BALLAST DELIVERY AND COMPUTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
摘要
A method for delivering ballast to a section of railroad track includes measuring an existing ballast profile of a section of railroad track using a remote sensing system, and providing a signal indicative thereof to a first computer. Using the first computer, the existing ballast profile is compared with an ideal ballast profile to compute a track file representing a volume of additional ballast needed as a function of linear position along the section of railroad track, and data representing the track file is transmitted to a second computer of an automatic ballast dump train. Ballast is dumped along the section of railroad track according to the track file under control of the second computer.
申请公布号
CA2770923(A1)
申请公布日期
2012.09.04
申请号
CA20122770923
申请日期
2012.03.05
申请人
GEORGETOWN RAIL EQUIPMENT COMPANY
发明人
TURNER, H. LYNN;BACHMAN, NATHAN;SHELL, WILLIAM C.;VANVOORST, BRIAN ROGER;ROZACKY, DAVID;MARTINEZ, CARLOS;AARON, CHARLES W.;OBRANOVICH, CHARLES RICHARD;SHACKLETON, JOHN JOSEPH, JR.;HOWARD, JOEL SCOTT