Attending device
The present invention relates to a kind of automated maintenance equipment for wide area surface, this maintenance equipment comprises the movable support system, wherein, this mounting system comprises at least one vertical support frame tower, be provided with at least two arm systems at this supporting tower, and each arm system can be made perpendicular movement along the vertical support frame tower via carrier unit; And, the present invention relates to the application of this maintenance equipment aspect the outer wall of processing and/or inspection steamer hull and/or steel structure tank.
In many technical fields, be necessary to check and process surface that particularly be formed from steel, the large tracts of land structured surface.For example, the hull of steamer must protect to prevent corrosion with the interval of regulation.For this reason, remove old damaged coating with special method, so as subsequently can be enough the steel that has the cleaned surface of coating material coating steamer hull.The method is called as " again applying ".The working strength of manual execution the method is very large, and usually can be unhealthful for the personnel that participate in.Owing to relating to larger area, thus need in addition expensive and framework structure complexity, in order to can arrive each position of hull.Also can adopt lifting table and crane structure, but can not get rid of in this case the larger health hazard for the workmen.
EP0640440A1 has described a kind of surface-treated equipment of freestanding, the perpendicular wall especially for steamer.Vehicle frame with two mast elements is provided, and being provided with at this vehicle frame can be with respect to the cabin of steamer wall motion.This equipment relates to larger, inflexible equipment, and this equipment particularly is not suitable for for the front portion (Bug) of processing the steamer hull very much.
US Patent the 4th, 285 also discloses a kind of equipment that cleans vertical wall No. 469, and this equipment comprises the water injecting system for cleaning steamer hull, and is fixedly mounted in harbour embankment place.This equipment is not suitable for fully for movable application scenario.
US Patent the 3rd, 548,541 have described a kind of equipment of the above-mentioned type, and this equipment comprises vertical rack, is provided with the horizontal stand of work chamber at this vertical rack.Because the structure of horizontal stand, this equipment generally only has less alerting ability, is only applicable in addition carry out single operation during " again coating ", namely carries out the processing of sandblasting.
Described a kind of maintenance system in applicant's WO2010/057942A1, this maintenance system provides a certain amount of flexibility ratio.But arm system is arranged on the horizontal stand, thereby arm system always need to operate in the equal height section.
DE202009002519U1 discloses a kind of attending device of the above-mentioned type, and wherein, two Lift Parts with extension arm are arranged on the tower, and these Lift Parts only can independently of one another displacement in limited scope.Upper Lift Part limits the upward movement of second component downwards, and the upward movement of the upper Lift Part of lower Lift Part restriction.
Therefore task of the present invention is, eliminates the above-mentioned shortcoming of prior art and a kind of equipment of the above-mentioned type is provided, and this equipment has extra high alerting ability when it uses.
This task of following solution according to the present invention, namely at least two carrier units are arranged on opposite edges and/or the opposite side of supporting tower, and can be vertically mobile independently of one another.Because this structure of carrier unit, they can move along the whole length of vertical support frame tower basically independently of one another, and not each other impact.
In order to improve this independent perpendicular movement of arm system, each carrier unit is assigned independent zone and control unit.Therefore, each arm system can be totally independent of another arm system ground operation, also is like this even if do not use arm system for for example maintenance purpose.Driver element is arranged to the cable capstan system in special better mode.Can also adopt other drive system the soaring device such in applicant's WO2010/025977A1.
In special preferred embodiment of the present invention, be arranged at least one arm system at least one tool retainer that holds automation tools, wherein, preferably, select automation tools from comprising for the group of injector head, application head and the check system of water or different particulates.
In another embodiment of the present invention, supporting tower can be assembled with modular mode.This provides following advantage, that is, supporting tower is transported to desired locations in the mode of compactness also can be at this position Rapid Establishment.The height of supporting tower can be according to the structure of module and number and up to 36 meters.
Supporting tower will advantageously be based upon on the pedestal, be provided with feedway at this pedestal, and this feedway is used for arm system and is arranged on instrument on the arm system, and these feedwaies are especially for electric power, water and pressurized air are provided.Give by this central supplying, further improve the maintenance according to maintenance system of the present invention.
In special preferred embodiment of the present invention, supporting tower comprises at least one bearing set in the end place of pedestal dorsad at it, and this bearing set is stabilized in supporting tower on the vertical orientation with respect to pending surface.
Additionally can come in the mode of guide track system superior displacement the specific alerting ability of support maintenance equipment with mounting system.Mounting system can also alternatively be arranged on the power actuated vehicle.
Above-mentioned maintenance equipment is particularly suitable for processing and/or the inspection of steamer hull and/or cylinder of steel outer wall.
Below, the non-limiting example shown in is with reference to the accompanying drawings explained the present invention in more detail, wherein:
Fig. 1 illustrates the first view of maintenance equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates the second view of the maintenance equipment of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 illustrates the detail drawing of arm system of the maintenance equipment of Fig. 1, and
Fig. 4 illustrates the detail drawing of bearing set of the maintenance equipment of Fig. 1.
Maintenance equipment 100 according to the present invention comprises the pedestal 110 according to Fig. 1 and 2, and this pedestal can be shifted via guide track system in this embodiment of the present invention.Shown in being based upon, supporting tower 120 on the pedestal 110, is provided with two arm systems 130 that can be shifted independently of one another at this supporting tower.For supporting tower 120 is stabilized on its vertical orientation, in the end regions that deviates from pedestal of supporting tower, be provided with bearing set 140, this bearing set provides supporting against pending surface at the on period of attending device 100 for supporting tower 120, and this surface is the hull 200 of steamer in this example.Ladder 121(Fig. 4) be additionally provided on the inside of supporting tower 120, this ladder provides emergency access to arm system 130 and/or bearing set 140.
On pedestal 110, also be provided with control and feedway 150, by this control and feedway, to each element of maintenance equipment 100, particularly arm system 130 supply capabilities, pressurized air, different cleaning and coated media, hydraulic pressure etc.Similarly; particularly on pedestal 110, be provided with two cabins 151 for the operation of two arm systems 130; wherein, operating personal is carried out control and the supervision of arm system 130 and maintenance equipment 100 fully independently of one another in the protected environment that avoids perimeter impact.
Fig. 3 at length illustrates arm system 130.Arm system 130 is arranged on a side of supporting tower 120 via carrier unit 131, wherein, the runner that is arranged on both sides 132 of carrier unit 131 cooperates with an edge 122 of supporting tower 120 respectively, and is for example driven by the cord drive system, to produce the vertical movement of arm system 130.The deflection sheave 123 of tethered system is shown in Figure 4 for the upper end that is in supporting tower 120.
Carrier unit 131 also comprises platform 133, is fixed with the substructure 134 of telescopic boom 135 at this platform, and this telescopic boom is arranged on the described substructure rotationally.As to the substituting of arm 135 shown in extending four times, other arm system that is used for supplying with a plurality of bend arms of instrument 136 of the end that is attached to arm or other device and so on can be attached to carrier unit 134.
Instrument 136 is advantageously controlled in full automatic mode, and for example is used for inspection, cleaning or coating surface.Collection container 137 is additionally provided on the carrier unit 134, and wherein, the refuse that produces by instrument 136 clean surface the time at first separates with fluid composition by for example cyclone, and is collected.
Because two carrier units 134 are arranged on the toward each other both sides (as shown in figs. 1 and 2) of supporting tower 120, they can move on the whole length of supporting tower 120 in fact independently of one another, and can not affect their motions each other.Thus, particularly can effectively process the hull 200 of the surface of examine and/or processing, particularly steamer at the differing heights place.Similarly, can for example only adopt an arm system 130, and the second arm system 130 remains in the zone of pedestal 110.Thus, the shutdown times of maintenance equipment will significantly be reduced.
Bearing set 140 shown in Figure 4.This bearing set comprises two flexible supporting members 141, and these supporting members act on independently of one another, and comprises runner 142, and against steamer hull 200 and the upper end of supporting bracket tower 120.Only need a supporting member 141 as the functional supporting of maintenance equipment 100.When the first supporting member 141 can not effectively use owing to structure situation (for example, hatch), the second supporting member 141 was in particular as the possibility of evading.
If further move with another zone of arriving steamer hull 200 by arm system and should the zone with post-processing along guide track system according to maintenance equipment 110 of the present invention, owing to the different curvature of steamer hull 200 changes, this distance compensates by the angle of bend that changes two supporting members 141 distance between supporting tower 120 and the steamer hull 200 alternatively.Simultaneously, runner 142 allows supporting tower 120 along the simple displacement of steamer hull 200, and does not destroy its surface.
It will be appreciated that and the invention is not restricted to above-described embodiment.Another associated advantages of the present invention is lower to the requirement in space, and this is by the vertical support frame tower is combined with two arm systems, and arm system is vertical movement independently of one another, and can arrive each zone on pending surface.