Design of suspended rail reinforcement

Abstract

The continuous development of coal extraction technology in hard coal mines, including the increased efficiency of the machinery and equipment used in mining, encourages manufacturers to increase the power of these machines. This also entails an increase in their weight. Transporting these machines to their destination, especially to the face, is the task of suspended transport systems, i.e.: a suspended railway system. The proposed solution consists in welding flat bars to the flanges of the I-beam, which will increase the unit weight of the load that can be carried by each car of the transport set moving along the railway. This paper contains a technical description of the modified rail and basic strength calculations, the results of which confirm the advisability of its use.