ), on which the objects along the railway carriages ( 1 ) are movable and which is designed so that the transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) coupled railway carriages ( 1 ), characterized in that the objects on the railway carriages ( 1 ) by means of transport bodies ( 8th ) or as a piece goods including at least one track-related work function fulfilling device, in particular machine, forming transport body ( 8th ) are formed, wherein the transport body ( 8th ) on the railway carriages ( 1 ) along successive, preferably at least substantially horizontally extending and / or mutually adjoining transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) of railway cars ( 1 ) to railway wagons ( 1 ), in particular directly on the transport lanes ( 6 . 7 ) and / or in particular without additional loading means such as cranes. Method according to claim 19, characterized in that the transport bodies ( 8th ) for loading and / or unloading railway carriages ( 1 ) and / or for resorting the transport body ( 8th ) on the railway carriages ( 1 ) along the transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) and / or that the transport body ( 8th ) by one on at least one of the railway carriages ( 1 ) existing drive and / or by its own drive along the transport tracks ( 6 . 7 ), wherein, preferably, the drives are controlled so that the transport body ( 8th ) Follow the process of a track bend of the track. A method according to claim 19 or 20, characterized in that the transport body ( 8th ) along at least two mutually parallel transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) on at least part of the railway wagons ( 1 ), in particular on all carriages, whereby the transport bodies ( 8th ) on the transport lanes ( 6 . 7 ) are preferably each moved in both or in opposite directions and / or that transport body ( 8th ) by temporarily removing from a transport path ( 6 . 7 ) and / or change between the transport lanes ( 6 . 7 ) on the railway carriages ( 1 ) and / or that the transport bodies ( 8th ) individually, in groups or all together. Method according to one of claims 19 to 21, characterized in that the method and / or the loading and unloading of the transport body ( 8th ) remotely controlled and / or that the transport body ( 8th ) for transport in relation to a transport path ( 6 . 7 ) or a railway carriage ( 1 ) and / or that with the railway carriages ( 1 ) in addition goods such as liquids or gases are transported and / or conveyed, in particular to and / or from a railway work vehicle. Method according to one of claims 19 to 22, characterized in that a supply and removal of material to or from a railway work vehicle takes place simultaneously and / or that a supply and removal of material to or from a railway work vehicle on the same side of the work vehicle takes place and / or that different materials to be supplied to and / or removed from a railway work vehicle at the same time. Method according to one of claims 19 to 23, characterized in that the material on a Transport path ( 6 or 7 ) to a railway work vehicle and on another transport route ( 6 or 7 ) is transported away from a railway work vehicle or that the transport body ( 8th ) on the one transport path ( 6 or 7 ) full and on the other transport lane ( 6 or 7 ) are moved empty and / or that transport body ( 8th ) to the side of the railway carriages ( 1 ) or that an exchange along the direction of travel of the train with mounted on the track conveyor bodies ( 8th ) and / or that after a railway work vehicle has been loaded and / or unloaded with a first train ( I ) with railway cars ( 1 ) a second move ( II ) with railway cars ( 1 ) is moved up and then that the transport body ( 8th ) of the first turn ( I ) against the transport body ( 8th ) of the second turn ( II ) by moving the transport body ( 8th ) along the transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) be replaced. Railway carriage for use in a system or a method according to one of the preceding claims, having at least one transport path ( 6 . 7 ), on which objects along the railway carriage ( 1 ), characterized in that a drive for moving transport bodies ( 8th ) along the transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) is provided. Railroad car according to claim 25, characterized in that a drive at the side of the transport path ( 6 . 7 ) is provided and / or that a drive in the transport path ( 6 . 7 ) is provided and / or that at least two mutually parallel, in particular juxtaposed and / or one above the other arranged transport paths ( 6 . 7 ) are provided and / or that a device for temporary removal of a transport body ( 8th ) from a transport path ( 6 . 7 ) and / or a device for changing a transport body ( 8th ) between two transport tracks ( 6 . 7 ) is provided and / or that the transport tracks ( 6 . 7 ) are formed by roadways, roller conveyors, slideways, suspension railways, monorails, conveyor belts, conveyor chain tracks or the like, and / or that no additional loading means such as cranes for moving the transport body ( 8th ) are provided. Railway carriage according to claim 25 or 26, characterized in that means for locking transport bodies ( 8th ) opposite a transport path ( 6 . 7 ) or the railway carriage ( 1 ) and / or that an additional loading and / or conveying possibility for goods such as liquids or gases is provided and / or that additional equipment such as power supply, inverter, braking device are provided, which also other railway cars ( 1 ) and / or that means for rigidly coupling the railway carriage ( 1 ) with another railway carriage ( 1 ), and / or that the transport tracks ( 6 . 7 ) run at least substantially horizontally and / or for heelless connection with a corresponding transport path ( 6 . 7 ) of another such railway carriage ( 1 ) are formed. Railway carriage according to one of claims 25 to 27, characterized in that an automatic loading and / or unloading device ( 14 ) is provided for goods exchange with a railway work vehicle or a loading and / or unloading and / or that a device for receiving remote control signals is provided and / or that a lateral removal possibility for transport body ( 8th ) or means for replacement along the direction of travel of the carriage ( 1 ) of transport bodies ( 8th ) with transport bodies mounted on the track ( 8th ). Railway carriage according to one of claims 25 to 27, characterized in that the railway carriage ( 1 ) has a roof and / or side walls and / or that the railway carriage ( 1 ) is designed as a two-axle car and / or that the railway carriage ( 1 ) has a travel drive for driving on a track. Railway carriage according to one of claims 25 to 29, characterized in that the transport tracks ( 6 . 7 ) and the drive for moving individual transport bodies ( 8th ) are formed, each having a weight of at least 500 kg, preferably at least 1000 kg.

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