EP0186541A1 - Vorrichtung zum automatischen Kennzeichnen von Fahrdrahtmasten im Zusammenhang mit der Feststellung von Fehlern in einem Schienenstrang - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum automatischen Kennzeichnen von Fahrdrahtmasten im Zusammenhang mit der Feststellung von Fehlern in einem Schienenstrang Download PDF

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EP0186541A1
EP0186541A1 EP85402250A EP85402250A EP0186541A1 EP 0186541 A1 EP0186541 A1 EP 0186541A1 EP 85402250 A EP85402250 A EP 85402250A EP 85402250 A EP85402250 A EP 85402250A EP 0186541 A1 EP0186541 A1 EP 0186541A1
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Bernard Prasil
Jean-Pierre Turbe
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Matix Industries SA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61K—AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAYS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61K9/00—Railway vehicle profile gauges; Detecting or indicating overheating of components; Apparatus on locomotives or cars to indicate bad track sections; General design of track recording vehicles
    • B61K9/08—Measuring installations for surveying permanent way

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  • the invention relates to a method for checking the condition of a railway track and more particularly relates to the identification of faults detected by control equipment on board a car traveling on the railway track to be checked to allow maintenance teams to subsequently find these faults; the invention also relates to a control system for the implementation of this method.
  • All of these control means are used to detect, as the car progresses, specific types of fault: internal cracks for the ultrasonic detectors, cracks opening onto the surface of the tread for the detectors eddy current, etc ...
  • a computer processing system is also on board to process the information delivered by all the sensors, correlate them and thus characterize the nature of the fault while distinguishing among the signals received those which correspond to a singular point (joint or rail jointed, joint welded) and not a defect.
  • the computer is associated with means for recording and displaying all this information, such as for example a printer which delivers a succession of messages which will be used subsequently by a maintenance team.
  • An operator supervising the taking of data can also, via a keyboard, enter information indicating singular points of the track (tunnels, switches) facilitating the identification of faults by the maintenance team.
  • the invention aims to allow automatic entry of singular points facilitating the location of paint marks.
  • the invention therefore relates to a method for checking the condition of a railway track of the type consisting in moving the control means on a car traveling on said track and in recording the signals emitted by said control means and as the progress of said car progresses, characterized in that it consists, by pointing a radar on board of said car towards characteristic structures located along said track, at recording the corresponding echo signals, simultaneously with said signals, to contribute to the subsequent identification of the faults detected on said railway.
  • the invention also relates to a system for controlling a railway track comprising a car traveling on said track in which are installed means for continuously monitoring said track and means for recording the signals delivered by said control means, characterized in that said car carries at least one radar device whose antenna is oriented in a predetermined direction corresponding to the position of characteristic structures located in the vicinity of the track and that said recording means are connected to record the echo signals developed by the radar correlatively to the signals delivered by the control means.
  • the described control system is installed on board a car (11) moving on a railway track (12a) to be checked.
  • Two alignments of catenary poles (13a), (13b) are respectively established along two parallel railways (12a), (12b).
  • a number of sensors (14), (15), (16), (17) ... are installed in the car to control the rails. These are mainly ultrasonic or eddy current sensors, as mentioned above.
  • the signals emitted by these sensors are processed and managed by a computer (20) which controls a printer (21) whose role is to record and display the information signaling the faults and their approximate location by singular points. Some of these singular points can be recorded directly by an operator inspecting the lane from the car (11).
  • the operator then uses a keyboard (22) coupled to the computer-printer system.
  • the computer also controls a marking device (23) projecting a small amount of paint onto the railway each time a fault is detected by one of the sensors (14-17) and recognized as such by the computer , according to known criteria and analysis procedure, which are not part of the invention.
  • the car (11) carries at its upper part, at least one and preferably two radar antennas (25a), (25b), here in the form of satellite dishes.
  • antennas are oriented in predetermined directions (symmetrically on either side of the car and towards the front) corresponding to the possible position of characteristic structures located in the vicinity of the track.
  • the antenna (25a) is pointed towards the upper part of the catenary poles (13a) and receives the corresponding echoes while the signals possibly emitted by the antenna (25b) do not give rise to any usable echo .
  • the antenna (25b) providing the echo signals representative of the presence of the catenary (13b).
  • Each antenna (25a), (25b) is oriented so that its radar beam is more particularly directed towards the anti-balancers (26) of the catenary poles of the corresponding alignment.
  • the radar equipment connected to the antennas is conventional and includes means for measuring the Doppler effect resulting from the movement of the car (11).
  • the orientation of the antenna being fixed and the spacing b of the catenary poles relative to the railway track varying little, the distance d separating the anti-balancers from the catenary poles of the antenna during the preparation of the echo is a constant and the corresponding frequency variation fo is known if the speed of the car (11) is stabilized at a predetermined value (in the order of 40 km / h in practice).
  • the system can therefore include, for example, an HF generator (28) connected to a transceiver device (29), the echo signal output of which is connected to frequency comparator means (30) also connected to the generator (28). ).
  • Any predetermined frequency difference fo is interpreted as the detection of a catenary pole and causes the transmission of a command to control the printer (21).
  • the system is programmed to automatically correct the location of the catenary of the distance a due to the forward orientation of the antenna (see Figure 3). Once this systematic error correction has been made, the residual location error practically depends only on variations in the distance of the anti-balancers from the catenary poles relative to the track (distance b); it is of the order of 1 to 2 meters. Of course, one could provide other antennas (25) pointed towards other characteristic structures such as bridges and tunnels.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Train Traffic Observation, Control, And Security (AREA)
  • Investigating Materials By The Use Of Optical Means Adapted For Particular Applications (AREA)
  • Electric Propulsion And Braking For Vehicles (AREA)
  • Discharge Of Articles From Conveyors (AREA)
  • Near-Field Transmission Systems (AREA)
  • Vehicle Body Suspensions (AREA)
  • Inorganic Fibers (AREA)
  • Current-Collector Devices For Electrically Propelled Vehicles (AREA)
  • Winding, Rewinding, Material Storage Devices (AREA)
  • Geophysics And Detection Of Objects (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analyzing Materials By The Use Of Magnetic Means (AREA)
EP85402250A 1984-11-23 1985-11-20 Vorrichtung zum automatischen Kennzeichnen von Fahrdrahtmasten im Zusammenhang mit der Feststellung von Fehlern in einem Schienenstrang Expired EP0186541B1 (de)

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AT85402250T ATE36833T1 (de) 1984-11-23 1985-11-20 Vorrichtung zum automatischen kennzeichnen von fahrdrahtmasten im zusammenhang mit der feststellung von fehlern in einem schienenstrang.

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FR8417870A FR2573716B1 (fr) 1984-11-23 1984-11-23 Dispositif de reperage automatique des poteaux catenaires de voie ferree pour contribuer au reperage des defauts detectes sur la voie ferree.
FR8417870 1984-11-23

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ES (2) ES8703363A1 (de)
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WO1986003170A1 (fr) 1986-06-05
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JPS62501765A (ja) 1987-07-16
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