Machine, mobile on a track, for removing irregularities on a rail head surface

Abstract

A rail treatment machine, mobile on a track, for removing irregularities on a rail head surface of at least one rail of a laid track, includes a machine frame supported on a front on-track undercarriage and a rear on-track undercarriage, as seen in a working direction. A tool frame accommodates at least one tool carrier. A rear end of the tool frame is articulated on the rear on-track undercarriage in an articulation point on a vertical axis of rotation. A front end of the tool frame is supported on a separate on-track undercarriage situated between the front on-track undercarriage and the rear on-track undercarriage.

Claims

1. A track-bound rail treatment machine for removing irregularities on a rail head surface of a rail of a laid track, the rail treatment machine comprising: a machine frame supported on a forward on-track undercarriage and on a rear on-track undercarriage, as seen in a working direction of the rail treatment machine; a tool frame for accommodating at least one tool carrier; said tool frame having a rear end articulatedly mounted on said rear on-track undercarriage at an articulation point about a vertical axis of rotation; and said tool frame having a front end supported on a separate on-track undercarriage disposed between said front on-track undercarriage and said rear on-track undercarriage; said rear on-track undercarriage being a bogie, and said machine frame being supported on said bogie for rotation about the vertical axis of rotation.

2. The rail treatment machine according to claim 1, wherein each said rear on-track undercarriage and said separate on-track undercarriage of said tool frame is a braced bogie, and each said braced bogie comprises bracing elements to be activated by way of a control for a work run.

3. The rail treatment machine according to claim 1, wherein said rear on-track undercarriage is a braced bogie.

4. The rail treatment machine according to claim 1, wherein said separate on-track undercarriage of said tool frame is a braced bogie.

5. The rail treatment machine according to claim 4, wherein said braced bogie comprises bracing elements to be activated by way of a control for a work run.

6. The rail treatment machine according to claim 1, further comprising guide rollers disposed to additionally guide said tool frame along the rail.

7. The rail treatment machine according to claim 1, further comprising a pivotable chip collector mounted on said machine frame above said tool frame.

8. The rail treatment machine according to claim 1, further comprising a floating mount supporting a treatment tool on said tool carrier.

9. The rail treatment machine according to claim 8, wherein said treatment tool is pivotally mounted between a transport position and a working position.

10. The rail treatment machine according to claim 8, wherein said treatment tool in each case is equipped with a separate drive.

11. The rail treatment machine according to claim 10, wherein said separate drive is an hydraulic drive.

12. The rail treatment machine according to claim 10, wherein said separate drive is an electric drive.

13. The rail treatment machine according to claim 1, wherein a treatment tool located on the tool carrier is configured as a grinding tool.

14. A track-bound rail treatment machine for removing irregularities on a rail head surface of a rail of a laid track, the rail treatment machine comprising: a machine frame supported on a forward on-track undercarriage and on a rear on-track undercarriage, as seen in a working direction of the rail treatment machine; a tool frame for accommodating at least one tool carrier; said tool frame having a rear end articulatedly mounted on said rear on-track undercarriage at an articulation point about a vertical axis of rotation; said tool frame having a front end supported on a separate on-track undercarriage disposed between said front on-track undercarriage and said rear on-track undercarriage; and a treatment tool being a milling tool supported on said tool carrier.

15. A track-bound rail treatment machine for removing irregularities on a rail head surface of a rail of a laid track, the rail treatment machine comprising: a machine frame supported on a forward on-track undercarriage and on a rear on-track undercarriage, as seen in a working direction of the rail treatment machine; a tool frame for accommodating at least one tool carrier; said tool frame having a rear end articulatedly mounted on said rear on-track undercarriage at an articulation point about a vertical axis of rotation; and said tool frame having a front end supported on a separate on-track undercarriage disposed between said front on-track undercarriage and said rear on-track undercarriage; and wherein said separate on-track undercarriage of said tool frame is a braced bogie.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The invention will be described by way of example below with reference to the attached figures. There is shown in schematic representation in:

(2) FIG. 1 a side view of the machine mobile on a track

(3) FIG. 2 a detail view of a braced bogie without bracing

(4) FIG. 3 a detail view of a braced bogie with bracing

(5) FIG. 4 a side view of a mount of the articulation point

(6) FIG. 5 a top view of the mount of the articulation point.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

(7) A machine 1, shown in FIG. 1 and mobile on a track 2, for removing irregularities on a rail head surface 3 comprises a machine frame 7 supported on a front on-track undercarriage 5 and a rear on-track undercarriage 6, as seen in a working direction 4. At a rear end 9, a tool frame 8 is articulatedly mounted above the rear on-track undercarriage 6 on a vertical axis of rotation 10 in an articulation point 11 and supported with a front end 12 on a separate on-track undercarriage 13 situated between the front on-track undercarriage 5 and the rear on-track undercarriage 6.

(8) The rear on-track undercarriage 6 and the separate on-track undercarriage 13 are designed as braced bogies. Arranged on the tool frame 8 are two tool carriers 14, pivotable from a transport position into a working position, along with treatment tools 15 having floating mounts 16. Provided underneath the tool frame 8 are guide rollers 17 for an optimal course of the treatment tools 15 along the rails 18.

(9) A chip collector 19 pivotable about an axis is arranged between the machine frame 7 and tool frame 8. For emptying, the chip collector 19 is lifted by means of a lifting arm and pivoted laterally about the axis.

(10) FIG. 1 depicts a working position, shown in full lines, and a transport position, shown in dashed lines, of the tool carriers 14 and treatment tools 15. Favourably, each treatment tool can be actuated with a separate drive 38.

(11) A supply installation 39 for supplying the drives 38 of the treatment tools 15 is provided underneath the machine frame 7. This is, for example, a combustion engine which, via a transmission, drives hydraulic pumps of a hydraulic system or a generator.

(12) Shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 in each case is a detail view of the braced bogies. The respective braced bogie comprises a bogie frame 20 and rail wheels 22 arranged on two wheel axles 21. Two springs 24 are positioned between the bogie frame 20 and a spring plate 23 arranged at either side below the respective wheel axle 21.

(13) A hydraulic cylinder 25 and, at the associated spring plate 26 or the axle mount, a second cylinder 26 without hydraulics are arranged as bracing elements on the bogie frame 20 per wheel suspension. Located in a cylinder wall 27 of the hydraulic cylinder 25 is a hydraulic line 30 running between a first piston 28 and a cylinder bottom 29. In the second cylinder 26, a second piston 31 is arranged, and the latter is connected to the first piston 28 by means of a piston rod 32.

(14) In FIG. 2, the bogie is in a relaxed state and is thus not actuated by pressure via the hydraulic line 30. The first piston 28 is in a lowered state, and the springs 24 are thus not pre-stressed. The bracing of the respective bogie is thus deactivated.

(15) Shown in FIG. 3 is an activated bracing. Here, the hydraulic cylinder 25 is actuated with pressure via the hydraulic line 30, so that the first piston 28 is pushed upward. The second piston 31, connected via the piston rod 32 to the first piston 28, is forcibly moved in the direction of the hydraulic cylinder 25 and pre-stresses the springs 24. The pre-stressing of the springs 24 effects a more stable support and thus a more precise treatment of the rail head surface 3.

(16) Shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 is the mounting in the articulation point 11. The rear end 9 of the tool frame 8 is articulatedly mounted on a guide bolt 34 located on a vertical axis of rotation 10. The guide bolt 34 is fixed in the machine frame 7 and has at its upper end 35 a conically shaped recess 36 which serves as a stop for the tool frame 8.

(17) Arranged around the guide bolt 34 are bearing shells 37 having spherical outer surfaces, with the articulation point 11 being the common center point. In the tool frame 8, bearing shells 40 having corresponding spherical inner surfaces are arranged, so that free tilting- and rotating motions of the tool frame 8 around the articulation point 11 are possible.

(18) In FIG. 5, the freedom of motion of the tool frame 8 relative to the machine frame 7 in a horizontal plane is shown. Thus, the treatment tools 15 are able to follow the rails 18 even in tight curve radii.