阅读说明：本技术 自动化集装箱码头水平运输装置及其水平运输方法 (Automatic container terminal horizontal transportation device and horizontal transportation method thereof ) 是由 丁涛 李发军 黄秋霞 田蕊 于 2021-08-23 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种自动化集装箱码头水平运输装置及其水平运输方法,运输装置包括轨道吊,还包括前水平轨道、后水平轨道、竖直轨道和旋转交接模块,所述前水平轨道设置在集装箱装卸桥侧面,所述后水平轨道设置在堆场侧面,所述轨道吊设置在堆场上,所述竖直轨道设置在所述前水平轨道和后水平轨道之间,所述旋转交接模块设置在所述竖直轨道与所述前水平轨道、后水平轨道的相交处,所述竖直轨道分别垂直于所述前水平轨道和所述后水平轨道。本发明避免了大量使用无轨自动引导小车带来的拥堵、复杂的问题,既降低了投资成本和运营成本,也减少了水平运输距离,增加了堆场面积和港口土地使用率,大大提高了整个集装箱码头的装卸效率。(The invention relates to an automatic container terminal horizontal transportation device and a horizontal transportation method thereof, wherein the transportation device comprises a rail crane, a front horizontal rail, a rear horizontal rail, a vertical rail and a rotary connection module, the front horizontal rail is arranged on the side surface of a container loading and unloading bridge, the rear horizontal rail is arranged on the side surface of a storage yard, the rail crane is arranged on the storage yard, the vertical rail is arranged between the front horizontal rail and the rear horizontal rail, the rotary connection module is arranged at the intersection of the vertical rail and the front horizontal rail and the rear horizontal rail, and the vertical rail is respectively vertical to the front horizontal rail and the rear horizontal rail. The invention avoids the problems of congestion and complexity caused by using a large number of trackless automatic guide trolleys, reduces the investment cost and the operation cost, also reduces the horizontal transportation distance, increases the yard area and the land utilization rate of ports, and greatly improves the loading and unloading efficiency of the whole container terminal.)

1. The automatic container wharf horizontal transportation device comprises a rail crane and is characterized by further comprising a front horizontal rail, a rear horizontal rail, a vertical rail and a rotary connection module, wherein the front horizontal rail is arranged on the side surface of a container loading and unloading bridge, the rear horizontal rail is arranged on the side surface of a storage yard, the rail crane is arranged on the storage yard, the vertical rail is arranged between the front horizontal rail and the rear horizontal rail, the rotary connection module is arranged at the intersection of the vertical rail and the front horizontal rail and the intersection of the vertical rail and the rear horizontal rail, and the vertical rail is perpendicular to the front horizontal rail and the rear horizontal rail respectively;

rotatory handing-over module is including setting up the rotating electrical machines at the bottom, be provided with the rotating circular disk on the rotating electrical machines, the rotating electrical machines drive the rotating circular disk rotates, rotating circular disk upper portion be provided with be used for with the cross track that preceding horizontal orbit, back horizontal orbit or vertical track meet.

2. The automated container terminal horizontal transport device of claim 1, wherein the front horizontal rail, rear horizontal rail, and vertical rail are recessed rails.

3. The automated container terminal horizontal transport device of claim 1, wherein a transport trolley for placing a container is disposed on the front horizontal rail, and the transport trolley moves along the horizontal rail.

4. The automated container terminal horizontal transport device of claim 3, wherein the transport trolley is provided with an automatic twist lock for securing a container.

5. The automated container terminal horizontal transport device of claim 1, wherein the rotating disc is provided with a sensing device for sensing a transport trolley.

6. A horizontal transportation method using the automated container terminal horizontal transportation device of claim 1, comprising the steps of:

s1, hoisting the container from the ship from the container loading bridge at the front edge of the wharf;

s2, placing the lifted container on the transport trolley in an idle state on the front horizontal rail by the container loading and unloading bridge, wherein the placement direction of the container is parallel to the direction of the front horizontal rail;

s3, after the container is loaded on the transport trolley, the transport trolley moves along the front horizontal rail to reach the rotary cross-connecting module which is closest to the intersection of the front horizontal rail and the vertical rail;

s4, after the rotary handover module drives the transport trolley to rotate for 90 degrees, the transport trolley is connected with the vertical track;

s5, after the transport trolley leaves the rotary connection module, the transport trolley moves along the vertical track to reach the rotary connection module where the vertical track and the rear horizontal track are intersected;

s6, the rotating cross connection area drives the transport trolley to rotate for 90 degrees and then is connected with the rear horizontal track;

s7, moving the transport trolley along the rear horizontal rail to reach the operation range of the rail crane of the target storage yard;

s8, hoisting the container of the transport trolley by a rail crane of the target storage yard and placing the container at a specified position;

and S9, returning the transport trolley to the position under the container loading and unloading bridge along the original path to wait for the next transportation.

7. The horizontal transportation method as claimed in claim 6, wherein in the step S8, when the designated position of the transportation cart is located deep in the yard, the container is placed at the designated position by a plurality of rail-mounted crane forces.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a horizontal transportation device for a wharf, in particular to a horizontal transportation device for an automatic container wharf and a horizontal transportation method thereof.

Background

In order to reduce operators, reduce operation cost, improve operation efficiency and improve port core competitiveness, more and more countries choose to build new automatic container terminals. The operation process of the prior container terminal mainly comprises three parts: shore operation, horizontal transportation operation and yard operation. Most of the existing automated container terminals use trackless automated guided vehicles (AGVs or IGVs) during horizontal transport operations. Due to the fact that the loading and unloading capacity of the trackless automatic guide trolley is limited and the moving speed of the trackless automatic guide trolley is low, the wharf can meet the operation requirement only by using a large number of trackless automatic guide trolleys. After the number of the trackless automatic guide trolleys reaches a certain degree, the trackless automatic guide trolleys are difficult to control, a powerful IT team is needed to update and upgrade the scheduling algorithm of the trackless automatic guide trolleys, even if the path conflict situation of the trackless automatic guide trolleys still happens frequently, the efficiency cannot be brought into full play, high investment cost and operation cost can be brought, and the daily maintenance difficulty is greatly improved. Meanwhile, other conditions such as strong and weak wireless network signals, heavy rain and heavy fog weather and the like also have great influence on the operation of the trackless automatic guided vehicle. The defect that the trackless automatic guide trolley is used in horizontal transportation operation cannot be ignored any more, and the defect becomes an important factor for limiting the improvement of the loading and unloading efficiency, the reduction of the operation cost and the improvement of the operation safety of the automatic container terminal.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide an automatic container terminal horizontal transportation device and a horizontal transportation method thereof, which can enable the container to move from the front edge of a terminal to a storage yard more quickly and simply, increase the area of the storage yard and improve the land utilization rate of the terminal.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows: the automatic container wharf horizontal transportation device comprises a rail crane, a front horizontal rail, a rear horizontal rail, a vertical rail and a rotary connection module, wherein the front horizontal rail is arranged on the side surface of a container loading and unloading bridge, the rear horizontal rail is arranged on the side surface of a storage yard, the rail crane is arranged on the storage yard, the vertical rail is arranged between the front horizontal rail and the rear horizontal rail, the rotary connection module is arranged at the intersection of the vertical rail and the front horizontal rail and the intersection of the vertical rail and the rear horizontal rail, and the vertical rail is perpendicular to the front horizontal rail and the rear horizontal rail respectively;

rotatory handing-over module is including setting up the rotating electrical machines at the bottom, be provided with the rotating circular disk on the rotating electrical machines, the rotating electrical machines drive the rotating circular disk rotates, rotating circular disk upper portion be provided with be used for with the cross track that preceding horizontal orbit, back horizontal orbit or vertical track meet.

In the above scheme, the front horizontal rail, the rear horizontal rail and the vertical rail are concave rails.

In the scheme, the front horizontal rail is provided with a transport trolley for placing a container, and the transport trolley moves along the horizontal rail.

In the scheme, the transport trolley is provided with an automatic twist lock for fixing the container.

In the scheme, the rotating disc is provided with the sensing device for sensing the transport trolley.

The invention also provides a horizontal transportation method of the horizontal transportation device of the automatic container terminal, which comprises the following steps:

s1, hoisting the container from the ship from the container loading bridge at the front edge of the wharf;

s2, placing the lifted container on the transport trolley in an idle state on the front horizontal rail by the container loading and unloading bridge, wherein the placement direction of the container is parallel to the direction of the front horizontal rail;

s3, after the container is loaded on the transport trolley, the transport trolley moves along the front horizontal rail to reach the rotary cross-connecting module which is closest to the intersection of the front horizontal rail and the vertical rail;

s4, after the rotary handover module drives the transport trolley to rotate for 90 degrees, the transport trolley is connected with the vertical track;

s5, after the transport trolley leaves the rotary connection module, the transport trolley moves along the vertical track to reach the rotary connection module where the vertical track and the rear horizontal track are intersected;

s6, the rotating cross connection area drives the transport trolley to rotate for 90 degrees and then is connected with the rear horizontal track;

s7, moving the transport trolley along the rear horizontal rail to reach the operation range of the rail crane of the target storage yard;

s8, hoisting the container of the transport trolley by a rail crane of the target storage yard and placing the container at a specified position;

and S9, returning the transport trolley to the position under the container loading and unloading bridge along the original path to wait for the next transportation.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, in step S8, when the designated position of the transportation cart is located deep in the yard, the container is placed at the designated position by the plurality of rail crane relays.

The implementation of the horizontal transportation device and the horizontal transportation method of the automatic container terminal has the following beneficial effects:

1. the invention adds a rail transportation and transportation trolley combined transportation mode in the horizontal transportation process of the automatic container terminal, so that the container can move from the front edge of the terminal to a storage yard more quickly and simply. Compared with the prior art, the rail transport trolley is simple and accurate to control, low in quantity requirement and small in maintenance difficulty, and initial investment cost and later-stage operation cost can be greatly reduced.

2. The invention uses the transportation mode of the combination of the rail transit and the transportation trolleys in the horizontal transportation process of the automatic container terminal, avoids the defects of frequent path conflict caused by using a large number of trackless automatic guide trolleys, incapability of fully exerting the efficiency, great influence of weather factors and the like, and can improve the loading and unloading efficiency and the transportation safety of the container terminal.

3. The invention uses a transportation mode of combining rail transit and a transportation trolley in the horizontal transportation operation of the automatic container terminal, can obviously shorten the distance between a storage yard and the front edge of the terminal, can increase the area of the storage yard and improve the land utilization rate of the terminal.

Drawings

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a transportation flow of an automated container terminal horizontal transporter;

fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of a quay-front to yard section of an automated container terminal horizontal transport;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the rotary interface module;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a rotary interface module;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the transport cart.

Detailed Description

For a more clear understanding of the technical features, objects and effects of the present invention, embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the horizontal transportation device of the automated container terminal of the present invention includes a track crane 6, a front horizontal rail 8, a rear horizontal rail 11, a vertical rail 9, and a rotary joint module 10, wherein the front horizontal rail 8, the rear horizontal rail 11, and the vertical rail 9 are recessed rails. The front horizontal rail 8 is arranged on the side surface of the container loading and unloading bridge 1, the rear horizontal rail 11 is arranged on the side surface of the storage yard 7, and the rail crane 6 is arranged on the storage yard 7. The vertical rail 9 is arranged between the front horizontal rail 8 and the rear horizontal rail 11, the intersection of the vertical rail 9 and the front horizontal rail 8 and the intersection of the vertical rail 9 and the rear horizontal rail 11 are rotary cross-connecting modules 10, and the vertical rail 9 is respectively vertical to the front horizontal rail 8 and the rear horizontal rail 11;

the front horizontal rail 8 is provided with a transport trolley 4 capable of placing a container, and the transport trolley 4 can move along the horizontal rail. The transport trolley 4 is provided with an automatic twist lock 5 which can fix the container. When the container size is 20 feet, the container is placed in the middle groove position of the transport trolley 4. When the container size is 40 feet, the container is placed on the raised position of the transport trolley 4.

The container ship 2 is loaded and unloaded at the front edge of the wharf by using a loading and unloading trolley 3 on a container loading and unloading bridge 1. The yard 7 is jointly responsible for the stacking or dismounting operation of the containers in the yard by using a plurality of rail cranes. Wherein a special track crane 12 with an overhanging function is arranged close to the rear horizontal track 11, so that the lifting appliance of the track crane can directly load and unload the transport trolley 4 on the nearest rear horizontal track 11. Disposed away from the rear horizontal rail 11 is a universal rail hanger 13. The number of vertical rails 9 arranged between the front horizontal rail 8 and the rear horizontal rail 11 may be determined by the number of container loading bridges and yards.

The intersection of the horizontal track and the vertical track 9 is a rotary intersection region, a rotary intersection module 10 is arranged in the rotary intersection region, a rotary disc 14 capable of rotating in situ is arranged on the rotary intersection region of the rotary intersection module 10, the rotary disc 14 is flush with the ground, and a rotary motor 15 is arranged below the rotary disc 14 and can drive the rotary disc 14 to realize the in situ rotation function. The cross track 2 is arranged above the rotating disc 14 and is closely connected with the front horizontal track 8, the rear horizontal track 11 and the vertical track 9 respectively. Be provided with induction system above rotating disc 14, when induction system induced rotating disc 14 top has travelling bogie 4 to stop, induction system sent rotation signal to rotating electrical machines 15, and rotating electrical machines 15 device received the signal and just driven rotating disc 14 autogiration 90 degrees, and the cross track on rotating disc 14 once more meets with back horizontal orbit 11, vertical track 9 closely, and travelling bogie 4 leaves the rotation cross-over district.

The invention also provides a horizontal transportation method by using the horizontal transportation device of the automatic container terminal, which comprises the following steps:

s1, hoisting the container from the ship from the container loading bridge 1 at the front edge of the wharf;

s2, placing the container lifted by the container loading and unloading bridge 1 on the transport trolley 4 in an idle state on the front horizontal rail 8, wherein the placement direction of the container is parallel to the direction of the front horizontal rail 8;

s3, after the container is loaded on the transport trolley 4, the container moves along the front horizontal rail 8 to reach the rotary cross-connecting module 10 which is closest to the intersection of the front horizontal rail 8 and the vertical rail 9;

s4, after the rotary handover module 10 drives the transport trolley 4 to rotate for 90 degrees, the rotary handover module is connected with the vertical track 9;

s5, after the transport trolley 4 leaves the rotary transfer module 10, the transport trolley moves along the vertical track 9 to reach the rotary transfer module 10 where the vertical track 9 and the rear horizontal track 11 are intersected;

s6, the rotary cross-connecting area drives the transport trolley 4 to rotate 90 degrees and then is connected with the rear horizontal rail 11;

s7, moving the transport trolley 4 along the rear horizontal rail 11 to reach the operation range of the rail crane of the target storage yard 7;

s8, hoisting the container of the transport trolley 4 by the rail crane of the target storage yard 7 and placing the container at a designated position; when the designated position of the transport trolley 4 is positioned at the deep position of the storage yard 7, the containers are placed at the designated position by a plurality of rail crane relay forces.

And S9, returning the emptied transport trolley 4 to the position below the container loading and unloading bridge 1 along the original path to wait for the next transportation.

The above is the ship unloading process, and the ship loading process is the opposite.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.