Novel self-balancing track fastener grease coating machine

By employing a dual-nozzle design and visual inspection sensors, the self-balancing track fastener grease coating machine solves the problems of low efficiency and uneven coverage found in traditional grease coating machines, achieving efficient and automated maintenance of bolt fasteners.

CN223702607UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-23HANGZHOU PUBLIC WORKS SECTION OF CHINA RAILWAY SHANGHAI BUREAU GRP CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520398926.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-07
Publication Date
2025-12-23
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-07

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Technical Problem

The existing grease application work for track bolt fasteners relies on manual operation, which is inefficient. Furthermore, traditional grease applicators are prone to tilting on ballast subgrades, resulting in insufficient nozzle coverage and a high rate of grease waste.

Method used

A self-balancing rail fastener grease coating machine was designed. It adopts a dual-nozzle design and a visual inspection sensor, combined with a gyroscope to achieve automatic balancing and precise positioning. It uses an air pump to atomize the lubricating grease for uniform coating and is suitable for single-person operation.

Benefits of technology

It has improved the automation and efficiency of track maintenance, reduced the intensity of manual labor, and achieved efficient maintenance of bolts and fasteners.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a novel self-balancing track fastener grease coating machine, and belongs to the technical field of track maintenance. Comprising a chassis frame, a bottom plate is fixedly installed on the chassis frame, two gyroscope devices are detachably installed on the bottom plate, armrest assemblies are fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the bottom plate, a box body is fixed between the armrest assemblies through screws and threads, two cavities are formed in the box body, and the two cavities are communicated with the bottom plate. The grease coating machine is convenient to operate by a single person, high in portability and capable of automatically balancing and automatically identifying and positioning the position of the bolt fastener when moving along a track, lubricating grease is atomized and evenly sprayed out in a double-nozzle design mode through an air pump, and therefore a maintenance box at the bottom of the bolt fastener is maintained; the automation degree and the maintenance efficiency of rail maintenance are improved, and the labor intensity is greatly reduced.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application relates to the technical field of track maintenance, in particular to a novel self-balancing track fastener grease coating machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] During high-speed running of a train on a rail, track sleeper bolt fasteners are subjected to various forces, and if not protected, the bolts are prone to rust and aging, thereby affecting normal operation of the train. In the existing bolt fastener maintenance work, lubricating grease can be coated on the bolts through manual operation, and manual operation is low in efficiency. Therefore, mechanical grease coating work through a grease coating machine can greatly improve the grease coating work efficiency. However, the traditional oiling machine relies on manual leveling, and when working on a ballast subgrade, the equipment is prone to tilting. In addition, the nozzle on the oiling machine has the phenomenon of insufficient oiling coverage rate on the bottom of the bolt, and the oil waste rate is high. In view of this, the application provides a novel self-balancing track fastener grease coating machine. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0003] 1. TECHNICAL PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED

[0004] The application aims to provide a novel self-balancing track fastener grease coating machine, which solves the technical problems in the background art, realizes convenient single-person operation of the grease coating machine, is high in portability, automatically balances and automatically identifies and positions the bolt fastener position when advancing along the track, and uniformly sprays out the lubricating grease through a double-nozzle design form to achieve maintenance of the bottom of the bolt fastener, thereby improving the degree of automation and the maintenance efficiency of rail maintenance and greatly reducing the labor intensity.

[0005] 2. TECHNICAL SCHEME

[0006] The application provides a novel self-balancing track fastener grease coating machine, which comprises a chassis frame, a bottom plate fixedly installed on the chassis frame, two gyroscope devices detachably installed on the bottom plate, a handrail assembly fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the bottom plate, a box body threadedly fixed between the handrail assembly, two cavities arranged in the box body, a grease tank fixedly installed in one cavity of the box body, a power supply device detachably installed in the other cavity of the box body, and a driving mechanism, a moving assembly, a detection mechanism and an oil spraying mechanism installed on the chassis frame.

[0007] The driving mechanism comprises two driving wheels, two concave seats rotatably connected to the driving wheels respectively, the concave seats are fixedly connected to the chassis frame, a guide wheel is rotatably installed at the bottom end of each concave seat, and a walking motor is drivingly connected to one driving wheel.

[0008] The moving assembly comprises two electric push rods, the piston rods of the electric push rods are each rotationally connected with two rotating plates, the bottom ends of the rotating plates are fixedly sleeved with a cross bar, the end portions of the cross bar are each fixedly connected with a Z-shaped plate, and the Z-shaped plates are rotationally installed with rollers through shafts.

[0009] The detection mechanism comprises mounting seats, one mounting seat is fixedly installed at each corner of the chassis frame, and a visual detection sensor is fixedly screwed at the bottom of each mounting seat.

[0010] The oil spraying mechanism comprises an air pump, the air pump is fixedly arranged on the bottom plate, an oil suction pipe is fixedly and communicatively arranged between the air pump and the oil tank, the air pump is fixedly and communicatively connected with a three-way hose, the three-way hose is fixedly and communicatively connected with two T-shaped pipes, one T-shaped pipe is fixedly installed at each end of the chassis frame, and a straight nozzle and an L-shaped nozzle are threadedly installed at the two ends of each T-shaped pipe.

[0011] By adopting the above technical scheme, the grease coating machine is provided with the handrail assembly with the bidirectional handrail structure, is suitable for single-person operation and installation, and the cross bar drives the Z-shaped plates at the two ends to rotate through the rotation of the rotating plates driven by the electric push rods, so that the four rollers can be conveniently and smoothly placed on the ground to quickly move on the road, and after the rollers are folded and stored, the grease coating machine is placed and installed on the rails by means of the two driving wheels and the four guide wheels, the driving wheels are rolled by adopting the walking motor as the driving source, and the grease coating machine moves along the rails, the grease coating machine has the back self-adaptive balance function by means of the two gyro devices installed on the bottom plate, the lubricating grease in the oil tank is atomized under the condition that the oil in the oil tank is slightly diluted by the temperature heating device, the air pump is used as the power source, the atomized grease is extracted from the oil tank by the oil suction pipe, is transported to the two T-shaped pipes through the three-way hose, and the T-shaped pipes are both designed as the double-nozzle structure along the two sides of the track, that is, one straight nozzle and one L-shaped nozzle, the atomized and sprayed grease realizes the oil coating operation on the bottom of the track bolt fastener, the visual detection sensor is arranged above the straight nozzle at each corner of the chassis frame, and the bolt fastener position and the grease spraying time can be accurately positioned by means of the visual positioning system, so that the bolt fastener can be efficiently maintained and maintained.

[0012] Optionally, two first rectangular grooves and one second rectangular groove are formed in the bottom plate, the gyro devices are respectively detachably installed in the first rectangular grooves, and the air pump is fixedly installed in the second rectangular groove.

[0013] By adopting the above technical scheme, the gyro devices are respectively installed in the first rectangular grooves on the bottom plate, and the two gyro devices are mirror image arranged, the dynamic balance is realized by adopting the MEMS gyro (precision. °) and the inclination sensor composite detection and the PID fuzzy control algorithm.

[0014] Optionally, the handrail assembly comprises two T-shaped plates, the bottom ends of the T-shaped plates are fixedly connected with the bottom plate, the T-shaped plates are fixedly connected with the box through screws, T-shaped handles are fixedly arranged on the upper surfaces of the T-shaped plates, and two concave handles are rotatably arranged on the T-shaped plates.

[0015] By adopting the above technical scheme, the bottom plate is fixedly installed through the chassis frame, two T-shaped plates are fixedly installed on the bottom plate, two T-shaped handles are fixedly installed on the T-shaped plates, one-person operation is facilitated, and two concave handles are rotatably installed between the T-shaped plates, so that the hand-held portability is facilitated.

[0016] Optionally, the box is rotatably installed with a box cover at the cavity of the power supply device, the grease tank is provided with a filling opening, the grease tank is further fixedly installed with a power temperature control device, the power temperature control device is in heat transfer connection with a heat conduction rod, and the heat conduction rod extends into the interior of the grease tank.

[0017] By adopting the above technical scheme, the power temperature control device adopts an independent temperature control system, and the working temperature is kept at ± ℃, and the heat energy is transferred to the grease in the grease tank through the heat conduction rod for constant-temperature heating.

[0018] Optionally, the walking motor is fixedly connected with a base, and the base is threadedly fixed on one concave seat, and a belt mechanism is in transmission connection between the output shaft of the walking motor and the driving wheels at the bottom.

[0019] By adopting the above technical scheme, the walking motor is fixedly installed through the base, one driving wheel at the bottom is rotated through the belt mechanism, two driving wheels and four guide wheels are utilized, and the grease coating machine has a self-adaptive balance function when moving along the rails in combination with the gyroscope device.

[0020] Optionally, the electric push rod is rotatably connected with a hinge base, and the hinge base is fixedly arranged on the T-shaped plate.

[0021] By adopting the above technical scheme, the hinge base is rotatably arranged on the guide cylinder end of the electric push rod, and the hinge base is fixedly arranged on the T-shaped plate, so that when the piston rod of the electric push rod is extended and retracted, the rotating plate drives the corresponding cross rods to rotate, and the Z-shaped plate realizes the rotating and overturning function.

[0022] 3. Beneficial effects

[0023] One or more technical solutions provided in the technical scheme have at least the following technical effects or advantages:

[0024] 1. The oil coating machine is suitable for single operation and use by setting bidirectional handrail structure and rotating handle structure, can be conveniently and slowly pushed along the road when four rollers touch the ground, and can balance displacement along the track under the driving of the walking motor after folding and storing the rollers, with the self-adaptive balance function of the gyroscope;

[0025] 2. The grease in the oil tank can be diluted in a small amount, the lubricating grease is atomized, the air pump is used as a power source, the pipeline and the nozzle are used to realize the atomization and spraying effect, the T-shaped pipe is designed with double nozzles on both sides of the track, and the oil coating operation is realized on the bottom of the track bolt fastener;

[0026] 3. The oil coating machine is provided with a visual detection sensor above the double nozzles, is equipped with a visual positioning system, accurately positions the bolt fastener position and the oil spraying time, and achieves efficient maintenance of the bolt fastener. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0027] Figure 1 A schematic view of the overall structure of a novel self-balancing track fastener oil coating machine is disclosed in a preferred embodiment of the present application;

[0028] Figure 2 A schematic view of the handrail assembly, driving mechanism and oil spraying mechanism structure of a novel self-balancing track fastener oil coating machine is disclosed in a preferred embodiment of the present application;

[0029] Figure 3 A schematic view of the overall structure of a novel self-balancing track fastener oil coating machine is disclosed in a preferred embodiment of the present application; Figure 2 An enlarged structure schematic view of A in the middle;

[0030] Figure 4 A schematic view of the overall structure of a novel self-balancing track fastener oil coating machine is disclosed in a preferred embodiment of the present application;

[0031] Explanation of reference numerals in the drawing: 1, chassis frame; 2, bottom plate; 21, first rectangular groove; 22, second rectangular groove; 3, handrail assembly; 31, T-shaped plate; 32, T-shaped handle; 33, concave rotating handle; 4, box body; 41, box cover; 42, grease tank; 421, filling port; 43, electric temperature control device; 44, heat conduction rod; 5, driving mechanism; 51, concave seat; 52, driving wheel; 53, guide wheel; 54, walking motor; 55, belt mechanism; 6, moving assembly; 61, electric push rod; 62, hinge seat; 63, rotating plate; 64, cross bar; 65, Z-shaped plate; 66, roller; 7, detection mechanism; 71, mounting seat; 72, visual detection sensor; 8, oil spraying mechanism; 81, air pump; 82, grease suction pipe; 83, three-way hose; 84, T-shaped pipe; 85, straight nozzle; 86, L-shaped nozzle; 9, gyroscope device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0033] With reference to Figures 1 to 4 The embodiment of the application provides a novel self-balancing track fastener grease coating machine, which comprises a chassis frame 1, a bottom plate 2 is fixedly installed on the chassis frame 1, two gyroscope devices 9 are detachably installed on the bottom plate 2, a handrail assembly 3 is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the bottom plate 2, a box body 4 is threadedly fixed between the handrail assembly 3 through screws, two cavities are arranged in the box body 4, a grease tank 42 is fixedly installed in one cavity of the box body 4, a power supply device is detachably installed in the other cavity of the box body 4, a driving mechanism 5, a moving assembly 6, a detection mechanism 7 and an oil injection mechanism 8 are installed on the chassis frame 1.

[0034] The driving mechanism 5 comprises two driving wheels 52, two concave seats 51 are rotationally connected to the driving wheels 52 respectively, the concave seats 51 are fixedly connected with the chassis frame 1, guide wheels 53 are rotationally installed at the bottom ends of the concave seats 51, and a walking motor 54 is transmissionally connected to one driving wheel 52.

[0035] The moving assembly 6 comprises two electric push rods 61, two rotating plates 63 are rotationally connected to the piston rods of the electric push rods 61, cross bars 64 are fixedly sleeved at the bottom ends of the rotating plates 63, Z-shaped plates 65 are fixedly connected to the end portions of the cross bars 64, and rollers 66 are rotationally installed on the Z-shaped plates 65.

[0036] The detection mechanism 7 comprises mounting seats 71, one mounting seat 71 is fixedly installed at each corner of the chassis frame 1, and visual detection sensors 72 are threadedly fixed at the bottom portions of the mounting seats 71.

[0037] The oil injection mechanism 8 comprises an air pump 81 fixedly arranged on the bottom plate 2, an oil suction pipe 82 fixedly communicated between the air pump 81 and the oil tank 42, a three-way hose 83 fixedly communicated with the air pump 81, two T-shaped pipes 84 fixedly communicated with the three-way hose 83, one T-shaped pipe 84 fixedly arranged at each end of the chassis frame 1, a straight nozzle 85 and an L-shaped nozzle 86 threadedly arranged at each end of the T-shaped pipe 84, and the oil coating machine is provided with the handrail assembly 3 of the bidirectional handrail structure, which is suitable for single-person operation and use and installation, and the rotating plate 63 is driven to rotate by the electric push rod 61, the Z-shaped plate 65 at both ends is driven to rotate by the horizontal rod 64, and when the four rollers 66 touch the ground, the oil coating machine can be conveniently and slowly pushed along the track, and after the rollers 66 are folded and stored, the oil coating machine is placed and installed on the rail by the two driving wheels 52 and the four guide wheels 53, the driving wheels 52 are driven to roll by the walking motor 54, and the oil coating machine moves along the rail, the back of the oil coating machine is self-adapted and balanced by the two gyroscope devices 9 arranged on the bottom plate 2, the lubricating grease in the oil tank 42 is atomized under the condition that the lubricating grease in the oil tank 42 is slightly diluted by the temperature heating device, the air pump 81 is used as a power source, the atomized grease is extracted from the oil tank 42 by the oil suction pipe 82, and the atomized grease is delivered to the two T-shaped pipes 84 through the three-way hose 83, and the T-shaped pipe 84 is designed as a double-nozzle structure along the two sides of the track, that is, a straight nozzle 85 and an L-shaped nozzle 86, the atomized grease realizes the oil coating operation at the bottom of the track bolt fastener, and the visual detection sensor 72 is arranged above the straight nozzle 85 at each corner of the chassis frame 1, and the bolt fastener position and the grease injection time can be accurately positioned by the visual positioning system, so that the bolt fastener is efficiently maintained and maintained.

[0038] With reference to Figure 1 and Figure 2 , two first rectangular grooves 21 and a second rectangular groove 22 are formed in the bottom plate 2, the gyroscope devices 9 are detachably arranged in the first rectangular grooves 21, and the air pump 81 is fixedly arranged in the second rectangular groove 22.

[0039] With reference to Figure 1 and Figure 2, the handrail assembly 3 comprises two T-shaped plates 31, the bottom end of the T-shaped plate 31 is fixedly connected with the bottom plate 2, the T-shaped plate 31 is screw-fixedly connected with the box body 4 through screws, the upper surface of the T-shaped plate 31 is fixedly provided with a T-shaped handle 32, and the T-shaped plate 31 is rotatably installed with two concave handles 33; the bottom plate 2 is fixedly installed through the bottom disc frame 1, the bottom plate 2 is fixedly installed with two T-shaped plates 31, the two T-shaped handles 32 are fixedly installed through the T-shaped plates 31, one person is convenient for operation, and the two concave handles 33 are rotatably installed between the T-shaped plates 31, so that the hand-held portability installation and processing are facilitated.

[0040] With reference to Figure 1 and Figure 4 , the box body 4 is rotatably installed with a box cover 41 at the cavity of the power supply device, the grease tank 42 is provided with a filling opening 421, and the grease tank 42 is further fixedly installed with a power temperature control device 43; the power temperature control device 43 is heat-transferringly connected with a heat-conducting rod 44, the heat-conducting rod 44 extends into the interior of the grease tank 42, the power temperature control device 43 adopts an independent temperature control system, and the working temperature is kept at 40±2℃; the heat energy is transferred to the grease in the grease tank 42 through the heat-conducting rod 44 in a constant-temperature heating mode.

[0041] With reference to Figure 2 and Figure 3 , the walking motor 54 is fixedly connected with a base, and the base is screw-fixedly connected with one concave seat 51; the output shaft of the walking motor 54 is drivingly connected with the driving wheel 52 at the bottom through a belt mechanism 55; the walking motor 54 is fixedly installed through the base, one driving wheel 52 at the bottom is driven to rotate through the belt mechanism 55, so that the grease coating machine has a self-adaptive balance function when moving along the rails by utilizing the two driving wheels 52, the four guide wheels 53 and the gyroscope device 9.

[0042] With reference to Figure 1 and Figure 2 , the electric push rod 61 is rotatably connected with a hinge base 62, the hinge base 62 is fixedly arranged on the T-shaped plate 31, the guide cylinder end of the electric push rod 61 is rotatably installed with the hinge base 62, and the hinge base 62 is fixedly installed on the T-shaped plate 31; when the piston rod of the electric push rod 61 is retracted and extended, the rotating plate 63 drives the corresponding cross rod 64 to rotate, and the Z-shaped plate 65 realizes the rotating and overturning function.

[0043] Working principle: the oil coating machine sets up the handrail assembly 3 of two-way handrail structure, is suitable for single person operation and uses installation, through the transmission rotating plate 63 rotation of electric push rod 61, makes the horizontal rod 64 drive both ends Z-shaped plate 65 rotation, makes four gyro wheel 66 touch ground time, can conveniently slow down the road fast push line movement, and after folding storage gyro wheel 66, oil coating machine is placed installation in rail with two drive wheels 52 and four guide wheels 53, uses walking motor 54 as drive source, makes drive wheel 52 roll, thereby along rail moves, combines two gyroscope equipment 9 installed on the bottom plate 2, makes the back of oil coating machine with adaptive balance function, can use temperature heating device to make the grease in grease tank 42 dilution in small amount, the lubricating grease in grease tank 42 is atomized, uses air pump 81 as power source, uses liposuction tube 82 from grease tank 42 inside extraction atomized grease, through three-way hose 83 delivery two T-shaped tube 84, and T-shaped tube 84 along the track both sides are double nozzle design structure, namely a straight nozzle 85 and an L-shaped nozzle 86, atomized oil realizes the bottom of track bolt fastener coating operation, and the bottom bracket 1 four corners are located above straight nozzle 85 and are provided with visual detection sensor 72, combined with visual positioning system, can accurately position bolt fastener position and grease spraying time, to achieve the efficient maintenance and maintenance of bolt fastener.

Claims

1. A novel self-balancing track fastener grease application machine characterized by: It include: chassis frame (1), the bottom plate (2) is fixedly installed on the chassis frame (1), two gyro devices (9) are detachably installed on the bottom plate (2), handrail assembly (3) is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the bottom plate (2), the box (4) is fixedly connected between the handrail assembly (3) through screw thread, two cavities are arranged in the box (4), the grease tank (42) is fixedly installed in one cavity of the box (4), the power supply device is detachably installed in the other cavity of the box (4), the driving mechanism (5), the moving assembly (6), the detection mechanism (7) and the oil injection mechanism (8) are installed on the chassis frame (1); The driving mechanism (5) includes two driving wheels (52), the driving wheels (52) are rotatably connected with two concave seats (51) respectively, the concave seats (51) are fixedly connected with the chassis frame (1), the concave seats (51) are rotatably installed with guide wheels (53) at the bottom ends, and one of the driving wheels (52) is drivingly connected with a walking motor (54); The moving assembly (6) includes two electric push rods (61), the piston rods of the electric push rods (61) are rotatably connected with two rotating plates (63), the rotating plates (63) are fixedly sleeved with cross bars (64) at the bottom ends, the cross bars (64) are fixedly connected with Z-shaped plates (65) at the ends, and the Z-shaped plates (65) are rotatably installed with rollers (66) through shafts; The detection mechanism (7) includes a mounting seat (71), one mounting seat (71) is fixedly installed at each corner of the chassis frame (1), and a visual detection sensor (72) is fixedly screwed on the bottom of the mounting seat (71); The oil injection mechanism (8) includes an air pump (81), the air pump (81) is fixedly arranged on the bottom plate (2), the air pump (81) is fixedly and communicatively connected with the grease tank (42) through a grease suction pipe (82), the air pump (81) is fixedly and communicatively connected with a three-way hose (83), the three-way hose (83) is fixedly and communicatively connected with two T-shaped pipes (84), one T-shaped pipe (84) is fixedly installed at each end of the chassis frame (1), and one straight nozzle (85) and one L-shaped nozzle (86) are screwedly installed at the two ends of the T-shaped pipe (84).

2. A novel self-balancing track fastener grease application machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: Two first rectangular grooves (21) and a second rectangular groove (22) are formed in the bottom plate (2), the gyro devices (9) are detachably installed in the first rectangular grooves (21) respectively, and the air pump (81) is fixedly installed in the second rectangular groove (22).

3. A novel self-balancing track fastener grease application machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: The handrail assembly (3) includes two T-shaped plates (31), the T-shaped plates (31) are fixedly connected with the bottom plate (2) at the bottom ends, the T-shaped plates (31) are screwedly connected with the box (4) through screws, T-shaped handles (32) are fixedly arranged on the upper surfaces of the T-shaped plates (31), and two concave handles (33) are rotatably installed on the T-shaped plates (31) through shafts.

4. A novel self-balancing track fastener grease application machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: The box (4) is rotatably installed with a box cover (41) at the cavity of the power supply device, a grease tank (42) is provided with a filling opening (421), the grease tank (42) is further fixedly installed with a power temperature control device (43), the power temperature control device (43) is heat transfer connected with a heat conduction rod (44), and the heat conduction rod (44) extends to the inside of the grease tank (42).

5. A novel self-balancing track fastener greasing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: The walking motor (54) is fixedly connected with a base, the base is screwed and fixed on a concave seat (51), and a belt mechanism (55) is in transmission connection between the output shaft of the walking motor (54) and the driving wheel (52) at the bottom.

6. A novel self-balancing track fastener greasing machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein: The electric push rod (61) is rotatably connected with a hinge seat (62), and the hinge seat (62) is fixedly arranged on the T-shaped plate (31).