Description
The Automatic Conveyor Belt CB15 has been designed to unload ballast inside hopper wagons.
The CB15 belt can be placed on the rail wagon and can be easily transported by standard road trailer. The
system is composed of a rubber belt having roller supports and driven by a Diesel engine.
The old ballast flows from the ballast-cleaning machine at the head of the train.
During this ballast transfer, the operator can decide from which wagon he will start the load (generally
from the last unit). The machine can be operated automatically with a radio control. The deflector of the
trolley descends on the rubber belt, forcing the ballast to fall inside the wagon below (plough effect).
With a double-powered sensor system, the PLC independently manages the load of the wagon until the
procedure is completed.
Once the wagon loading process is completed, the PLC installed on each belt activates the automatic cycle
of the preceding belt until the unloading into all wagons is completed.
After the loading operation, the belt places the trolley in the rest position and stops.
It is possible to keep the engine running to provide lighting if necessary while night working.
Due to the automatic system, one operator is able to manage the load of more than one wagon, following
the working operations on the monitor installed on each belt, thus avoiding dangerous access and egress
work at height maneuvers’ on the wagons.
A Control Panel operates the whole system with PLC pushbutton to control 10 belts simultaneously or
independently.
Ballast flow : 700 m³ /h
Diesel engine power: 53 kW
Emergency engine stop
Safety stop for conveyor speed
Overall Safety stop (all CB15 concatenated units)
Foldable system allowing it to be transported by road trailer