EP0473710B1 - Voie ferroviaire et methode pour son installation - Google Patents

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EP0473710B1
EP0473710B1 EP90909202A EP90909202A EP0473710B1 EP 0473710 B1 EP0473710 B1 EP 0473710B1 EP 90909202 A EP90909202 A EP 90909202A EP 90909202 A EP90909202 A EP 90909202A EP 0473710 B1 EP0473710 B1 EP 0473710B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B23/00—Easily dismountable or movable tracks, e.g. temporary railways; Details specially adapted therefor
    • E01B23/02—Tracks for light railways, e.g. for field, colliery, or mine use

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  • the present invention relates to a rail-track of the general kind being built up of sections consisting of pairs of parallel rails being connected to each other by means of cross-ties or sleepers, and also relates to a method for producing such a rail-track.
  • the rails In rail-tracks of the above indicated, general kind, which within many areas are employed for the transport of rail-cars or vehicles, the rails conventionally consist of hot-rolled rail profiles.
  • Such hot-rolled rails have inferior accuracy to size, i.e. they are far from straight and bend considerably along a normal rail-section.
  • When laying out and assembling such a rail-track it is accordingly essential to straighten each rail-section by forcing it by means of a spit or by pressing by means of jacks.
  • a conventional rail-track constructed of hot-rolled rails does however impart a heavy restriction on the possibilities of the system, especially due to the poor accuracy of the rail-track.
  • carriages or trucks supported on rails and having fork lift systems, for instance high stacking machines in combination with high storage systems are used in such connections, and by means of said carriages or trucks workpieces are lifted down from storage shelves and are transported on the rail-track to processing machines for processing therein.
  • the document SE-A-385 833 discloses a rail-track designed for reducing costs but not for achieving any high degree of accuracy.
  • This prior art rail-track employs tubular rails which do not provide any high accuracy.
  • Said tubular rails are supported on the sleepers at a distance above the ground in upwardly extended portions of the sleepers which are apparently formed of pressed sheet metal.
  • the basic object of the present invention is therefore to provide a rail or rail-track of the kind indicated in the introduction, by means of which the above discussed shortcomings and limitations of the prior art rail-tracks of this kind may be eliminated.
  • the rail or rail-track according to the invention is assembled from separate sections 1, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, which each in the conventional way consist of two rails 2 which are connected to and are maintained at a predetermined distance from each other by means of a number of sleepers 3.
  • the rails consist of ground shafts or axles having very high accuracy to size, i.e. they are completely straight and have exactly the same cross-sectional profile along the complete length thereof. It is not of absolutely crucial importance for the invention to employ shafts or axles having a cylindrical cross-section, but ground bars having another rounded cross-sectional profile are also possible to use within the scope of the present invention, provided that they may be manufactured with the same accuracy.
  • ground shafts having cylindrical cross-section are primarily used, especially for reasons of cost, in view of the fact that they facilitate the production as well as the assembly.
  • each rail-section 1 are cut to exactly the same length and are provided with diagonal through-bores 4 distributed in groups or sets along the length of the rails 2, at the positions of the sleepers 3 to be connected to the rails 2.
  • the holes 4 are provided in sets of two for each end of the respective sleeper 3, with the exception that only one hole 4 is provided at the respective end of the rails, i.e., as is illustrated in Fig. 2, one sleeper 3 will be provided at the joint between adjacent sections 1, with the two mounting holes at the respective end of the sleeper provided at the respective end of the adjacent rails 2.
  • the invention is not restricted to this specific embodiment, but also comprises such variations as different distances between the sleepers and different numbers of holes 4 for the respective ends of each sleeper.
  • Another simplified configuration is that each section 1 is terminated by one sleeper 3 at both ends.
  • An essential characteristic of the invention making it possible to achieve the high accuracy, is that the holes 4 are drilled with the same accuracy and above all in the identical position in the two rails 2 of the respective section 1. Therefore, it is a characteristic of the method according to the invention to arrange the two rails 2 of the same section 1 alongside each other in a fixture and to drill the holes 4 of said two rails 2 simultaneously in one and the same machine. The result of this is that the rails 2, which have been cut to exactly the same length, may be provided with identically positioned mounting holes 4.
  • the mounting holes 4 in the rails 2 it should be clarified that it is of the greatest importance for the accuracy of the complete rail, that the mounting holes 4, as mentioned above, are identically positioned in the two rails 2 forming the same section and being cut to exactly the same length, that the mutual distance between the mounting holes 4 in the respective set or group is precise and the same for the different sets or groups and that the single mounting holes at each end of the rails 2 are drilled at an exact distance from the corresponding rail end, said last-mentioned distance, in the illustrated embodiment of two mounting holes 4 in each set or group, corresponding to half the mutual distance between the holes of the sets or groups.
  • the distance between the respective sets or groups of mounting holes 4 is of less importance, i.e. provided that the sets or groups are identically positioned on the two rails 2 the distance between the separate groups may vary without lowering the accuracy of the actual rail-track.
  • a recess 4a is provided at the upper end of the bore 9, for receiving the head of the bolt 5, although this is not absolutely necessary since the rail 2 consisting of the ground shaft makes it possible to support a carriage or workpiece changer on the rail-track by means of wheels supported on the sides of the rails 2 and not on top thereof: said possibility not being illustrated in the drawings.
  • the above-mentioned possibility is above all advantageous due to the fact that there is no risk of the accuracy being lowered due to dirt gathering on the upper side of the rail.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate an example of a sleeper 3 to be employed for connecting the rails 2.
  • the sleeper 3 does, seen in the elevational view from above, have a conventional rectangular shape - although the precise outer shape illustrated for the sleeper is not crucial for the invention - and each sleeper 3 is provided with a transverse, milled groove 6 adjacent each short side thereof.
  • the sleeper 3 is manufactured from a blank of rolled iron which has been cut to the desired length.
  • the rolled blank does not present any accuracy to size in itself, but the accuracy required for the rail-track is achieved by means of the processing of the cut blank in a controlled processing machine.
  • the two transversal grooves 6 in the sleeper 3 are intended for receiving the lowermost portion of the respective rail 2 of the section 1 therein, and in order to provide for a stabilizing of the rail 2 in the respective groove 6 the grooves are provided with sharp corners or edges 6a, 6b at their upper side edges and the relationship between the depth D and width B of the groove 6 is adapted in such a manner to the diameter of the rails 2 that the rails, when these are loosely positioned in the grooves, rest on the sharp corners 6a, 6b but do not contact the bottom 6c of the grooves 6.
  • This configuration means that when the mounting bolts 5 are tightened the sharp corners 6a, 6b will be deformed - depending upon the choice of material the sharp corners may possibly also be forced somewhat into the ground axle 2 - until the rail engages the bottom 6c of the groove 6, whereby a firm support for the rail 2 in the groove 6 is achieved.
  • This configuration also provides for a possibility of taking up inaccuracies of the grooves by the deformation, in the case where these are formed having less accuracy. From the above it is clear that it is necessary for achieving the above described effect to be able to determine an exact or precise relationship between the depth D and width B of the groove. Due to the fact that the sleeper 3 is manufactured from a blank having lower accuracy to size it is necessary to mill a reference surface 6d in connection with the groove 6, whereby the depth D of the groove 6 is determined from this reference surface 6d.
  • the sleeper 3 is also provided with a chamfer 8 at the respective short side thereof, and the purpose of this chamfer 8 is that it shall provide support for a support wheel, not illustrated in the drawings, of the carriage or the like which is intended to run on the rail-track.
  • This support wheel will engage the rail 2 from the side and from below and will run obliquely on its underside and will thereby stabilize the carriage on the rail-track, i.e. it will prevent the carriage from tilting or overturning towards any side when loaded unevenly.
  • Fig. 6a illustrates the rail 2 loosely laid out in the groove 6, i.e. resting on the sharp corners 6a, 6b of the groove, at a distance from the bottom 6c of the groove. Accordingly, this is the initial position when mounting the rails to the sleepers, where the rails have been positioned or laid out in the grooves and the mounting bolts 5 have been inserted through the holes 4 and have been engaged in the mounting holes 7 by hand.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 further illustrate that the sleeper 3 is provided with four threaded bores 9 of which two are provided just inside each groove 6 of the sleeper 3 and at a distance from each other in the transversal direction of the sleeper. These threaded bores 9 are intended for receiving adjustment screws by means of which each sleeper 3 is adjusted to a completely level position, independent of irregularities of the ground or bedding, with the aid of a machine level or the like.
  • each sleeper 3 is provided with a number, in the illustrated embodiment four, holes 10 provided at suitable locations in the sleeper 3 and intended for receiving expansion bolts by means of which the sleeper 3, and accordingly the complete rail-track, are fixed to the ground or bedding, such as a workshop floor or the like, after the adjustment carried out by means of the adjusting screws.
  • two holes 17 are provided substantially in the middle of the sleeper and separated in its longitudinal direction. These holes 17 are intended for the attachment of a, not illustrated, position stop for a carriage or the like running on the rail-track.
  • a ground shaft or axle of steel SIS 1650 having a diameter of 70 h 10, which is cut in sections of 6 meters with an accuracy of ⁇ 0,1 mm.
  • the outer, single mounting holes are drilled at a distance (with reference to their centers) of 50 mm from the respective end of the rails and with an accuracy of ⁇ 0,05 mm.
  • the rails there are furthermore drilled nine sets or groups of two mounting holes each, whereby the distance between the centers of the mounting holes in the respective set or group is 100 mm with an accuracy of ⁇ 0,05 mm.
  • the distance between the respective sets or groups, measured from the center of the outer holes in the respective set or group, is 500 mm, whereby the accuracy in the present case is ⁇ 0,05 mm although this measure, as has been mentioned above, is not critical for the accuracy of the complete rail-track.
  • the holes 4 of the rails are drilled to a diameter of 16,1 mm for mounting bolts M16.
  • sleepers are employed, manufactured from a blank of rolled iron, for instance SIS 1312, having a width of 200 mm, said blank having been cut to a length of 1789 mm.
  • the grooves 6 at the respective short side of the sleeper 3 are milled exactly parallel and with a distance from center to center of 1709 mm and having an accuracy of ⁇ 0,05 mm.
  • the grooves 6 are in themselves milled having a width of 30 mm and a depth of 4 mm, measured from the reference surface 6d, both with an accuracy of ⁇ 0,05 mm.
  • the reference surface 6d is milled to a depth of 1 mm, but this measure is less important since the main point is only to provide a surface from which the depth of the groove 6 may be precisely or exactly determined.
  • the mounting holes 7 are drilled with a distance from center to center of 100 mm and with an accuracy of ⁇ 0,05 mm.
  • the chamfer 8 in this case forms an angle of 45° with the bottom of the groove and that the blank, from which the sleeper 3 is manufactured, has a thickness of 30 mm.
  • a total accuracy for the rail-track better than 0,1 mm is achieved, i.e. a maximum deviation of 0,1 mm can be achieved for a workpiece changer advanced on the rail-track, this measure referring to the positioning of a fixture in a processing machine.
  • Fig. 7 finally illustrates an example of an application of the rail-track according to the invention in workshop.
  • the rail-track 16 is laid out alongside a storage 11 which may be a fixture stand or the like.
  • a travelling carriage 12 which in turn supports a workpiece changer 13 which serves one or more processing machines, preferably machining centers 14, 15.
  • machining centers 14, 15 With the accuracy of the rail-track 16 achieved by means of the present invention it is therefore possible to perform a controlled movement of the workpiece changer 13 supported on the travelling carriage 12 along the rail in order to fetch fixtures 16 from the fixture stand 11, said fixtures being directly positioned in the desired machining center 14, 15 after a renewed, controlled movement along the rail.

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  1. Voie à rails formée d'éléments (1) constitués de paires de rails parallèles (2) connectés par des traverses (3) qui comportent, près de leurs petits côtés, des rainures transversales mutuellement parallèles (6) destinées à recevoir le rail respectif (2), caractérisée en ce que la paire de rails de chaque élément de voie (1) consiste en deux barres finies à la meule (2) ou analogues ayant un profil de section transversale circulaire, coupées à une longueur précise et comportant, sur leur longueur, des ensembles ou groupes identiques de trous (4) percés en concordance, c'est-à-dire percés simultanément sur une seule et même machine et donc exécutés exactement à la même position dans le rail respectif (2), ces trous servant au montage de vis (5) par lesquelles les rails sont fixés aux traverses (3), en ce que les rainures (6) des traverses (3) sont prévues pour recevoir la partie inférieure du rail respectif (2) de l'élément de voie (1) et comportent des trous de montage taraudés (7) prévus dans le fond des rainures (6) et situés à une distance les uns des autres qui est identique à la distance entre les trous (4) de l'ensemble ou groupe respectif de trous dans les rails (2), en ce que les rainures (6) présentent à leurs bords latéraux supérieurs des angles vifs (6a,6b), et en ce que les rainures (6) sont définies avec une relation entre la largeur (B) et la profondeur (D) telle que, avant serrage des vis de montage (5), les rails (2) ne reposent que sur les angles vifs (6a,6b) et non sur le fond (6c) de la rainure.
  2. Voie suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les traverses sont fabriquées à partir d'un fer laminé de base et en ce que les traverses (3) présentent, à leur face supérieure et de façon adjacente aux rainures (6), une surface fraisée de référence (6d) à partir de laquelle on mesure la profondeur (D) des rainures.
  3. Voie suivant une quelconquedes revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les trous (4) dans les rails (2) forment un ajustement glissant avec les tiges des vis de montage (5).
  4. Voie suivant une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les rails ont une section transversale circulaire, en ce que la longueur des rails a une précision de ± 0,1 mm, en ce que la distance de centre à centre entre les trous (4) des ensembles ou groupes de trous dans les rails (2) a une précision de ± 0,05 mm, en ce que la distance entre les rainures (6) dans la traverse respective (3) a une précision de ± 0,1 mm et en ce que la distance de centre à centre entre les trous de montage taraudés (7) des traverses (3) a une précision de ± 0,05 mm.
  5. Procédé pour la fabrication d'une voie à rails formée d'éléments (1) constitués de paires de rails parallèles (2) connectés par des traverses (3) qui comportent, près de leurs petits côtés respectifs, des rainures transversales mutuellement parallèles (6) destinées à recevoir le rail respectif (2), caractérisé en ce que, comme rails, on emploie des barres finies à la meule (2) ou analogues ayant un profil de section transversale circulaire, qui sont coupées à une longueur précise et comportent, sur leur longueur, des ensembles ou groupes identiques de trous (4) pour le montage de vis (5) par lesquelles les rails (2) sont fixés aux traverses (3), les ensembles ou groupes identiques de trous (4) dans la paire de rails pour chaque élément de voie (1) étant co-percés, c'est-à-dire percés simultanément sur une seule et même machine de sorte que les trous (4) sont percés à des positions identiques dans les deux rails (2) faisant partie de l'élément de voie respectif, en ce que les rainures (6) sont fraisées près du petit côté respectif des traverses (3) pour recevoir la partie inférieure du rail respectif (2) de l'élément de voie, en ce que des trous de montage taraudés (7) pour recevoir les vis de montage (5) sont ménagés dans le fond des rainures (6), les trous de montage (7) étant prévus à une distance les uns des autres qui correspond exactement à la distance entre les trous (4) de l'ensemble ou groupe respectif de trous dans les rails (2), en ce que les rainures (6) présentent des angles vifs (6a, 6b) à leurs bords latéraux supérieurs, et en ce que les rainures (6) sont définies avec une relation entre leur largeur (B) et leur profondeur (D) telle que les rails (2) ne reposent que sur les angles vifs (6a, 6b) et non contre le fond (6c) des rainures (6), avant serrage des vis de montage (5).
  6. Procédé suivant la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les traverses (3) sont fabriquées à partir d'un fer laminé de base, en ce qu'une surface de référence (6b) est fraisée dans la face supérieure des traverses (3), à côté de la rainure respective (6), et en ce que la profondeur (D) des rainures est mesurée à partir de ladite surface de référence (6d).
  7. Procédé suivant une quelconque des revendications 5 et 6, caractérisé en ce que les trous (4) dans les rails (2) sont percés à un diamètre tel qu'on obtient un ajustement glissant entre les trous (4) et les tiges des vis de montage (5).
  8. Procédé suivant une quelconque des revendications 5 à 7, caractérisé en ce que les rails (2) sont coupés avec une précision de ± 0,1 mm, en ce que les trous (4) dans les rails sont percés avec une précision de ± 0,05 mm en ce qui concerne leur positionnement mutuel dans l'ensemble ou le groupe respectif de trous, en ce que les rainures (6) de la traverse respective (3) sont fraisées avec une précision de 0,1 mm en ce qui concerne la distance mutuelle, et en ce que les trous de montage (7) dans les traverses (3) sont percés avec une précision de ±0,05mm en ce qui concerne leur distance de centre à centre.
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