A locomotive modular cab car body, locomotive and method of installation

The modular design of the front cab compartment solves the problem of difficult maintenance of existing locomotives, enabling individual removal and replacement, reducing maintenance costs and time, and improving efficiency.

CN117360563BActive Publication Date: 2025-12-16ANHUI MA STEEL EQUIP MAINTENANCE CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202311078822.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-08-24
Publication Date
2025-12-16
Estimated Expiration
2043-08-24

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Technical Problem

The existing locomotive driver's cab and equipment room are designed as an integrated unit, resulting in poor sound insulation, limited space, difficult maintenance, and the need to completely remove the entire structure for equipment replacement, which is labor-intensive, costly, and inefficient.

Method used

The front cab body adopts a modular design, including the front cab frame and the equipment room body frame. They are connected by mounting bases and fasteners. Each body can be disassembled and hoisted separately for offline maintenance, and can be replaced individually when necessary.

Benefits of technology

It enables the individual dismantling and replacement of each compartment, resulting in short maintenance time, low cost, high efficiency, and convenient upgrades and modifications, making it suitable for GK type locomotive modifications.

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Abstract

The application discloses a locomotive modular front cab compartment, which comprises a front cab frame, the front cab frame comprises a front cab semi-enclosed compartment frame and a front cab equipment compartment frame connected with each other, a walkway opening is formed between the inner sides of the two compartment frames respectively, the outer sides of the two compartment frames form a front cab semi-enclosed compartment and a front cab equipment compartment by arranging a sealing plate, and the bottom parts of the two frames are provided with a mounting base, and the bottom part of the mounting base is detachably provided with a fixing base; the front side and the two sides of the front cab semi-enclosed compartment are respectively and symmetrically provided with a front observation window and side observation windows of the front cab semi-enclosed compartment. The cab and the equipment compartment on the locomotive are redesigned, the modular assembly of the locomotive compartment is realized, each compartment can be separately removed and hoisted, offline maintenance is realized, the maintenance time is short, each compartment can be separately replaced when replacement is needed, the cost is low, and the efficiency is high.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of locomotives, specifically to a modular front cab body for a locomotive, a locomotive, and an installation method, applicable to the modification of GK type locomotives. Background Technology

[0002] Currently, the driver's cab and equipment room on locomotives (such as the GK type locomotive) are integrated as a single unit. Figure 1 As shown, the bottom of the frame 2' is equipped with bogies 3', and the top is fixedly equipped with the locomotive body 1'. The locomotive's cab and various equipment are installed sequentially inside the locomotive body 1'. The locomotive body 1' is divided into a cab section 11' and an equipment section 12'. This type of locomotive has poor sound insulation and limited space. If the equipment inside the car is damaged and needs to be hoisted for replacement, the roof must be opened for inspection. Moreover, the inspection inside the car is limited by space and is very difficult. Hoisting these devices also presents certain difficulties. If a part of the car is damaged and needs to be replaced as a whole, it must be completely cut off and replaced, resulting in a large workload, low efficiency, long inspection time, and high replacement cost. Summary of the Invention

[0003] To address the technical problems existing in the background art, the present invention provides a modular front cab body for locomotives, a locomotive, and an installation method. By redesigning the cab and equipment room on the locomotive, modular assembly of the locomotive body is achieved, allowing each body to be disassembled and transported individually for offline maintenance. When replacement is required, it can be replaced individually, resulting in short maintenance time, convenient maintenance or replacement, easy upgrades and modifications, low modification and maintenance costs, and high efficiency.

[0004] The technical solution of this invention to solve the technical problem is as follows:

[0005] This invention discloses a modular front cab body for a locomotive. The front cab includes a front cab frame, which comprises a front cab semi-enclosed compartment frame and a front cab equipment compartment frame connected to each other. Walkways are formed between the two sides of the equipment compartment frame and the inner side of the semi-enclosed compartment frame. The outer sides of the semi-enclosed compartment frame and the equipment compartment frame are respectively fitted with sealing plates to form the semi-enclosed compartment and the equipment compartment. A mounting base is provided at the bottom of both frames, and a fixed base is detachably mounted on the bottom of the mounting base. A front observation window is symmetrically arranged on the front side of the semi-enclosed compartment, and side observation windows are symmetrically arranged on both sides.

[0006] Furthermore, the top of the front cab frame is provided with multiple lifting lugs that penetrate the outer sealing plate of the front cab frame.

[0007] Further, the front cab frame is an integral steel structure made of channel steel and steel plate.

[0008] Further, the mounting base is a frame-shaped structure made of channel steel, which is adapted to and fixedly connected with the bottom of the front cab frame, the fixed base including a fixed base frame and a fixed base cover plate arranged outside the fixed base frame, the fixed base frame being an integral steel structure made of channel steel, and the mounting base and the fixed base frame being fixed through fasteners.

[0009] Further, the fastener is a bolt.

[0010] The locomotive equipped with the modular front cab compartment of the locomotive according to the technical scheme is provided, which includes a frame and bogies arranged at both sides of the bottom of the frame, the frame being provided with a driver's cabin device and an equipment room device from rear to front, the equipment room device including a power battery, a converter cabinet, a diesel generator, an air compressor and a cooling fan, the fixed base of the bottom of the front cab being mounted on the top of the front end of the frame, the air compressor and the cooling fan being mounted on the fixed base of the bottom of the front cab, and the front cab being mounted and fixed through the mounting base and the fixed base below the front cab.

[0011] Further, the frame is further sequentially provided with a rear cab compartment, a battery and converter cabinet compartment and a generator set silent compartment from rear to front, the bottom of each of the rear cab compartment, the battery and converter cabinet compartment and the generator set silent compartment being provided with a mounting base, the bottom of the mounting base being detachably connected with a fixed base, and each fixed base being detachably connected with the frame, the driver's cabin device being arranged on the fixed base of the rear cab compartment, the power battery and the converter cabinet being arranged on the fixed base of the battery and converter cabinet compartment, and the diesel generator being arranged on the fixed base of the generator set silent compartment.

[0012] Further, the rear cab compartment, the battery and the further, the upper part of the bogie is movably provided with a plurality of brackets, the left and right sides of each bracket being respectively provided with a pull rod and mounted with a gear box, the inside of the gear box being provided with a transmission device, the outside of the gear box being provided with a pull rod arm, the transmission device being respectively connected with a motor and a wheel pair, the pull rod arm being connected with the pull rod, the frame being arranged on each bracket, the diesel generator being connected with the converter cabinet, and the converter cabinet being respectively connected with each motor and the power battery.

[0013] The method for mounting the front cab compartment of the locomotive according to the technical scheme is provided, which includes the following steps: mounting the fixed base of the front cab compartment on the frame through fasteners, mounting the air compressor and the cooling fan on the fixed base, hoisting the front cab compartment to the fixed base, and connecting and fixing the mounting base and the fixed base of the front cab compartment through fasteners.

[0014] With respect to the prior art, the locomotive modular front section cab compartment, locomotive and installation method have the advantages that the rear section cab compartment, battery and converter cabinet compartment, generator set silencing compartment and front section cab compartment of the locomotive modular compartment are designed to be exquisite, novel and practical, can be integrally manufactured in a factory, have low spare part costs, are connected with the frame through bolts, are convenient to replace and maintain and overhaul the equipment in the compartment, are provided with lifting lugs and can be individually removed, hoisted, off-line maintained, have short maintenance time, are convenient to maintain or replace, have low cost, high efficiency and convenient upgrading. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of an existing locomotive;

[0016] Figure 2 is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the locomotive in the application;

[0017] Figure 3 is a front view structural schematic diagram of the locomotive in the application;

[0018] Figure 4 is a rear view structural schematic diagram of the locomotive in the application;

[0019] Figure 5 is a structural schematic diagram of the frame in the application;

[0020] Figure 6 is a structural schematic diagram of the bogie in the application;

[0021] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the rear section cab compartment in the application;

[0022] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the battery and converter cabinet compartment in the application;

[0023] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the generator set silencing compartment in the application;

[0024] Figures 10-12 is a schematic diagram of the front section cab compartment in the application from different perspectives;

[0025] Figure 13 is a schematic diagram of the front section cab compartment frame in the application;

[0026] Figure 14 is a schematic diagram of the fixed base in the application;

[0027] Figure 15 is a schematic diagram of the fixed base frame in the application;

[0028] Figure 16 Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the connection of the diesel generator, the converter cabinet, the power battery and the motor in the locomotive of the present application;

[0029] Figure 1 Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the connection of the diesel generator, the converter cabinet, the power battery and the motor in the locomotive of the present application;

[0030] Figures 2-16 Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the connection of the diesel generator, the converter cabinet, the power battery and the motor in the locomotive of the present application; Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the connection of the diesel generator, the converter cabinet, the power battery and the motor in the locomotive of the present application; Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the connection of the diesel generator, the converter cabinet, the power battery and the motor in the locomotive of the present application; Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the connection of the diesel generator, the converter cabinet, the power battery and the motor in the locomotive of the present application; Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the connection of the diesel generator, the converter cabinet, the power battery and the motor in the locomotive of the present application; Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the connection of the diesel generator, the converter cabinet, the power battery and the motor in the locomotive of the present application; DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of protection of the present application. Unless otherwise defined, the technical terms or scientific terms used herein should be understood as the common meanings by those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. The “up”, “down”, “left”, “right”, “front”, “back”, and the like used in the patent application specification and claims of the present disclosure are only used to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute positions of the described objects are changed, the relative positional relationships are also changed accordingly; “connection” or “connection” and the like similar words are not limited to physical or mechanical connection, but can include electrical connection, whether direct or indirect. The present application does not detail the known technology of those skilled in the art.

[0032] Embodiment 1

[0033] As shown in the drawings, the locomotive modular front cab compartment of the present application comprises a front cab frame 143, which comprises a front cab semi-enclosed room compartment frame 1431 and a front cab equipment room compartment frame 1432 connected together, and walkway openings 146 are formed between the two sides of the front cab equipment room compartment frame 1432 and the inner sides of the front cab semi-enclosed room compartment frame 1431, respectively, for facilitating the walking of workers, and the outer sides of the front cab semi-enclosed room compartment frame 1431 and the front cab equipment room compartment frame 1432 are respectively provided with sealing plates to form a front cab semi-enclosed room compartment 141 and a front cab equipment room compartment 142, and the bottom portions of the two frames are provided with a mounting base 42, and the bottom portion of the mounting base 42 is detachably provided with a fixed base 41; the front side of the front cab semi-enclosed room compartment 141 is symmetrically provided with a front cab semi-enclosed room front observation window 144, and the two sides thereof are symmetrically provided with front cab semi-enclosed room side observation windows 145.

[0034] In this embodiment, the top portion of the front cab frame 143 is provided with a plurality of lifting lugs 15 penetrating through the sealing plates on the outer side of the front cab frame 143.

[0035] In this embodiment, the front cab frame 143 is an integral steel structure made of channel steel and steel plates.

[0036] In this embodiment, the mounting base 42 is a frame-shaped structure made of channel steel, which is adapted to and fixedly connected to the bottom portion of the front cab frame 143, and the fixed base 41 comprises a fixed base frame 412 and a fixed base sealing plate 411 provided on the outer side of the fixed base frame 412, the fixed base frame 412 is an integral steel structure made of channel steel, and the mounting base 42 and the fixed base frame 412 are fixedly connected by fasteners.

[0037] In this embodiment, the fasteners are bolts.

[0038] In this embodiment, the front cab compartment 14 is designed and manufactured as a whole in a factory, can be hoisted and transported separately, can be maintained offline, can be replaced individually when necessary, has a short maintenance time, is convenient to maintain or replace, has low cost, high efficiency, and is convenient to upgrade and transform.

[0039] Embodiment 2:

[0040] The present invention discloses a locomotive equipped with the modular front cab body described in Embodiment 1, comprising a frame 2 and bogies 3 disposed on both sides of the bottom of the frame 2. The frame 2 is used to install cab equipment and equipment room equipment from rear to front. The equipment room equipment includes a power battery 6, a converter cabinet 7, a diesel generator 8, an air compressor, and a cooling fan. The fixed base 41 at the bottom of the front cab body 14 is installed on the top front end of the frame 2. The air compressor and the cooling fan are installed on the fixed base 41 at the bottom of the front cab body 14. The front cab body 14 is fixedly installed to the fixed base 41 by a mounting base 42 below it.

[0041] In this embodiment, the frame 2 is further provided with a rear cab compartment 11, a battery and converter cabinet compartment 12, and a generator set soundproof compartment 13 in sequence from rear to front. The rear cab compartment 11, battery and converter cabinet compartment 12, generator set soundproof compartment 13, and front cab compartment 14 together constitute the locomotive body 1. The bottom of the rear cab compartment 11, battery and converter cabinet compartment 12, and generator set soundproof compartment 13 are respectively provided with mounting bases 42. The bottom of the mounting base 42 is detachably connected to a fixed base 41. Each fixed base 41 is detachably connected to the frame 2. The cab equipment is installed on the fixed base 41 of the rear cab compartment 11. The power battery 6 and converter cabinet 7 are respectively installed on the fixed base 41 of the battery and converter cabinet compartment 12. The diesel generator 8 is installed on the fixed base 41 of the generator set soundproof compartment 13.

[0042] In this embodiment, the tops of the rear cab compartment 11, the battery and converter cabinet compartment 12, and the generator set silent compartment 13 are respectively provided with multiple lifting lugs 15.

[0043] In this embodiment, the upper part of the bogie 3 is movably provided with multiple brackets 32, and tie rods 31 are respectively provided on the left and right sides of the bogie 3 and gearboxes 5 are installed thereon. The gearbox 5 is provided with a transmission device inside and a tie rod arm 51 outside. The transmission device is connected to a motor 53 and a wheelset 52 respectively. The tie rod arm 51 is connected to the tie rod 31. The frame 2 is provided on each bracket 32. The diesel generator 8 is connected to the converter cabinet 7. The converter cabinet 7 is connected to each motor 53 and the power battery 6 respectively.

[0044] In the embodiment, the locomotive obtains driving force through the motors on the four gearboxes, and the motors obtain electric energy in two ways, one is directly obtained through the power battery 6, and the other is obtained through the diesel generator 8. The electric energy output by the power battery 6 and / or the electric energy output by the diesel generator 8 is converted through the converter cabinet 7 and then connected with each motor 53 respectively. The power battery is a storage battery, which can be charged through an external power supply or a diesel generator. When the locomotive in the embodiment runs, the electric energy output by the power battery can be used to realize normal running of the locomotive, or the diesel generator can simultaneously output electric energy to the motors to realize normal running of the locomotive, or the hybrid power can be used, that is, the diesel generator and the power battery simultaneously output electric energy to the motors, and under the condition of meeting the load, the excess electric energy of the diesel generator is stored in the power battery.

[0045] Embodiment 3

[0046] The mounting method of the front cab compartment of the locomotive in embodiment 2 comprises the following steps that: the fixing base 41 of the front cab compartment 14 is mounted on the frame 2 through fasteners, the air compressor and the cooling fan are mounted on the fixing base 41, the front cab compartment 14 is hoisted to the fixing base 41, and the mounting base 42 of the front cab compartment 14 is connected and fixed with the fixing base 41 through fasteners. The other compartments can also be mounted by the above method.

[0047] When the equipment in the front cab compartment 14 needs to be repaired or replaced due to damage or failure, the bolts between the fixing base 41 and the mounting base 42 of the lower part of the front cab compartment 14 are removed, the front cab compartment 14 is hoisted out as a whole through the lifting lug 15 on the top of the front cab compartment 14 by hoisting equipment, and the equipment is repaired or replaced offline, and the like. After the repair is completed, the front cab compartment 14 is hoisted and installed, which is convenient, fast, low in cost and good in effect.

Claims

1. A locomotive equipped with a modular cab carbody for a locomotive front section, characterized by: The front cab compartment (14) comprises a front cab frame (143) which comprises a front cab semi-enclosed room compartment frame (1431) and a front cab equipment room compartment frame (1432) connected together, walkway openings (146) are respectively formed between the two sides of the front cab equipment room compartment frame (1432) and the inner sides of the front cab semi-enclosed room compartment frame (1431), the outer sides of the front cab semi-enclosed room compartment frame (1431) and the front cab equipment room compartment frame (1432) respectively form a front cab semi-enclosed room compartment (141) and a front cab equipment room compartment (142) by setting sealing plates, the bottom portions of the two frames are provided with a mounting base (42), and the bottom portion of the mounting base (42) is detachably provided with a fixing base (41); the front side of the front cab semi-enclosed room compartment (141) is symmetrically provided with a front cab semi-enclosed room front observation window (144), and the two sides thereof are symmetrically provided with front cab semi-enclosed room side observation windows (145); The locomotive comprises a frame (2) and bogies (3) provided on the bottom portions of the two sides of the frame (2), the upper portion of the frame (2) is used for mounting cab equipment and equipment room equipment from back to front, the equipment room equipment comprises a power battery (6), a converter cabinet (7), a diesel generator (8), an air compressor and a cooling fan, and the front end of the top portion of the frame (2) is provided with a fixing base (41) of a front cab compartment (14), the air compressor and the cooling fan are mounted on the fixing base (41) of the front cab compartment (14), and the front cab compartment (14) is mounted and fixed through the mounting base (42) below the front cab compartment (14) and the fixing base (41). The upper portion of the bogie (3) is movably provided with a plurality of brackets (32), the left and right sides of the bogie (3) are respectively provided with pull rods (31) and are mounted with gear boxes (5), the inner side of the gear box (5) is provided with a transmission device, the outer side of the gear box (5) is provided with a pull rod arm (51), the transmission device is respectively connected with a motor (53) and a wheel pair (52), the pull rod arm (51) is connected with the pull rod (31), the frame (2) is arranged on the brackets (32), the diesel generator (8) is connected with the converter cabinet (7), the converter cabinet (7) is respectively connected with the motor (53) and the power battery (6), and the power battery (6) is a storage battery.

2. The locomotive of claim 1, wherein: The top portion of the front cab frame (143) is provided with a plurality of lifting lugs (15) penetrating through the sealing plates outside the front cab frame (143).

3. The locomotive of claim 1, wherein: The front cab frame (143) is an integral steel structure made of channel steel and steel plates.

4. The locomotive of claim 3, wherein: The mounting base (42) is a frame-shaped structure made of channel steel, which is matched with and fixedly connected with the bottom of the front cab frame (143), the fixed base (41) comprises a fixed base frame (412) and a fixed base cover plate (411) arranged outside the fixed base frame (412), the fixed base frame (412) is an integral steel structure made of channel steel, and the mounting base (42) and the fixed base frame (412) are fixedly connected through fasteners.

5. The locomotive of claim 4, wherein: The fastener is a bolt.

6. The locomotive of any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that: The vehicle frame (2) is sequentially provided with a rear cab compartment (11), a battery and a converter cabinet compartment (12) and a generator set silent compartment (13) from rear to front, the bottom of the rear cab compartment (11), the battery and the converter cabinet compartment (12) and the generator set silent compartment (13) is respectively provided with a mounting base (42), the bottom of the mounting base (42) is detachably connected with a fixed base (41), each fixed base (41) is detachably connected with the vehicle frame (2); the cab equipment is arranged on the fixed base (41) of the rear cab compartment (11), the power battery (6) and the converter cabinet (7) are respectively arranged on the fixed base (41) of the battery and the converter cabinet compartment (12), and the diesel generator (8) is arranged on the fixed base (41) of the generator set silent compartment (13).

7. The locomotive of claim 6, wherein: The top of the rear cab compartment (11), the battery and the converter cabinet compartment (12) and the generator set silent compartment (13) is respectively provided with a plurality of lifting lugs (15).

8. A method of mounting a cab module to a forward section of a locomotive as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, characterised by: The fixed base (41) of the front cab compartment (14) is mounted on the vehicle frame (2) through fasteners, the air compressor and the cooling fan are mounted on the fixed base (41), then the front cab compartment (14) is hoisted to the fixed base (41) and the mounting base (42) of the front cab compartment (14) is connected and fixed with the fixed base (41) through fasteners.

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