Modulo30 Ballast Transport Systems - Colmar

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Modulo30

Ballast Transport Systems - Colmar

Preparation, filling and emptying: The conveying and silos units for waste material of “ Modulo” type, are designed and manufactured as standard containers to be arranged on standard flat wagons.

Big quantities of waste material that must be correctly disposed result from the renewal of ballast and different tracks. In the past, such waste material was usually deposited along the track; nowadays, stricter rules require transporting it to a suitable place for discharging and disposal. In particular cases, such as stations, tunnels or trenches, the only possible solution is to load the waste material on wagons. A rapid and flexible way to transport new ballast is a task that requires a feasible and convenient solution.

MODULO meets following requirements:

- Full automation of loading, conveying, accumulation and discharging operations;

- Adaptation to the site conditions or to the specific task, without any problems;

- Optimization of the Ballast Cleaning Machine performances;

- Reduction of labour costs;

- Each “Modulo” has its individual power supply.

The loading platform of “Modulo” is offered with a conveyor belt system to load and transport the waste material to the following “Modulo” units.

Load and transport of the waste material from the Ballast Cleaning Machine:

The conveyor belt on the front side of “Modulo “is designed in such a way that it can slew on the 3 axes (x, y and z). The conveyor belt transports the waste material to the next “Modulo” during loading operations. By rotating the conveyor belt it is also possible to discharge the waste material or ballast on the side of the track, both to the left and to the right, or on other wagons and road vehicles. A certain number of “Modulo” units, positioned on railway wagons, can be used to transport any kind of material and travel in train compositions of the required length.

Load and transport of new ballast from working site and waste material from Ballast Cleaning Machine:

This can be done by positioning a further conveyor belt on the upper part of each “Modulo” unit. By attaching the wagons to the Ballast Cleaning Machine in the opposite direction, it is possible to reach the working site with a new train composition consisting of a certain number of wagons – all loaded with fresh ballast, but one empty wagon.

When the Ballast Cleaning Machine starts working, the waste material is transferred to the upper conveyor belts and conveyed to the last “Modulo “unit, which was purposely not loaded. At the same time, the new ballast is transferred to the Ballast Cleaning Machine by means of the lower conveyor belt of “MODULO” unit: in this way, while the new ballast is discharged, the newly available space is filled with the waste material. Given the limits of the working site lengths, using this system we are able to double the production capacity. As a matter of fact, the two traditional working trains, one for the transportation of new materials and one for loading the waste material, are no longer required. Provided that the loading system is controlled automatically, the number of workers shall be reduced; only one person is required to control both loading and unloading operations, contrary to the traditional system which required two workers, one for loading and one for unloading operations.

Technical characteristics of “ MODULO”: Innovative system for the transportation and disposal of ballast utilising a 30 ft., or 40ft, container. It can be positioned on any type of flat wagon, provided with twist-locks, equipped with blocks for the twist locks and transportable by a container carrying truck, according to the allowed dimensions.

• Load compartment with rubber belt for a rapid and easy evacuation of the ballast;

• Walls coated with wear resisting material (Polizene); • Back conveyor belt, foldable to facilitate the transport, with adjustable vertical and transversal inclination and side oscillation;

• Available to fit customer specifications, and for all rail gauges;

• Hydraulic unit, provided with endothermic Diesel engine of 100 kW approx., quickly interchangeable;

• Closed circuit hydraulic system for driving the conveyor belt, hopper and discharging belt;

• Open circuit hydraulic system for all other services;

• Hydraulic safety sockets, in case of failure, for the adjustment to gauge of Modulo;

• Capacity (volume): 30 m3 

• Empty weight:  about 10 t,

• Length (in transport position):  12,500 mm

• Length (in work mode):  16,000 mm

• Width (in transport/work mode): 2,550 mm;

• Height (in transport position):  2,550 mm

• Radio control unit to operate up to 20 Modulo units;

• Spare remote control unit, one for each Modulo, in case of failure of the radio control unit.

“MODULO” in combination with a Ballast Cleaning Machine:

- The wagons on which the “Modulo” units have been positioned are attached to the Ballast Cleaning Machine;

- The transport capacity of the conveyor belt, from the Ballast Cleaning Machine to the “Modulo” units, is up to 900 m3 /h of waste material/ballast;

- The train for the transportation of the material is loaded in a continuous way, starting from the last unit to the first;

- Once the rear half of the “Modulo” train is loaded, those wagons are attached to a locomotive and transferred to the discharge place;

- In the meantime, the “Modulo” units which remained attached to the Ballast Cleaning Machine have been loaded;

- After having attached the wagons to the “Modulo” units loaded with ballast, the accumulated material is quickly transferred to the last half of the train just emptied;

- Working cycle can start again as soon as the first half of the “Modulo” train units is loaded again.

In this way, the Ballast Cleaning Machine can work without interruptions. The number of “Modulo” units used depends, among other things, on the quantity of material that will be handled, on the distance between working site and discharge site and on the speed of the Ballast Cleaning Machine.

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