Transfer car for sleepers and the associated railway vehicle
AssigneeMatisa Materiel Industriel S.A.
InventorsJorge Bustamante, Jacques Pilet
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Abstract
The invention relates to a transfer car (100) for sleepers designed to outfit a railway vehicle of the type comprising equipment for laying down new sleepers (21) and/or removing worn sleepers (22), the transfer car (100) comprising an undercarriage (110) supported by at least one running gear (112), the transfer car (100) being characterized in that it comprises at least one traverser (50) supported by an armature (60), the armature (60) being supported by the undercarriage (110) and fixed in relation to the undercarriage (110), the traverser (50) being configured to move the sleepers from at least one receiving zone (Z1, Z2) to at least one conveying platform (P2).
Claims14
A transfer car for sleepers designed to outfit a railway vehicle, the railway vehicle comprising equipment for laying down new sleepers and/or equipment for removing worn sleepers and a storage zone for sleepers, the transfer car comprising only a single undercarriage supported by at least one running gear, wherein the transfer car comprises an armature supported by the single undercarriage and fixed in relation to the single undercarriage, and a single traverser supported by the armature, the transfer car comprising, on the single undercarriage:
- a first zone for reception and unstacking of new sleepers configured to receive the new sleepers coming from the storage zone of the railway vehicle;
- a first platform for conveying worn sleepers from which the worn sleepers can be conveyed to the storage zone of the railway vehicle;
- a second zone for reception of the worn sleepers configured to receive the worn sleepers from the equipment for removal of the worn sleepers, the second zone for reception of worn sleepers being distant from the first platform for conveying of the worn sleepers along the longitudinal direction of the transfer car;
- a second platform for conveying new sleepers from which the new sleepers can be conveyed to the equipment for laying down the new sleepers, the second platform for conveying the new sleepers being distant from the first zone of reception and unstacking of the new sleepers along a longitudinal direction of the transfer car;
- the traverser being located, in relation to the longitudinal direction of the transfer car, between the first receiving zone and the second platform, and between the first platform and the second receiving zone, the traverser being configured to move the new sleepers from the first receiving zone to the second conveying platform and to move the worn sleepers from the second receiving zone to the first conveying platform.
A method for transfer of sleepers implemented on a transfer car for sleepers designed to outfit a railway vehicle of the type comprising equipment for laying down new sleepers, equipment for removing worn sleepers, and a storage zone for sleepers, the transfer car comprising only a single undercarriage supported by at least one running gear, the transfer car comprising an armature supported by the single undercarriage and fixed in relation to the single undercarriage, the transfer car further comprising, on the signle undercarriage:
- a first zone for reception and unstacking of new sleepers configured to receive the new sleepers coming from the storage zone of the railway vehicle;
- a first platform for conveying worn sleepers from which the worn sleepers can be conveyed to the storage zone of the railway vehicle;
- a second zone for reception of the worn sleepers configured to receive the worn sleepers from the equipment for removal of the worn sleepers, the second zone for reception of worn sleepers being distant from the first platform for conveying of the worn sleepers along the longitudinal direction of the transfer car;
- a second platform for conveying new sleepers from which the new sleepers can be conveyed to the equipment for laying down the new sleepers, the second platform for conveying the new sleepers being distant from the first zone of reception and unstacking of the new sleepers along a longitudinal direction of the transfer car;
- wherein the transfer method involves at least one step of transfer of at least one new sleeper from the first receiving zone to the second conveying platform, and a step of transfer of at least one worn sleeper from the second receiving zone to the first conveying platform, by a single traverser supported by the armature, the traverser being situated, in relation to the longitudinal direction of the transfer car, between the first receiving zone and the second platform, and between the first platform and the second receiving zone.
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