Overhead Monorail Turnout Rotatable Movable Rails
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing turnout apparatuses for overhead monorails fail to achieve accurate docking between movable and fixed guide rails, resulting in bumpy rides and wear on the monorail wheels, posing safety and stability risks due to angle and gap issues during track changes.
Innovation Solution
A turnout apparatus with a frame, input and output fixed rails, and rotatable movable rails, featuring a triangular bracket and a driving device, including a two-way hydraulic pump and motors, allows for precise rotation of the movable rails to ensure accurate docking and reduce wear, utilizing arc-shaped sections and rolling bearings for smooth operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing turnout apparatus changes the track, then the overhead monorail can reach more places, but the movable guide rail and the fixed guide rail cannot be accurately docked, causing angle and gap issues
Solution Approach 1:
The movable guide rail is designed to rotate about a horizontal axis, transitioning from a static to a dynamic structure. This rotation mechanism allows the movable rail to align precisely with different fixed rails, eliminating docking gaps and angle issues while maintaining track switching capability
Solution Approach 2:
The orientation angle of the movable guide rail is changed through rotation about a horizontal axis. By adjusting this parameter, the rail can achieve accurate alignment with different fixed rails, resolving the docking precision problem while preserving adaptability
2Adaptability or versatility
If the movable guide rail and fixed guide rail are not accurately docked, then track switching is possible, but the overhead monorail becomes too bumpy when passing through, causing wear to the wheels
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable movable rail provides a dynamic adjustment mechanism that ensures smooth transitions between tracks. By rotating to the correct orientation, the rail eliminates bumps and impacts, reducing wheel wear and improving safety and stability
Solution Approach 2:
The rotation mechanism allows the movable rail to be positioned in advance for accurate alignment with the incoming monorail. This pre-alignment prevents sudden impacts and bumps during track switching, cushioning the transition and protecting the wheels from excessive wear
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus ensures accurate and stable track changes, reducing the bumpiness and wear on the monorail wheels, enhancing safety and stability by enabling precise alignment and smooth movement through the use of rotatable and hydraulically driven movable rails.
Implementation Method 1
a two-way hydraulic pump and motors are arranged at one end of the frame
Implementation Method 2
utilizing arc-shaped sections and rolling bearings for smooth operation
Data Source
AI summary
A turnout apparatus for an overhead monorail includes a frame, an input fixed rail docking an input rail, output fixed rails each docking an output rail, and movable rails disposed between the input fixed rail and the output fixed rails. The input fixed rail is disposed at one end of the frame. The output fixed rails include a first output fixed rail and a second output fixed rail disposed at the other end of the frame. The movable rails include a first movable rail docking the input fixed rail and the first output fixed rail, and a second movable rail docking the input fixed rail and the second output fixed rail. The first and second movable rails are fixed and rotatable about a horizontal line as an axis. Directions toward which upper rail surfaces of the first movable rail and the second movable rail face differ by 180 degrees.