Method of and arrangement for rehabilitating a ballast bed of a track
AssigneeFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industrieges. m.b.H.
InventorsJosef Theurer, Manfred Brunninger
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Abstract
A mobile arrangement for rehabilitating a ballast bed by installing a protective layer between a subgrade and layer of ballast at a construction site of the track includes an excavation unit for continuously removing old ballast from the ballast bed to expose the subgrade and a rock crusher unit which receives at least a portion of withdrawn old ballast for comminution thereof. Comminuted old ballast is then laid over the exposed subgrade for forming at least part of the protective layer.
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A method of rehabilitating a ballast bed by installing a protective layer between a subgrade and a layer of ballast, comprising the steps of:
- exposing the subgrade by continuously removing old ballast from the ballast bed;
- withdrawing and comminuting at least a portion of old ballast;
- discharging comminuted old ballast over the exposed subgrade to form at least part of the protective layer;
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- mixing sand with comminuted old ballast to form a ballast-sand mixture and discharging the mixture upon the exposed subgrade for formation of the protective layer after removal of remaining old ballast.
A method of rehabilitating a ballast bed by installing a protective layer between a subgrade and a layer of ballast, comprising the steps of:
- exposing the subgrade by continuously removing old ballast from the ballast bed;
- withdrawing and comminuting at least a portion of old ballast;
- scraping remaining old ballast for disposal at a shoulder of the subgrade;
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- discharging comminuted old ballast over the exposed subgrade to form at least part of the protective layer.
A method of rehabilitating a ballast bed by installing a protective layer between a subgrade and a layer of ballast, comprising the steps of:
- exposing the subgrade by continuously removing old ballast from the ballast bed;
- withdrawing and comminuting at least a portion of old ballast;
- discharging comminuted old ballast over the exposed subgrade to form at least part of the protective layer;
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- screening out undersized ballast from the portion of withdrawn old ballast before said comminuting step, and discharging undersized ballast over the exposed subgrade.
Arrangement for rehabilitating a ballast bed, comprising:
- a machine frame defining a longitudinal axis, said machine frame being supported by undercarriages for movement in an operating direction along a track;
- a track lifting unit mounted to said machine frame for lifting the track;
- excavating means vertically adjustably mounted to said machine frame between the undercarriages for removing old ballast from the ballast bed, said excavating means including a leading excavation unit and a trailing excavation unit spaced from each other longitudinally in direction of the longitudinal axis and operated independently from each other, with said leading excavation unit positioned for withdrawing only an upper layer of old ballast from the ballast bed, and with said trailing excavation unit positioned for removing remaining old ballast from the ballast bed and an adjoining subgrade;
- a first conveyor operatively connected to said leading excavation unit;
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- a second conveyor operatively connected to said trailing excavation unit.
Arrangement for rehabilitating a ballast bed by installing a protective layer between a subgrade and a layer of ballast, comprising:
- a machine frame defining a longitudinal axis and being supported by undercarriages for movement in an operating direction along a track;
- a track lifting unit mounted to said machine frame for lifting the track;
- excavating means vertically adjustably mounted to said machine frame between the undercarriages for removing old ballast from the ballast bed, said excavating means including a leading excavation unit and a trailing excavation unit spaced from each other longitudinally in direction of the longitudinal axis and operated independently from each other, with said leading excavation unit positioned for withdrawing only an upper layer of old ballast from the ballast bed, and with said trailing excavation unit positioned for removing remaining old ballast from the ballast bed and an adjoining subgrade;
- rock crushing means mounted to said machine frame and having an inlet opening for receiving old ballast withdrawn by said leading excavation unit for comminution;
- a hopper mounted to said machine frame and positioned to receive sand from a conveyor and comminuted old ballast from said rock crushing means;
- planing and compacting means for leveling and consolidating the protective layer;
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- a swing-type conveyor belt swingably mounted to said machine frame about a vertical axis and having a discharge end arranged immediately before said planing and compacting means in operating direction, said hopper being arranged above said swing-type conveyor belt.
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