WAGON FOR TRANSPORT AND CONTROLLED TILTING OF HYGROSCOPIC MATERIAL

摘要

The invention refers to a wagon for transport and controlled tilting of hygroscopic material. Wagon is comprised of frame (1) equipped with bogies (3) and with at least two controllable wagon boxes (2). Each wagon box (2) has on each of the lateral sides one or more controllable lateral segments (2.2) for lateral tilting and an additional frontal segment (2.3) in case the box (2) is placed at the fore/aft end of the wagon frame (1). The wagon has the ability of controlled lateral tilting, achieved by regulation of inclination of the wagon box (2), as well as by regulation of displacement of the lower edge of the controllable lateral segment (2.2). Additionally, the wagon has a tarpaulin (7.1) which is automatically wound and unwound over the cargo space (2.5) of each of the boxes (2), and where the winding mechanism does not take space from the wagon cargo space (2.4). Programmable logic controller (PLC) oversees tilting operations in order to prevent wagon from tipping-over.