EP0368046A2 - Wagon transporteur sur rails - Google Patents

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EP0368046A2
EP0368046A2 EP89119371A EP89119371A EP0368046A2 EP 0368046 A2 EP0368046 A2 EP 0368046A2 EP 89119371 A EP89119371 A EP 89119371A EP 89119371 A EP89119371 A EP 89119371A EP 0368046 A2 EP0368046 A2 EP 0368046A2
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bunker
transport wagon
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Heinrich Keller
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Hermann Wiebe Grundstuecks- und Maschinenanlagen KG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61DBODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D11/00Mine cars
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61DBODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D3/00Wagons or vans
    • B61D3/16Wagons or vans adapted for carrying special loads
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61DBODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D47/00Loading or unloading devices combined with vehicles, e.g. loading platforms, doors convertible into loading and unloading ramps
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01BPERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B27/00Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01BPERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B27/00Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers
    • E01B27/02Placing the ballast; Making ballastway; Redistributing ballasting material; Machines or devices therefor; Levelling means
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01BPERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B2203/00Devices for working the railway-superstructure
    • E01B2203/03Displacing or storing ballast
    • E01B2203/032Displacing or storing ballast with special use or configuration of conveyor belts
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01BPERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B2203/00Devices for working the railway-superstructure
    • E01B2203/03Displacing or storing ballast
    • E01B2203/034Displacing or storing ballast using storing containers
    • E01B2203/038Displacing or storing ballast using storing containers detachable from the vehicle

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  • the invention relates to a rail-bound transport wagon with a bunker that is laterally delimited by side walls and with a conveyor device that runs continuously in the area of the bunker floor, conveys upward from the loading end in the longitudinal direction of the wagon and projects over the buffers at the discharge end, with the clear wall height of the side walls of the bunker above the total wagon length is essentially the same.
  • a transport wagon is already known for use in mining (Hägglund wagon), in which a continuous conveyor in the area of the bunker floor rises slightly at an angle and protrudes over the bogies at the discharge end.
  • This cantilevering end comes to lie just above its loading end in the case of a connected wagon of the same construction and thus allows material to be transferred to the wagon and ultimately a continuous conveying of material (ballast, dismantling material etc.) over the entire length of the train.
  • the transfer height to the following wagon essentially corresponds to the thickness of the projecting conveyor belt part and is significantly less than the clear height of the side walls of the bunker (side wall height above the conveyor belt top), which limits the height of the material column being conveyed upwards.
  • a disadvantage of the Hägglund wagons is that the height of the material column decreases continuously when conveying over a large number of transport wagons connected in series (deliquescence) . This means that the bunker capacity given by the bunker width and length as well as the clear height of the side walls in the Conveyor chain rear wagons are no longer fully used and therefore more wagons are required (longer train length) to accommodate a certain amount of material.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive transport wagon which can be used on railway lines and which has a favorable payload / dead load ratio, the bunker capacity of which is well utilized even when conveying via several similar transport wagons.
  • the height difference of the conveying device between the loading end and the discharge end is substantially equal to the minimum clear wall height of the side walls of the bunker or greater than this wall height.
  • the material transfer height in a following wagon of the same design is greater than or equal to the maximum material height (limited by the substantially the same, clear height of the side walls over the entire length of the wagon).
  • the transport wagon at its discharge end always transfers the material essentially from above onto the material at the loading end of the following wagon. It can thus be achieved that the height of the material column being conveyed, which extends up to the full clear height of the side walls of the bunker, is essentially retained even over many transport wagons connected in series.
  • the large capacity capacity of the individual transport wagons, which is largely the same over the entire length of the wagons, is fully utilized and the train length can be kept shorter.
  • the design of the transport wagon according to the invention allows yet another mode of operation in which the conveyor device rests at a low height the material is conveyed via (several) transport wagons and then stored in a specific transport wagon using the full bunker contents.
  • the conveyor of the storage transport wagon is operated in the so-called stop-and-go process, i.e. one waits until a material accumulation has formed on the conveyor at the loading end of the storage transport wagon, the height of which corresponds approximately to the clear height of the side wall of the bunker, and then moves a little further with the conveyor. Due to the new design of the transport wagon, a single conveyor (per transport wagon) does not need a separate transfer belt to transfer the material to the next wagon.
  • the large transfer height achieved by the relatively large height difference of the conveyor between the loader and the discharger allows material to be stored in the storing transport wagon up to the full clear height of the side walls (through supervised stop-and-go operation of the storing conveyor belt even when material is fed unevenly) of the bunker, i.e. using the full capacity of the bunker.
  • the transport wagons are successively filled with material that is being conveyed from previous transport wagons at a low height. After some transport wagons have been filled, they can be uncoupled from the rest of the train and driven away. In the meantime, the material is stored in the remaining transport wagons.
  • the accumulated part is saved, advantageously up to the full clear height of the bunker side walls Pass the material column in the remaining transport wagons into these empty transport wagons, whereby due to the new design of the transport wagons, a decrease in the material height and the associated poor utilization of the bunker contents can be largely avoided even if the material column is passed on via several transport wagons.
  • Suitable conveyor devices are, in particular, endlessly rotating conveyor belt units which are deflected via deflection devices at the loading end and discharge end, the upper run of the conveyor belt unit running obliquely upwards in one plane from the loading end to the discharge end.
  • a particularly favorable embodiment of the transport wagon according to the invention is that the frame connecting the two bogies is pulled up in the central region of the transport wagon, which is essentially between the two bogies, and runs there in the region of the bunker which lies obliquely upwards. It is advantageous if the frame in the central region of the transport wagon is formed only from the bunker stiffened in the central region mentioned. In this way, the buffer forces can be safely absorbed without providing a separate frame that connects the two bogies below the sloping bunker.
  • the force introduction from the frame part carrying the buffers, on which the respective bogie is also mounted, in the middle bunker stiffened with reinforcing elements is advantageously carried out by means of struts which run obliquely upwards.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of a transport wagon according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a top view of the transport wagon shown in FIG. 1
  • FIG. 3 shows schematically the transfer of a material column from a transport wagon to the following wagon
  • FIG. 4 shows schematically the storage operation, in which at a low height and / or discontinued material is stored in the following wagon using the full bunker capacity.
  • the transport wagon shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a bunker delimited by side walls 1 with areas 1a chamfered at the top, in the bottom area of which a belt conveyor device 3 is arranged, which runs obliquely upwards from the loading end 4 in the longitudinal direction of the wagon and at the discharge end 5 the buffers 6 protrude in order to enable material to be transferred to the following wagon 7, which is only partially shown.
  • the belt conveyor device shown schematically in FIGS. 1 and 2 consists essentially of an endlessly rotating belt conveyor unit which is deflected around the deflection drums 8 and 9 and is driven by the deflection drum (drive drum) 9 arranged at the discharge end.
  • the height difference ⁇ H of the conveyor 3, 8 and 9 between the loading end 4 and the discharge end 5 is substantially equal to the inside wall height h of the side walls 1 of the bunker or greater than this wall height h.
  • the clear wall height of the side walls 1 of the bunker is the same over the entire length of the bunker in the exemplary embodiment shown and is shown in FIG. 1.
  • the height difference of the conveyor 3, 8, 9 between loading end 4 and discharge end 5 can be seen in FIG. 3.
  • the continuous conveyor with the innovation of the transport wagon is achieved that the transport wagon at its discharge end 5 always passes the material essentially from above onto the material at the loading end 4 'of the following wagon 7.
  • the design of the transport wagons according to the invention allows a further operating mode shown in FIG. 4, in which material 11 lying at a low height and / or only partially on the conveying device 3 is first conveyed via (several) transport wagons and then in a specific transport wagon (the Follow car 7) is saved using the full bunker content.
  • the conveyor 3 'of the storing transport wagon 7 in the so-called stop-and-go method, ie one waits until a material accumulation has formed on the conveyor 3', the height of which corresponds approximately to the clear height h of the side wall 1 of the bunker and then moves a bit further with the conveyor 3 '.
  • the frame 23 is in the central region of the bogies 15 and 16, which is essentially between the two bogies Transport wagons pulled up and running there in the area of the obliquely upward bunker, which is reinforced in this area by reinforcing elements 17 running obliquely upward in order to be able to absorb the forces that arise.
  • the force is introduced from the frame parts 18 and 19, which support the buffers 6 and on which the bogies 15 and 16 are mounted, into the stiffened bunker in the central area essentially via oblique struts 20 and 21.
  • the bunker has spaced-apart stanchions distributed over the length of the bunker in the central region, which are connected to the side walls 1 and, as can be seen from FIG. 2, are closed at the top. These stanchions can be pulled further down in the end regions of the bunker below the bunker floor and connected to the frame parts 18 and 19, respectively.
  • the transport wagon shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is characterized by a simple, weight-saving structure which, together with the large bunker content, enables a favorable payload / dead load ratio.
  • the space under the frame area 23, which is pulled up between the bogies, can advantageously be used to accommodate, in particular, a diesel engine, a hydraulic device, a fuel tank, a brake system and / or an operating cabin (not shown in more detail).
  • belt conveyor other continuous conveyors such as scraper chain conveyors, steel link belts or vibrating troughs etc. are used.
  • Continuous is also understood to mean those conveying devices in which the actual conveying means consists of individual, interconnected and jointly driven elements. It is essential, however, that the transport wagon according to the invention manages without a separate transfer belt for the material transfer to the next wagon and is therefore structurally simple, and can use the full wagon length for material storage in the full clear height of the side walls.

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EP89119371A 1988-11-05 1989-10-19 Wagon transporteur sur rails Expired - Lifetime EP0368046B1 (fr)

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DE8813858U DE8813858U1 (de) 1988-11-05 1988-11-05 Schienengebundener Transportwaggon
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DE8908700U DE8908700U1 (de) 1988-11-05 1989-07-18 Schienengebundener Transportwaggon

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US5277538A (en) * 1991-03-26 1994-01-11 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft M.B.H. Loading car for bulk material
US5341746A (en) * 1992-03-16 1994-08-30 Franz Plasser Bahn Baumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft M.B.H. Transport wagon comprising a wagon frame supported on on-track undercarriages
US5364221A (en) * 1991-02-27 1994-11-15 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft M.B.H. Track-bound freight car
US9346473B1 (en) 2014-11-05 2016-05-24 Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. Material transport and distribution consist with controlled gated hopper cars and conveyor systems
US9868451B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2018-01-16 Georgetown Rail Equipment Company Self-unloading aggregate train

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US5364221A (en) * 1991-02-27 1994-11-15 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft M.B.H. Track-bound freight car
US5277538A (en) * 1991-03-26 1994-01-11 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft M.B.H. Loading car for bulk material
US5341746A (en) * 1992-03-16 1994-08-30 Franz Plasser Bahn Baumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft M.B.H. Transport wagon comprising a wagon frame supported on on-track undercarriages
AT398993B (de) * 1992-03-16 1995-02-27 Plasser Bahnbaumasch Franz Transportwagen mit einem auf schienenfahrwerken abgestützten wagenrahmen
DE4306739B4 (de) * 1992-03-16 2006-05-18 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft M.B.H. Transportwagen mit einem auf Schienenfahrwerken abgestützen Wagenrahmen
US9868451B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2018-01-16 Georgetown Rail Equipment Company Self-unloading aggregate train
US9346473B1 (en) 2014-11-05 2016-05-24 Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. Material transport and distribution consist with controlled gated hopper cars and conveyor systems

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