EP1125816A1 - Ende des Untergestellrahmens eines Eisenbahngüterwagens mit einem Abstützungselement für den Drehgestellzapfen - Google Patents

Ende des Untergestellrahmens eines Eisenbahngüterwagens mit einem Abstützungselement für den Drehgestellzapfen Download PDF

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EP1125816A1
EP1125816A1 EP01660022A EP01660022A EP1125816A1 EP 1125816 A1 EP1125816 A1 EP 1125816A1 EP 01660022 A EP01660022 A EP 01660022A EP 01660022 A EP01660022 A EP 01660022A EP 1125816 A1 EP1125816 A1 EP 1125816A1
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Jaakko Heikkinen
Juha Kuoppala
Olavi Mäenpää
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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
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  • the invention relates to an end for a railway wagon frame propped on a bogie centre, said frame comprising two longitudinal side beams for the wagon and an end plate connecting the same, as well as end structures and a top beam connecting the top portions thereof, said end of the frame comprising a coupling element for the bogie centre, at least a substantially continuous bottom panel constituting a part of a load-bearing floor in a cargo space, as well as bracing joists between said coupling element and the bottom panel.
  • the end structure of railway wagons over the length of a bogie typically consists at least of a single crosswise box beam or possibly a plurality of crosswise box beams and, in addition, often also of longitudinal box beams, said box beams being usually provided with quite heavy-duty material thicknesses, as well.
  • One such box beam structure for the end of a freight wagon is disclosed in patent application FI-964371.
  • a rigid railway wagon end representative of this type of structure is awkward to manufacture and becomes relatively expensive, particularly with regard to freight wagons which should be economically attractive, as well.
  • the frame of such a railway freight wagon which comprises not only load-bearing structures present in the floor area but also a top beam connecting the ends of the frame, with an end capable of having a bogie centre coupled therewith, said end of the frame being structurally simple and manufacturable at reasonable costs, yet having a strength and rigidity sufficient for its intended application.
  • a second object of the invention is an end of the above type for a railway wagon frame, which would have as few spots as possible likely to accumulate water, snow and ice, as well as other corrosion-activating dirt.
  • a third object of the invention is an end of the above type for a railway wagon frame, which would have a sufficiently low height for providing the freight wagon, if necessary, with at least a substantially flat floor capable of receiving conventional, platform-carried cargo.
  • the inventive frame end constitutes, along with the rest of the undercarriage, the gables and the top beam of a wagon, such an integrated entity that no adverse discontinuities develop either at the end of the frame or between the end and the rest of the frame.
  • Another benefit of the invention is that the frame end is convenient and reliable to manufacture and has an excellent corrosion resistance.
  • Fig. 1 shows generally an end of the invention for a railway wagon frame and its connection with the rest of the undercarriage, end structures and top beam, as well as the floor of a freight wagon, generally from below, i.e. upwards from railway tracks, and in an axonometric view from a direction I in figs. 2 and 3.
  • Fig. 2 shows the end of fig. 1 for a railway wagon frame in a plan view, i.e. from the opposite side relative to fig. 1, with a bottom panel constituting the floor of a loading space removed, without longitudinal side beams of a wagon, and in an axonometric view from a direction II in figs. 1 and 3.
  • Fig. 3 shows the end of fig. 1 for a railway wagon frame in a plan view, i.e. from the opposite side relative to fig. 1 and in the opposite direction relative to fig. 2, with a bottom panel constituting the floor of a loading space removed, without longitudinal side beams of a wagon, and in an axonometric view from a direction III in figs. 1 and 2.
  • Fig. 4 shows an end of the invention for a railway wagon frame in a lengthwise elevation, without longitudinal side beams of a wagon, along a plane IV-IV in figs. land 4-5.
  • Fig. 5 shows in its top portion an end of the invention for a railway wagon frame in a horizontal section, without longitudinal side beams of a wagon, in a plan view along a plane V-V in figs. 1, 4 and 5, and in its bottom portion, in a plan view from a direction V * in figs. 1, 4 and 5.
  • Fig. 6 shows an end of the invention for a railway wagon frame in a crosswise elevation, without longitudinal side beams of a wagon, along a plane VI-VI-VI-VI in fig. 5.
  • Fig. 1 visualizes an end for a railway freight wagon frame 1, propped on a bogie centre and then extending as the rest of a railway wagon undercarriage 20 to the other respective end of the wagon frame 1.
  • the ends of a wagon or its frame refer to those two length sections of a wagon structure which extend from the end point constituted by wagon buffers and per se known interlinking elements, not shown in the present figures, over the extent of wagon wheel bogies, not shown in the figures.
  • the end of the frame 1 refers to permanent components of a wagon structure, not to more or less readily removable optional accessories or the like, such as, for example, a wagon cover, just mentioned buffers or bogies.
  • the undercarriage of a railway freight wagon generally comprises two longitudinal side beams 10 covering the entire length of a wagon, which can be of any appropriate type, and end plates 11 or the like connecting the ends or end faces of these side beams.
  • the load-bearing freight wagon frame 1 also includes wagon end structures 23, which may comprise beams or profiles, or some sort of box structure, rigidly secured to the frame end at appropriate parts and spots and extending upwards at least to the proximity of a wagon top level.
  • a top beam 24 parallel to the wagon length, extending between the top portions of the end structures 23 and being rigidly secured to these end structures.
  • the frame 1 may also include a central arch 25.
  • the end structures 23 and the top beam 24 of a wagon may differ in design from what has been described above and depicted in fig. 1, but the discussed components are in some form or another included in a railway freight wagon subject to the invention.
  • at least a conventional flat-bed freight wagon is provided with floor structures in connection with the undercarriage, one of the sections thereof extending into the area of a wagon end as defined above.
  • the freight wagon end is provided with at least a substantially solid and continuous bottom panel 2 for constituting at least a part of the cargo space floor - the floor extends from the end of a wagon to the middle sections of a wagon as an identical or non-identical structure - but, as the invention is not particularly concerned with a floor, it shall not be further explained in this specification.
  • the wagon frame end is provided with a coupling element 12 for a bogie centre, upon which the bogie centre of a wheel bogie, not shown in the figures, is propped and by way of which the weight of goods carried in the cargo space or on the floor of a freight wagon and other forces resulting from cargo and running of the train transfer between the bogie and the rest of a freight wagon.
  • a coupling element 12 for a bogie centre upon which the bogie centre of a wheel bogie, not shown in the figures, is propped and by way of which the weight of goods carried in the cargo space or on the floor of a freight wagon and other forces resulting from cargo and running of the train transfer between the bogie and the rest of a freight wagon.
  • bracing joists set between said bogie centre coupling element and the bottom panel.
  • a frame end A2 as described above comprises in combination structural elements at least as follows.
  • the frame end includes a backing plate 3, which is located at a vertical distance H1 below a bottom panel 2, i.e. from the floor-surface forming bottom panel towards railway tracks, not shown in the figures.
  • This backing plate 3 is partly or to some extent parallel to the bottom panel 2 and includes the coupling element 12 for a bogie centre on its side facing away from the bottom panel.
  • this backing plate further includes within an area A1 of the bogie centre coupling element 12 at least one crosswise web plate 4 transverse to the wagon, which is attached both to the bottom panel 2 and the backing plate 3, at the face-to-face internal surfaces thereof, as well as at least two lengthwise web plates 5 and 6, extending from the end plate 11 of a wagon frame at least into the area A1 of the bogie centre coupling element 12 and both also attached both to the bottom panel 2 and the backing plate 3, at the face-to-face internal surfaces thereof.
  • said web plates constitute sort of bracing joists for wagon ends A2, wherein the bottom panel 2 and the backing plate 3 function as flanges common to the "beams" and the web plates 4, 5, 6 serve as genuine webs.
  • the end A2 of a wagon frame preferably comprises no more than one such crosswise web plate 4 which extends from a first side 7a of the wagon to a second side 7b thereof and which crosswise web plate 4 is secured 19 by its ends to the side beams 10 of the frame.
  • the crosswise web plate 4 extends across the area A1 defined by the bogie centre coupling element 12, as visualized by the figure.
  • the end of a wagon frame preferably comprises no more than two such above-mentioned lengthwise web plates 5, 6 which extend into the area A1 of the bogie centre coupling element 12 or alongside the area A1, and continue further therefrom, i.e. past said area, as extensions 5' and 6' having a lower height H2 or a declining height.
  • the bottom panel 2 does not essentially have holes in it. This is quite obvious even for the reason that the bottom panel generally, although not necessarily, constitutes one of the sections for a freight wagon floor or floor surface. This does not account for small holes or an insignificant number of holes.
  • the backing plate 3 has a sizable opening 13 within a section defined between the lengthwise web plates 5 and 6 attached thereto, and a sizable opening 8a and 8b, respectively, within each of the sections defined between the lengthwise web plates 5 and 6 attached thereto and the side beams 10 of a wagon.
  • the backing plate 3 extends from the wagon end plate 11 past the discussed area A1 of the bogie centre coupling element 12 to a certain extent, this edge 17 of the backing plate lateral to the wagon being located at a lateral distance L4 from the crosswise web plate.
  • These sizable openings 13; 8a, 8b of the backing plate have such a size that the lengthwise web plates 5, 6 and the crosswise web plate 4 will be provided thereby with bottom flanges of an appropriate width W4 and L5 and, in addition, the end plate 11 with a bottom flange 18 of a somewhat greater width L6 and with engagement flanges 21 against the face-to-face internal surfaces of the side beams 10.
  • Said end plate 11 is secured both to the side beams 10 and to the lengthwise web plates 5 and 6, and the crosswise web plate 4 is secured to the lengthwise web plates 5, 6 at intersections thereof.
  • the frame end structure will be provided with an appropriate rigidity and a sufficient strength and the frame end can be linked to the rest of the undercarriage of a wagon as desired.
  • bracing strips 9a and 9b which are spaced by a distance L3 from the crosswise web plates.
  • These bracing strips 9a, 9b have a height H3 which is substantially less than the height H1 of the crosswise web plate and, thus, such strips are only attached to the backing plate 3 along its surface facing the bottom panel, i.e. along the top surface as the freight wagon is in its operative position.
  • the bracing strips have a length W3, which is substantially less than the distance W1 between the side beams and, thus, such strips do not extend all the way to the longitudinal side beams 10.
  • the crosswise web plate 4 extends preferably essentially across the bogie centre coupling element 12 by way of its mid-point or at least by way of the area A1 defined by the bogie centre coupling element.
  • the lengthwise web plates 5, 6 extend tangentially alongside the vicinities of an edge 14 or alongside the edges 14 of the bogie centre coupling element 12, said assembly being effective in terms of taking up a moment coincidental with the bogie centre and its coupling element and active in a plane longitudinal to the wagon.
  • the above-discussed bracing strips 9a, 9b extend at a distance W2 from the edge 14 of the bogie centre coupling element, said distance being less than a diameter D of the bogie centre coupling element, i.e. the bracing strips 9a, 9b are no more than a distance 1,5xD away from a median 22 of the bogie centre coupling element.
  • the crosswise web plate 4 and the lengthwise web plates 5 and 6 are attached to the bottom panel 2 and the backing plate 3, as well as to the side beams 10 or the end plate 11, respectively, by means of welds or rivets.
  • the bracing strips 9a, 9b are fastened to the backing plate 3 also with welds or rivets.
  • the bogie centre coupling element 12 is mounted by some appropriate means on the backing plate 3 for receiving a bogie centre, not shown in the figures.
  • the lengthwise web plates 5, 6 include typically one or more holes 15 along or near the median of a web plate height H1
  • the crosswise web plate 4 likewise includes typically one or more holes 16 along or near a web plate height H1, as visualized particularly in figs. 2 and 3. It is reminded that the distance H1 between the bottom panel 2 and the backing plate 3 is a dimension equal to the height H1 of the web plates 4, 5, 6, since, after all, the web plates are in contact with the bottom panel and the backing plate.
  • the inventive elastic end A2 for the frame 1 is capable of eliminating local stresses between the same and the remaining section of a freight wagon floor 26 as this frame end and the remaining floor section function, as far as stresses and distortions are concerned, as a flexible structure having its homogeneity improved over the prior known solutions, and some of the stresses are transmitted by way of the end structures 23 to the top beam 24, the latter in turn functioning as a structure taking up compression stresses.

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US8166888B2 (en) 2006-06-02 2012-05-01 Alstom Transport Sa End structural assembly of a rail car body
WO2012037952A1 (de) 2010-09-20 2012-03-29 Bombardier Transportation Gmbh Wagenkasten für ein schienenfahrzeug mit kupplungs-befestigungseinrichtung und herstellungsverfahren dafür
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