A method applying the track bed bonding system for an entire bonding process for a section of a track bed of ballast, the ballast comprised of ballast stones, and the track bed including a railway's rails and sleepers being supported by said track bed section to be bonded, said system comprising:
- a section of a track bed of ballast, the ballast comprised of ballast stones and the track bed including a railway's rails and sleepers, a section of which being supported by said track bed section to be bonded;
- fluidic adhesive for bonding the ballast stones of the track bed section;
- at least one road vehicle for transporting the fluidic adhesive stored in at least one container to the railway including a section of rails supported by the ballast of said track bed section;
- a device for performing a discharge of the fluidic adhesive via machine for bonding the track bed section down to a pre-definable penetration depth in the ballast, the device comprising a rail vehicle with a spray unit mounted thereon, wherein the spray unit has a spray bar for discharging the fluidic adhesive at a distance from, and above, a surface of the track bed section;
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- a control unit for controlling and monitoring a rate of fluidic adhesive discharged at a certain width and at a travel speed at which the discharge is being carried out over a distance of the track bed section;
- wherein throughout the entire bonding process the spreading of the fluidic adhesive over the ballast to said pre-definable penetration depth is achieved by said device discharging in automated manner and, further, in maintaining a distance to the ballast, the system thereby not including any equipment for the spreading of the fluidic adhesive over the ballast to said pre-definable penetration depth other than by said automated and distance keeping manner of discharging of said device, the fluidic adhesive, as of being sprayed, running down from the track bed surface and through the ballast to the pre-definable penetration depth and hardening, thereby not shifting the ballast stones as is ensured by the control unit controlling and monitoring the rate of the fluidic adhesive discharged at any travel speed at which the discharge is being carried out over the distance of the track bed section and resulting bonded structure of the ballast stones which have rigidity and stability for acting as a monolithic block,
- said method for applying the track bed bonding system for an entire bonding process for a section of a track bed of ballast comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing the fluidic adhesive for bonding the ballast stones of the track bed section in the at least one container;
- (b) transporting the fluidic adhesive stored in said container by the at least one road vehicle to the railway including the section of rails supported by the ballast of said track bed section;
- (c) discharging the fluidic adhesive by machine using the device for bonding the track bed section down to the pre-definable penetration depth in the ballast, wherein the fluidic adhesive is discharged at a distance from, and above, the surface of the track bed section via the spray bar of the spray unit mounted on the rail vehicle of the device;
- (d) controlling and monitoring the rate of fluidic adhesive discharged at a certain width and at a travel speed at which the discharge is being carried out over a distance of the track bed section;
- wherein throughout the entire bonding process the fluidic adhesive is spread over the ballast to said pre-definable penetration depth by said device discharging in automated manner and moreover in maintaining a distance to the ballast, the method thereby not including a use of any equipment for the spreading of the fluidic adhesive over the ballast to said pre-definable penetration depth other than by said automated and distance keeping manner of discharging by said device, and the fluidic adhesive, as of being sprayed, runs down from the track bed surface and through the ballast to the pre-definable penetration depth and hardens, thereby not shifting the ballast stones as ensured by the control unit controlling and monitoring the rate of the fluidic adhesive discharged at any travel speed at which the discharge is being carried out over the distance of the track bed section and resulting in a bonded structure of the ballast stones having of rigidity and stability for acting as a monolithic block.