EP0019265B1 - Vierachsiges Drehgestell - Google Patents

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EP0019265B1
EP0019265B1 EP80102643A EP80102643A EP0019265B1 EP 0019265 B1 EP0019265 B1 EP 0019265B1 EP 80102643 A EP80102643 A EP 80102643A EP 80102643 A EP80102643 A EP 80102643A EP 0019265 B1 EP0019265 B1 EP 0019265B1
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bogie
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side cheek
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Hans Heinrich Dr.-Ing. Weber
Christian Dr.-Ing. Stiefel
Alfred Sinhoff
Ferdinand Weckmann
Franz Joseph Collienne
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/38—Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self- adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves, e.g. sliding axles, swinging axles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F3/00—Types of bogies
    • B61F3/02—Types of bogies with more than one axle
    • B61F3/08—Types of bogies with more than one axle without driven axles or wheels
    • B61F3/10—Types of bogies with more than one axle without driven axles or wheels with three or more axles

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  • the invention relates to a four-axle bogie for rail vehicles with an H-shaped main frame, which is provided centrally with a rotary pan bearing for supporting the car body and in turn is supported centrally on its four ends on side cheeks, through which two axes are combined in pairs, with a movement compensation enabling bearings are provided.
  • a four-axle bogie of the above type was known from US-A-2 089 110. In this known bogie, the mutually parallel main beams of the H-shaped main frame lie in the running direction of the bogie.
  • the side cheeks are designed as springs that allow movement compensation between the axles, especially since the joints between the axle bearings of two wheel axles combined in pairs and their common side cheek as well as the joint between this side cheek and the end of the main frame supported on it can consist of elastic material . These elastic bearings thus allow limited mutually movable adjustment of the mutually supported parts. From US-A-3 006 290 it was also known in two-axle bogies to rigidly form the side cheeks connecting two axles and to provide the suspension between the frame parts of the bogie and the side cheeks as separate springs between the bearing points. The ends of the axles are connected to the rigid side walls via spherical bearing shells.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a four-axle bogie of the type described above, which has good running properties with a simple construction and avoids large lateral starting forces in particular with good cornering, so that not only particularly small wheels, but identical axles can be used and overall height of the four-axle bogie can be kept extremely small.
  • the mutually parallel supports of the main frame lie transversely to the direction of travel, that the ends of these cross members are supported on rigid side cheeks each via spring elements, each of which except a spring travel in the vertical direction a limited rotation of each side cheek around an axis of rotation lying in the longitudinal center of the side cheek and a limited movement in the longitudinal and transverse directions as well as at an angle thereto, and that the side cheeks are each connected to the axle bearings of the two axles by means of a support with a spherical bearing surface which enables adjustment on all sides.
  • the bogie according to the invention in which the main frame is supported directly on the side cheeks, enables the individual axes to be automatically adjusted to the respective rail course by the design according to the invention, so that not only large lateral impact impacts are avoided, but wear even when using identical wheel sets is significantly reduced on the wheelsets as well as on the rails.
  • This is achieved by the limited mobility of the side cheeks connecting two axles in each case, which can move around a pivot point lying in the longitudinal center of the side cheeks as a result of the supports between the axle bearings and the side cheeks designed according to the invention and the design of the spring elements between the side cheeks and main frame according to the invention.
  • the spring element between each end of the H-shaped main frame and the associated side cheek can be designed as a roller spring element which, in addition to the spring travel in the vertical direction and the limited rotation of each side cheek about an axis of rotation lying in the longitudinal center of the side cheek allows limited movement in the longitudinal and transverse directions and a movement at an angle to the longitudinal and transverse directions and at the same time causes a return to the central position, so that the spring element itself is loaded with restoring forces.
  • This can also be achieved by layered rubber springs or steel springs, preferably spirally wound steel springs.
  • two spring elements are arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction of the side cheek, as a result of which the restoring forces increase without impairing the automatic adjustability.
  • the invention further proposes to lower each side cheek in the area of the spring elements with respect to the area of the supports for the axle bearings.
  • the support between each axle bearing and the associated side cheek can be provided with an elastic bearing layer.
  • an articulated suspension at its two ends, on which at least one slider is arranged for lateral support of the car body on the bogie. This prevents undesirable inclinations of the car body when cornering.
  • the sliders can be resiliently supported on the carrier.
  • an undesirably large inclination of the car body relative to the bogie can also be prevented by arranging between the ends of the main frame one behind the other in the running direction an articulated suspension at both ends with at least one air spring element, which with its upper part is connected to the vehicle chassis.
  • This embodiment of the carrier with at least one air spring element not only results in a resilient support of the car body with respect to the bogie, but also a damping of the rotary movement of the bogie with respect to the car body, so that wobbling movements are combated. Since the angle of rotation of the bogie relative to the vehicle undercarriage is relatively small, the air spring elements dampen the relative rotary movement without restricting this rotary movement to an impermissible degree.
  • the lower bearing part of the rotary cup bearing is arranged within the main frame in such a way that the bearing surface lies below the upper edge of the main frame. This results in an integration of the rotary pan bearing lower part within the main frame and a low overall height, which is particularly advantageous when wheels of small diameter are preferably used.
  • the bogie has an overall H-shaped main frame 1, which is composed of a longitudinal member 1 a lying in the direction of travel and two cross members 1 b running parallel to one another.
  • the carriage body of the rail vehicle not shown in the drawing, is supported on the main frame 1 by means of a rotary socket bearing. From this rotary cup bearing the lower bearing part 1 c can be seen in the drawing.
  • the four ends of the main frame 1, each lying in pairs one behind the other in the direction of travel, are each supported on a side cheek 2, through which two wheel sets 3 are combined.
  • Each wheel set 3 comprises an axle 3a which is provided with wheels 3b of small diameter and is rotatably supported in axle bearings 4 with its laterally projecting steering knuckles 3c.
  • a support 5 is arranged between each axle bearing 4 and the side cheek 2, which enables a limited adjustment that can be moved on all sides between the axle bearing 4 and the side cheek 2.
  • this support 5 is designed for this purpose with a spherical bearing surface, as can be seen in the right part of FIG. 3.
  • the support 5 can also be provided with an elastic bearing layer.
  • the four ends of the main frame 1 are supported on the side cheeks 2 in the illustrated embodiment by two spring elements 6, as can best be seen in FIG. 2.
  • the side cheeks 2 in the area of these spring elements 6 are lowered relative to the area of the supports 5 for the axle bearings 4. This training can also be seen best in the right part of FIG. 2.
  • spring elements are used as the spring element 6, the roller spring 6a of which is arranged between a lower spring plate 6b and an upper spring plate 6c.
  • This training can best be seen in the left part of FIG. 3.
  • these roller spring elements 6 allow a limited movement of the side cheek 2 relative to the main frame 1 both in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction and also a movement at an angle to the longitudinal and transverse directions.
  • the above-described limited mobility within the spring elements 6 of the side cheek 2 gives the possibility of also rotating about a pivot point relative to the main frame 1. This fulcrum lies in the longitudinal center of each side cheek 2 between the two spring elements 6.
  • a carrier 7 is arranged between the ends lying one behind the other in the longitudinal direction on both sides of the main frame 1, the ends of which are articulated on the cross members 1 of the main frame 1, as can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 5.
  • this carrier 7 carries a slider 8, on which the vehicle undercarriage 9 comes to rest when the car body is inclined.
  • the slide 8 is supported on the carrier 7 by compression springs 8a. These compression springs 8a are shown in broken lines in FIG. 1.
  • air spring elements can also be arranged, the lower part of which is connected to the carrier 7 and the upper part of which is connected to the vehicle underframe 9. These air spring elements have such a great mobility of the upper part relative to the lower part that they do not limit the slight rotational movement of the bogie relative to the vehicle underframe 9, but exert a damping effect due to their restoring forces, which suppresses rolling movements of the vehicle. With such air spring elements, not only a resilient support of the car body with respect to the bogie can be achieved, but also a damping of the rotary movement.
  • an anti-lift device 10 is arranged between the main frame 1 or its cross members 1 and the side walls 2.
  • a damper can also be arranged if required, which dampens the adjustment movement of the axially arranged pairs 3 relative to the main frame 1. These dampers can be used to limit the adjustment movements at the same time.
  • this wheel 3b has a small diameter. So that the height of the bogie can be adapted to the small dimensions of the wheels 3b, the lower bearing part 1c of the rotary socket bearing is arranged within the main frame 1 in accordance with FIG. 2 such that the bearing surface lies below the upper edge of the main frame 1. The lower bearing part 1c is thus integrated in the main frame 1, so that the bogie has a very low overall height.

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