EP2951352A2 - Dispositif de nettoyage d'une voie ferrée et véhicule ferroviaire équipé dudit système de nettoyage - Google Patents

Dispositif de nettoyage d'une voie ferrée et véhicule ferroviaire équipé dudit système de nettoyage

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EP2951352A2
EP2951352A2 EP14702451.7A EP14702451A EP2951352A2 EP 2951352 A2 EP2951352 A2 EP 2951352A2 EP 14702451 A EP14702451 A EP 14702451A EP 2951352 A2 EP2951352 A2 EP 2951352A2
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cleaning device
rail vehicle
outlet opening
baffle
compressed air
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Albert Brock
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Plasser Espanola Sa
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01H—STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING OR PREVENTING FOG IN GENERAL CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS
    • E01H8/00—Removing undesirable matter from the permanent way of railways; Removing undesirable matter from tramway rails
    • E01H8/10—Removing undesirable matter from rails, flange grooves, or the like railway parts, e.g. removing ice from contact rails, removing mud from flange grooves
    • E01H8/105—Pneumatically or hydraulically loosening, removing or dislodging undesirable matter, e.g. removing by blowing, flushing, suction; Application of melting liquids; Loosening or removing by means of heat, e.g. cleaning by plasma torches, drying by burners

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  • the invention relates to a cleaning device for cleaning a track system intended for rail vehicles with a track and track sills having track bed of pourable or pourable impurities, wherein the cleaning device is designed as a can be arranged on a rail vehicle mobile unit. Furthermore, the invention relates to a rail vehicle equipped with such a cleaning device.
  • the suction power is varied within the blowing and suction system, in particular by the inclined position of the air nozzles, the loosened or dissolved dirt particles are sucked into the absorbent body.
  • CONFIRMATION COPY Natural phenomena that spill the entire track system over a large area, and the associated movement of large quantities of bulk material only conditionally usable.
  • the snow remaining in the track bed between the rails does not fundamentally affect the wheel flange extending there. Rather, the snow can be easily compressed or displaced there.
  • sand, gravel, dust and other pourable or pourable substances such as those found in industrial plants, such as gravel pits, or in sandy areas, such as deserts, beach or dune landscapes.
  • sand dreads dreaded in the desert can quickly accumulate large amounts of sand that completely cover the track bed and rails.
  • a device for extracting the ballast of a track with resting on a ballast bed, formed of sleepers and rails track grille is also known.
  • This has a suction tube with a rectangular or round suction nozzle, which is connected to a rubber apron, the side of an inlet opening or has a suction opening open in the direction of work.
  • the over the track sill top in the longitudinal direction of the device moving suction nozzle should be through this side suction opening in or next to the track grate dust or
  • the suction nozzle also has an adjustment across the track and in the vertical direction.
  • DE 35 43 040 C2 relates to a track-traveling device for extracting the ballast from a track grid formed below a track sleepers and rails
  • ballast bed whose machine frame is provided with a connected via a suction pipe to a compressor suction arrangement, the at least one
  • adjustable suction device having a suction opening for the pick-up ballast.
  • a proposed solution by prior public use refers to a sand-broaching machine for track bed maintenance, which is based on the principle of an inclined bed
  • Conveyor line based A front conveyor belt end is lowered between the rails and is introduced piercing into the sand fill. The sand between the rails is thus removed and disposed of by means of a lateral ejection.
  • the disadvantage here proves the low operating speed.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a way to provide a cleaning device for cleaning a track system of schlust- or free-flowing goods, especially sand, which can be operated quickly and effectively and without an increased risk of wear. Furthermore, the invention has for its object to provide a rail vehicle with such a cleaning device.
  • the first object is achieved with a cleaning device according to the features of claim 1.
  • the further embodiment of the invention can be found in the dependent claims.
  • the cleaning device has a particular designed as a nozzle supply for compressed air as the driving medium and a direction of action with a main direction component in a plane parallel to the rails in a respective direction of travel, being spaced in the direction of travel before the supply to this an impact body, in particular of sheet metal , is arranged movable, wherein the impact body has a supply facing, at least partially concave baffle surface, comprising at least two cup-shaped mold parts which are used to set different, of these molded parts limited cross-sectional areas in the region of a lateral Austhttsö réelle are connected to each other movable, in particular pivotally connected, so by the compressed air in the direction of travel against the baffle surface impinges
  • Impurities can be deflected either to one of the two sides of the rail vehicle or the track system and discharged by the Austhttsötechnisch in the environment.
  • the invention is based on the recognition that a mechanical removal of the discharged medium in the case of bulk or grit, in particular sand, leads to an undesirable abrasive effect in the rail-wheel system, but also within the cleaning device itself.
  • the surface of the rails can be cleaned almost without residue of the bulk or grit. Due to the pneumatic conveying by the compressed air as a propellant medium, the achievable degree of cleaning can be adapted to the particular circumstances of contamination or the required removal rate, so as for example a quick adaptation to dry or moist bulk or spreading material and thus to the strength of the adhesion to ensure the rail.
  • the impurities can be discharged by means of the impact body on both sides next to the track bed.
  • the impact body for discharging the rebounding objects on this, in particular bulk materials, to either one or the other side of the track system is pivotable about a substantially vertical axis, the bulk material, if necessary, be discharged to a freely selectable by the operator of the cleaning device side of the track system ,
  • this is the impact body with respect to its transverse to the rails arranged rest position in a with this an angle between 25 ° and 80 °, in particular between 40 ° and 60 ° enclosing use position pivotally.
  • Impurities in particular their density, can be adjusted in a simple manner.
  • the surface portion of the overlap of the two mold parts is increased or decreased accordingly, so that the minimum area is not or only slightly larger than a single molded part and the maximum area corresponds approximately to the sum of all moldings.
  • the baffle is not designed as a closed in the region of the outlet opening piece of pipe, but procured in the manner of an open channel.
  • the cross-sectional area of the outlet opening is limited only in the circumferential section of the concave baffle and otherwise performed open. The lateral discharge of the impurities can thus without the risk of a possible blockage of the
  • peripheral portion of the outlet opening can be adjusted by a different relative position of the moldings.
  • the discharged into the environment beam of contamination can be formed in the desired manner, for example, to concentrate the discharge power to a small area or to distribute over a large area.
  • a small outlet opening is accompanied by a nozzle effect, through which impurities receive a considerable acceleration.
  • the outlet opening can be designed to be slidable or pivotable and extendable for this purpose.
  • the cup-shaped parts are pivotally and / or slidingly connected to each other in the manner of a slotted guide and can thereby in particular be moved relative to each other so that the enclosed
  • Cross-sectional area between the two sides of the rail vehicle steadily increasing or decreasing and in the region of the outlet opening has its minimum or maximum.
  • the moldings can be designed for this purpose as elastically deformable plastic parts, it has already proven to be particularly useful when the
  • shell-shaped moldings are designed as curved sheet metal parts.
  • the feed for the driving medium can have a plurality of annular openings on the circumference of the feed, in particular evenly distributed nozzle openings and / or
  • the suction power can be optimally adapted to the circumstances of the particular application, in particular to the speed of the rail vehicle. In this way, even a suction is ensured, which corresponds to the longitudinal axis of the suction when additional external flow influences are inevitable.
  • Cleaning device has a plurality of independently controllable, for example, separately acted upon with compressed air inlet openings for the propellant.
  • the supply for the compressed air or the driving medium relative to the track bed in different vertical distances can be fixed so as to be able to easily adjust an optimal distance of the feed or a suitable orientation relative to the surface of the debris or grit.
  • the cleaning device may comprise a plurality of longitudinally arranged in different longitudinal planes in different planes inlet openings, which preferably open into the same outlet, so that a layered removal of the suction medium is gradually enabled until complete removal by a plurality of inlet openings in succession.
  • the second task one equipped with such a suction
  • the rail vehicle is equipped with a cleaning device which has a feed, in particular as a nozzle, for compressed air as the driving medium and a direction of action with a main directional component in a plane parallel to the rails in a respective direction of travel of the rail vehicle, wherein
  • a baffle in particular made of sheet metal, is movably arranged, wherein the baffle body facing the feed, at least partially concave baffle comprising at least two cup-shaped mold parts, the setting of different, limited by these moldings cross-sectional areas in the area a lateral outlet opening are mutually movable, in particular pivotally connected, so that by the compressed air in the direction of travel against the impact surface impinging impurities either to one of the two sides of the rail vehicle or the track system distractable and by the
  • Outlet opening are dischargeable into the environment.
  • a slider is provided so as to be able to laterally push off a considerable amount of dirt from the track system.
  • the cleaning can be essentially limited to the areas lying between the rails below the level of the rail surface, so that the cleaning performance can be increased overall in relation to the distance cleared in a predetermined time.
  • the slider can be adjusted, so that the bulk material is displaced either to one of the two sides.
  • the cleaning device can be optimally adapted to the respective conditions of use.
  • flexible guide elements for example brushes, in order to be able to supply the spreading material to the at least one inlet opening in a targeted manner.
  • Fig. 1 is a side view of a equipped with a cleaning device
  • Fig. 2a is a plan view of the rail vehicle with a discharge on
  • 2b shows a plan view of the rail vehicle with a discharge direction on the right side of the vehicle.
  • baffle body of the cleaning device with two baffles in one
  • FIG. 4 shows the impact body shown in FIG. 3 in a side view
  • FIG. 5 shows the impact body shown in FIG. 3 in a perspective view
  • FIG. 6 shows the impact body shown in Figure 3 in a working position with a
  • FIG. 7 shows the impact body shown in FIG. 6 with a reduced outlet opening
  • Fig. 10 two oppositely arranged baffle with a respective
  • FIG. 1 the feed shown in Figure 10 with a nozzle in different
  • the cleaning device 1 for cleaning a track system 2 with a rail 3 and track sleepers 4 having track bed is shown below with reference to Figures 1 to 9 in more detail.
  • the cleaning device 1 is integrated in a rail vehicle 5 and preferably serves to remove non-pouring or free-flowing impurities, in particular sand, from the track bed.
  • the cleaning device 1 has a feed 6 for compressed air as the driving medium, in the direction of travel 7 of the rail vehicle 5 obliquely from above on the surface of the contaminated
  • Track 2 directed exit.
  • the cleaning device 1 is configured redundantly such that one of two feeders 6 is activated in both possible directions of travel 7.
  • baffle 8 is pivotally mounted about a vertical axis 9.
  • the ejection of the free-flowing impurities deflected on the impact body 8 takes place as an exit jet 10, optionally to one or the other side of the vehicle I, r.
  • the structural design of the impact body 8 will be further clarified below with reference to Figures 3 to 9.
  • the baffle 8 has a feed 6 facing at least
  • these mold parts 12, 13 are pivotally connected relative to each other about an axis 16 pivotally.
  • the outlet jet 10 can be shaped in the desired manner. For example, such a thin sand blast of high speed can be generated to achieve a wide ejection.
  • Exit beam 10 are generated.
  • the setting of the outlet opening 14 is independent of the side angle ⁇ of the baffle body 8. Rather, the effective for the derivation of contamination size of the baffle 1 1 is determined by a different relative position of the cup-shaped mold parts 12, 13.
  • each nozzle 18 is connected to a pivot arm 19, which is deflectable by a drive, not shown in the direction of arrow 20. Regardless, the nozzle 18 is pivotable about an axis 21 in the direction of arrow 22 to adjust a desired direction of the exiting air flow against the baffle body 8 can.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Cleaning Of Streets, Tracks, Or Beaches (AREA)
  • Vehicle Cleaning, Maintenance, Repair, Refitting, And Outriggers (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de nettoyage (1) servant à nettoyer une voie ferrée (2). Le dispositif de nettoyage (1) est réalisé sous la forme d'une unité mobile agencée sur un véhicule ferroviaire (5) et présente une amenée (6) d'air comprimé en tant que fluide d'entraînement et une direction d'action dans chacune des directions de marche (7) du véhicule ferroviaire (5). En amont de l'amenée (6) dans la direction de marche (7) et à distance de cette dernière est agencé de manière mobile un élément d'impact (8) présentant une surface d'impact concave qui est composée d'au moins deux pièces moulées en forme de coque. Ces dernières sont d'une part mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre pour le réglage de différentes surfaces de section transversale dans la zone de l'ouverture de sortie latérale, et d'autre part mobiles ensemble autour d'un axe vertical de telle manière que les impuretés venant heurter la surface d'impact peuvent être vidées à l'extérieur sélectivement vers l'un des deux côtés du véhicule ferroviaire (5) par l'ouverture de sortie.
EP14702451.7A 2013-02-01 2014-01-31 Dispositif de nettoyage d'une voie ferrée et véhicule ferroviaire équipé dudit système de nettoyage Active EP2951352B1 (fr)

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DE102013104412.3A DE102013104412B4 (de) 2013-02-01 2013-04-30 Reinigungsvorrichtung für eine Gleisanlage sowie ein mit einer solchen Reinigungsvorrichtung ausgestattetes Schienenfahrzeug
PCT/EP2014/000257 WO2014117943A2 (fr) 2013-02-01 2014-01-31 Dispositif de nettoyage d'une voie ferrée et véhicule ferroviaire équipé dudit système de nettoyage

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