Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B61B13/00—Other railway systems
  • B61B13/04—Monorail systems

Definitions

• the invention relates to a bulk material conveyor system with a rail-guided conveyor track.
• Rail-guided conveyor tracks with bulk material containers are known, in particular as container rail vehicles.
• container rail vehicles for example, in an embodiment according to US 4,339,222 it is provided that the automatic opening and closing of the shell-like closure caps of the containers is possible by means of devices arranged outside the vehicle when the vehicle is stationary or when it passes the emptying point.
• the individual vehicles are moved by means of a common external drive.
• a common external drive For example, in the case of cable-guided suspension monorails, this is the pull rope.
• rail vehicles with bulk goods containers are coupled to one another and pulled by a common traction vehicle. Due to this common drive train, the individual vehicles can only be moved at the same time with a uniform conveying speed or can be stopped at the same time, and they are also bound to one another at fixed distances.
• a bulk material conveying system with a rail-guided conveyor track consisting of rail-guided individual vehicles equipped with bulk material containers with programmable remote or sensor-controlled electromotive travel drives as well as openable and closable emptying elements, and also on Fixed or movable bulk supply containers arranged spaced apart from one another with automatic weight or quantity allocation devices as well as with programmable remotely or sensor-controllable emptying and transfer devices for the bulk goods to the bulk goods containers of the individual vehicles as well as the bulk goods supply containers from the bulk goods supply containers conveying means continuously or discontinuously from one or more bulk material storage containers, and from at the Sc at least temporarily arranged units which further process or finish the bulk material and which are equipped with bulk material transfer devices and / or intermediate storage containers for bulk material transfer from the bulk material containers of the individual vehicles.
• a bulk material conveyor system equipped with these special features can be used for numerous types of bulk material, and it can also be used for very different in-house or inter-company conveying tasks, particularly advantageously when the task is to transfer different bulk goods stored in different local areas to different transfer points - to promote.
• the storage stores or containers for the bulk material can be combined to form terminals, and the takeover points or the further processing or finishing units connected to them can also form local terminals.
• an endless rail track with at least one first terminal area in which the fixed or movable bulk material storage containers are arranged can also be proposed, and an endless rail track with at least a second terminal area can also be proposed be arranged in which the bulk goods accepting and further processing or finishing units are arranged.
• the endless railroad can be equipped with parallel rail sections connected in the areas of the terminals by means of rail switches, and reverse loops can also be arranged in the areas of the terminals.
• the individual vehicles can be biaxial or multiaxial rail vehicles with electromotive single travel drives, which can be guided on normal rail tracks of different track widths or on special rails or can be designed as overhead rail vehicles.
• the individual vehicles with their own travel drives are preferably designed as monorail overhead vehicles. It is provided that the individual vehicles are one or more members and have at least one drive and one impeller.
• such a monorail monorail offers great local and spatial design options, in the areas of which fixed or portable bulk goods storage and preparation containers can be arranged, and in which spaced and essentially parallel to each other a plurality of guide rail paths and reversing loops which are connected to one another by branches or switches can be laid.
• the monorail monorail with bulk goods containers characterized by these features advantageously accomplishes the object described at the outset.
• the monorail monorail is normally designed for wheel / rail traction; it can be provided with additional pressure rollers for traction on steep or downhill sections, or alternatively it can be set up on a toothed wheel / rack or chain or toothed belt traction.
• An advantageous embodiment can also consist in that the bulk material preparation containers arranged on the guide rail path consist of at least one receiving container and at least one allocation container arranged underneath, and that the receiving container is equipped with opening and closing elements controlled by the degree of filling of the allocation container is.
• the receptacle is fed by an open conveyor, for example a belt conveyor, and it is a very dusty one Bulk goods, it is possible according to a further feature to provide the conveyor with a protective covering and to connect this to the peripheral edge of the receptacle.
• the flaps forming the closing element can be actuated by means of an actuating linkage by a power drive arranged on the receiving container; the power drive can be a pressure medium cylinder or an electric linear drive.
• the filling level of the allocation container is decisive for the filling of the bulk containers of the individual vehicles.
• the distribution container is movably mounted and transfers the filling weight to a load measuring element, and it can be provided that the distribution container is arranged on a weighing frame pivotally supported about a weighing axis and supported on the load measuring element is.
• the embodiment can be designed in such a way that the receptacle is supported on a stationary frame and the part container which is movably arranged underneath it is fastened to a weighing frame which is mounted on a weighing axis attached to the frame and on the other hand on the load measuring element is supported.
• the feed container prefferably provided with a filling level measuring and recording device.
• the further embodiment is such that the emptying elements of the partial container can be controlled automatically by the load measuring element and / or the filling height measuring and recording device.
• a security measure also provides that the emptying elements of the allotment container are only evident when the bulk goods container of a single vehicle has assumed its filling position exactly below the allotment container.
• the monorail monorail vehicles serving as individual vehicles each have at least one driving wheel, one running wheel, one supporting frame, one drive unit with counterweight and at least one bulk goods container.
• These individual vehicles are designed according to the invention in such a way that each is provided with at least one bulk material container equipped with openable and closable emptying flaps, which continues downward into a transfer chute which surrounds the emptying flaps on all sides.
• a linkage is used to move the emptying flaps, which linkage is connected to a vertically guided actuating rod and by means of which the flaps are held in their closed position by means of an upward spring force, against which the opening movement takes place by means of a plunger which can be released and is under high pressure and hits the actuating rod and can be pulled back into its starting position.
• the transfer chute is guided in a vertically movable manner and is provided with a lifting and lowering drive which can be actuated by means of a sequential or remote control.
• the bulk material picked up in the bulk containers of the individual vehicles 5 is now to be fed to the individual further processing or finishing units.
• these are each provided with at least one take-over container 0, which serves as a bulk material receiving device and / or as an intermediate receiving container and is provided with an upper sealing bead.
• a transfer of the bulk material that is as gentle and dust-free as possible can be achieved by providing the upper sealing bead and / or the lower edge of the transfer chute with a sealing ring and, furthermore, by having the bordering brim that closes the transfer chute downward in its Dimensioning on an upper sealing bead of the receiving container in cooperation with fits a sealing ring.
• sealing bead is arranged on a lifting and lowering transfer chute that is sealed against the transfer container and that it is driven by means of a drive unit and a lifting rod, and it is advantageous if the sealing ring on the upper edge of the transfer chute is attached.
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic top view of a bulk material handling system according to the invention
• FIG. 2 shows a schematic top view of a section from another bulk material handling system according to the invention
• FIG. 3 shows a partial view of another bulk material conveying system
• FIG. Fig. 4 shows a schematic representation of the bulk material preparation container according to FIG. Fig. 4;
• FIG. Fig. 5 details of the bulk material supply container according to FIG. Fig. 5;
• Fig. 7 is a schematic representation of the details acc. 6 in side view;
• Fig. 9 is a schematic representation of the details acc. Fig. 8 in side view;
• FIG. 10 shows a schematic representation of a single vehicle with two bulk goods containers
• Fig. 11 is a schematic side view. Fig. 10;
• Fig. 13 is a schematic side view. Fig. 12.
• the schematic representation acc. 1 shows an endless guide rail path FS which has a branching to a double track in the terminal area T1.
• the bulk goods are removed from the stationary or portable bulk storage containers VB and transferred to the conveying means FM for transport to the bulk material preparation containers BB of the conveyor system.
• These FM funding are usually continuous, e.g. belt conveyors; other endless conveyors can also be used.
• the bulk material supply containers BB are fixed in place along the guide rail path FS or - depending on the type of bulk material - also movable, and they have the task of conveying the bulk material brought in by means of the conveying means FM to the rail-guided individual vehicles EF equipped with bulk material containers SB in a dosed manner Hand over amount.
• the arrangement of the bulk material supply containers BB in the system of the rail guide paths SF can be seen for example and schematically from FIG. 2.
• FA denotes the electromotive travel drives of the individual vehicles EF.
• the partial view acc. 3 shows a section of the guide rail path FS on which three individual vehicles EF are shown.
• the vehicles are equipped with two bulk containers in the example shown.
• the trolleys with the electromotive travel drives FA are indicated.
• Tl shows a detail from a terminal area Tl in which the bulk material is transferred from the conveyor FM to a bulk material supply container BB, which doses the bulk material and transfers it to one of the bulk material containers SB of the individual vehicle EF, each of which also carries is equipped with an emptying device EO.
• the representation part labeled T2 shows a section of a terminal area T2 with an aggregate VA which further processes or finishes the bulk material.
• a bulk material transfer device SV and a receiving intermediate container AZ are provided upstream of this in the illustrated embodiment.
• FIGS. 4 and 5 show the arrangement and design of the bulk material supply containers BB.
• the bulk material is fed by means of the belt conveyor designated 20 to the receiving container 22, which is provided with a peripheral edge 21.
• the receptacle 22 is with - lü ⁇
• the closing elements 46 designed as flaps, which can be actuated by means of the actuating linkage 48 by the power drive 47;
• the power drive can be a pressure medium cylinder or an electric linear drive. It is remotely controlled by the degree of filling of the dispensing container 23 arranged underneath.
• the receptacle 22 is provided with a control window 45 and a maximum level for checking the supply quantities and also with a maximum level sensor (not shown in more detail) in order to avoid overfilling.
• the dispensing container 23 is provided with emptying elements 49 which are also designed as flaps. These can be opened and closed by means of the flap linkage 42 by means of a flap drive 43 and cause the bulk material metered in the part container 23 to be emptied when a bulk material container 30 of the individual vehicles EF which are movable beneath it on the guide rail path FS is in the takeover position below the allocation container 23 is located, as can be seen from the representations of FIGS. 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 11.
• the feed container 23 is designed as a weighing container and, as can be seen from FIGS. 5 to 7, is attached to the weighing frame 53, which is supported at one end by means of the weighing axis 54 and at the other end is supported on the load member 55, both arranged on a frame 44. It is also provided with a sight glass 41. - In a modification of this or in addition, a fill control sensor arrangement (not shown) can be used as a metering or dispensing element in connection with the sight glass 41.
• the flaps of the emptying members 49 are arranged within a protective hood 50 which surrounds them and is connected to the distribution container 23.
• this consists of an apron 51 attached to the bottom of the allotment container 23 and a skirt that surrounds it with a narrow gap sealing pants 52 which are guided in a free-moving manner and which are provided on their lower edge with a sealing frame 56 made of a highly elastic sealing material.
• a power element 57 (pressure medium cylinder or linear motor) serves as the lifting and lowering drive, by means of which the rod 58, which can be pivoted on the shafts 59 mounted on the brackets 60, acts on the sealing pants 52.
• the sealing pants 52 with the sealing frame 56 are lowered when filling the bulk material container 30 of the individual vehicles EF until the latter rests on the upper edge of the encircling rim 29, as can be seen in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9.
• 10 and 11 show a single vehicle EF of a monorail monorail with a guide rail path SF, which has a drive wheel 37 and an impeller 40 and one in the
• Box 38 housed control, which also serves as a counterweight to the two bulk containers 30, which are connected by means of the support frame 36 to the chassis with the drive motor 35.
• the bulk material containers 30 are provided at the top with encircling rings 29 on which the seal 56 of the sealing pants 52 is placed.
• the openable and closable transfer flaps 32 are arranged within a transfer chute 31 which is open at the bottom and which is provided with a brim 34.
• the emptying flaps 32 are moved via a linkage 33 which is connected to a vertically guided actuating rod 28.
• the transfer flaps 32 are held in their closed position by the actuating rod 28 by means of an upwardly acting spring tension 27.
• the spring tension is generated in the exemplary embodiment by a screw tension spring 27 which is accommodated in a protective tube 26 which is located in the area of the rear wall tion of the bulk container 30 is attached.
• the transfer flaps are opened by means of a vertically guided plunger 25 which is under high pressure and is attached in a fixed manner and which can be released by means of a triggering device 24 and with high energy on the Actuating rod 28 strikes, so that the emptying flaps 32 are opened suddenly.
• the plunger 25 can be pulled back into its starting position.
• the border brim 34 is dimensioned such that it fits onto the sealing bead 74 of the transfer container 76, which is shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, and over the indicated intermediate container AZ or the further processing or finishing unit VA is arranged.
• the take-over container 76 takes over the bulk material from one of the bulk material containers 30 of the individual vehicles EF in a previously metered or allocated amount.
• a sealing device is provided between the rim 34 and the sealing bead 74. In the exemplary embodiment, this is rectangular with the number 78
• Sealing ring selected, which is attached to a plate (not shown in more detail) arranged on a lifting and lowering transfer chute 73.
• the take-over chute 73 is guided vertically inside the take-over container 76 and sealed against it and can be moved into its lifting and lowering position by the distance "a” by means of the actuating rods 75 and the drive unit 72.
• the bulk material is either passed on directly to the quantity-dosed bulk material, either directly to the processing or finishing unit VA, or it is still processed in an intermediate receiving container AZ, e.g. divided into individual portions.
• the bulk material conveying system according to the invention can be used for a number of applications when it is a matter of bulk goods which are suitable for containers and which are to be metered from a supply store or quantity-allocated to a plurality of processing or processing units.
• Bulk goods can be pourable feed or food in granular or powder form or, for example, also Tobacco, preferably in finely chopped form for processing into cigarettes.

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