CN204129785U - Tunnel cable fault inspection system - Google Patents

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CN204129785U
CN204129785U CN201420511817.0U CN201420511817U CN204129785U CN 204129785 U CN204129785 U CN 204129785U CN 201420511817 U CN201420511817 U CN 201420511817U CN 204129785 U CN204129785 U CN 204129785U
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The utility model discloses a kind of tunnel cable fault inspection system, comprise the inspection car automatically run, described inspection car is installed with the control module of the Master Control Center wireless connections of pulpit, for tunnel inner cable is patrolled and examined signal gathering unit, for providing the lighting unit of illumination for signal gathering unit, and for providing the power supply unit of electric energy, the signal input part of the signal output part connection control unit of described signal gathering unit, the power end of power supply unit difference connection control unit, information acquisition unit, lighting unit; It also comprises the positioning unit for positioning inspection car, the signal output part connection control unit of described positioning unit.The utility model structure is simple, can complete patrolling and examining cable automatically without the need to manually entering tunnel, can Timeliness coverage outward appearance damaged, jig is opened, the cable that comes off, and safeguards in time, ensures traffic safety.The utility model is applicable to detect the cable in various bridge tunnel.

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Tunnel cable fault inspection system
Technical field
The utility model belongs to Tunnel testing field, relates to the pick-up unit of a kind of tunnel cable, specifically a kind of tunnel cable fault inspection system.
Background technology
At present, tunnel becomes the important component part of communications and transportation.The multiple cable such as the communications cable, power cable is generally provided with in tunnel, after these cables are runed for a long time, due to many reasons there will be cable damage, the fault such as come off, the pressure wave that such as high vehicle speeds causes in tunnel and microbarometric wave move and impact, or the impact of the disaster such as infiltration, freeze thawing and damaging appears in the cable that causes, have a strong impact on once circuit goes wrong to cause driving.
In order to prevent cable fault on the impact of vehicle operating, railroad personnel needs timing to patrol and examine the cable in tunnel, Timeliness coverage failure cable, and safeguards it, ensures traffic safety.Existing method for inspecting is checked associated cable path for staff enters into tunnel internal, and investigates hidden danger point.But, because cable is fixed in tunnel wall, the position of 3 to 4 meters and erection is above the ground level, and ground uneven in tunnel, there is no illuminations, cause manual inspection very difficult, patrol and examine efficiency extremely low, extend the time given warning in advance, and add the security risk of driving.
In addition, for the result that tunnel is patrolled and examined, the test signal transmitting and receiving module arranged respectively between two connected direct discharging stations is utilized to transmit, the performance parameter of real-time judge cable is carried out by analyzing the test signal level received, and for the cable at two ends, tunnel, utilize the test signal transmitter module that communications cable end is arranged, or adopt the real-time detection of standing-wave ratio (SWR) detection method realization to the communications cable.
Simultaneously, whether the above-mentioned detection to cable can only detect the performance index of cable, such as, have signal to launch, whether there is standing-wave ratio (SWR) etc., whether cannot have apparent breakage to cable, whether holding clamp comes off etc. is detected, and then cable cannot be prevented to come off to the danger caused of driving a vehicle.
Utility model content
The technical problems to be solved in the utility model, be to provide a kind of tunnel cable fault inspection system, this system can carry out unmanned automatically making an inspection tour to the cable in tunnel, time saving and energy saving, and can occur that damaged, jig is opened, opened the cable come off by Timeliness coverage, and process in time, ensure traffic safety;
Another one object of the present utility model, is to provide a kind of tunnel cable fault method for inspecting utilizing above-mentioned cruising inspection system to realize.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the technical scheme that the utility model adopts is:
A kind of tunnel cable fault inspection system, it comprises
The inspection car of automatic operation, described inspection car is installed with the control module of the Master Control Center wireless connections of pulpit, for tunnel inner cable is patrolled and examined information acquisition unit, for providing the lighting unit of illumination for information acquisition unit, and for providing the power supply unit of electric energy, the signal input part of the signal output part connection control unit of described information acquisition unit, the power end of power supply unit difference connection control unit, information acquisition unit, lighting unit; It also comprises the positioning unit for positioning inspection car, and described positioning unit is fixedly arranged on the wheel of inspection car, its signal output part connection control unit.
As to restriction of the present utility model: described inspection car comprises headstock and the tailstock, described control module, power supply unit are fixedly arranged in headstock, the tailstock is installed with fixed support, described information acquisition unit and lighting unit are fixedly arranged on fixed support, and information acquisition unit is by the control module in connection headstock.
As to further restriction of the present utility model: described information acquisition unit comprises line-scan digital camera, and line-scan digital camera is fixedly arranged on fixed support; Described lighting unit comprises lighting lamp group, and described lighting lamp group is fixedly arranged on fixed support by bracket institution.
Further limit as to of the present utility model: described information acquisition unit also comprises the adjusting mechanism adjusted line-scan digital camera focal length and shooting angle, described adjusting mechanism comprises the revolving part for adjusting line-scan digital camera shooting angle, and range observation part, the force piece be fixedly arranged on each camera of spacing for slotted line array camera and tunnel, described line-scan digital camera is fixedly arranged on fixed support by revolving part, the control signal output terminal of revolving part connection control unit; Described range observation part is fixedly arranged on fixed support, the detection signal input end of its signal output part connection control unit, the control signal output terminal control linkage force piece of control module, the clutch end of force piece is installed with the focusing gear be meshed with the focusing ring that line-scan digital camera camera lens sets firmly, and the light modulation gear be meshed with the aperture ring that line-scan digital camera camera lens sets firmly.
To sum up, owing to have employed above-mentioned technical scheme, compared with prior art, acquired technical progress is the utility model:
(1) tunnel of the present utility model cable fault inspection Operation system setting has the inspection car automatically run, inspection car is provided with information acquisition unit and lighting unit, automatically collection to tunnel inner cable information can be completed without the need to manually entering tunnel, simultaneously lighting unit can the work of mating information collecting unit, the image making information acquisition unit gather is more clear, and collection result is more accurate;
(2) information acquisition unit of tunnel of the present utility model cable fault inspection system is provided with the adjusting mechanism adjusted focal length and the angle of line-scan digital camera, according to the focal length when shooting angle of the width adjustment line-scan digital camera in tunnel and shooting, can ensure that the image that line-scan digital camera photographs is the most clear;
(3) tunnel of the present utility model cable fault inspection system is also provided with positioning unit, and can detect the position at inspection car place in real time, and send positional information to control module, the information detected by positioning unit can determine the position of cable fault.
In sum, tunnel of the present utility model cable fault inspection system architecture is simple, can complete patrolling and examining cable automatically without the need to manually entering tunnel, can see damaged by Timeliness coverage, the cable that jig is opened, come off, and safeguard in time, ensure traffic safety.
The utility model is applicable to detect the cable in various bridge tunnel.
The utility model is described in further detail below in conjunction with Figure of description and specific embodiment.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of tunnel cable fault inspection system in the utility model embodiment;
Fig. 2 is the partial enlargement structural representation of hookup wire array camera 4 part in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of line-scan digital camera 4 in the utility model embodiment;
Fig. 4 is the mounting structure schematic diagram of the utility model embodiment photo electrical tacho generator 14;
Fig. 5 is the workflow diagram of the utility model embodiment.
In figure: 1 ~ headstock, 2 ~ tailstock, 3 ~ control module, 4 ~ line-scan digital camera, 5 ~ fixed support, 6 ~ revolving part, 7 ~ range observation part, 8 ~ force piece, 9 ~ micro-reducer, 10 ~ light modulation gear, 11 ~ focusing gear, 12 ~ lighting lamp group, 13 ~ support, 14 ~ photo electrical tacho generator, 15 ~ wheel shaft, 16 ~ axle box cover.
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embodimenta kind of tunnel cable fault inspection system
In the present embodiment, tunnel cable fault inspection system reference Fig. 1, it comprises:
(1) inspection car automatically run, adopt railway fuel oil locomotive as inspection car in the present embodiment, F-Zero can reach 80KM/h.As shown in Figure 1, described inspection car comprises headstock 1 and the tailstock 2, and headstock 1 with the lower surface of the tailstock 2 are equipped with wheel.In the present embodiment, headstock 1 is carriage-type structure, and inside is installed with the control module 3 with the Master Control Center wireless connections of pulpit; The tailstock 2 is a flat board, can as mounting seat for installing miscellaneous part.
(2) to the information acquisition unit that tunnel inner cable is patrolled and examined.Information acquisition unit in the present embodiment as shown in Figure 2, comprise the line-scan digital camera 4 gathering tunnel inner cable image information, described line-scan digital camera 4 is fixedly arranged on the tailstock 2 by fixed support 5, and the image information that isochrone array camera 4 collects sends the control module 3 arranged in headstock 1 to by circuit.
In order to ensure that line-scan digital camera 4 can photograph picture clearly, the information acquisition unit of the present embodiment also comprises the adjusting mechanism adjusted focal length and the shooting angle of line-scan digital camera 4, described adjusting mechanism comprises the revolving part 6 for adjusting line-scan digital camera 4 shooting angle, and for range observation part 7, the force piece 8 that be fixedly arranged on line-scan digital camera 4 on of slotted line array camera 4 with the spacing in tunnel.Revolving part 6 in the present embodiment adopts rotary head of the prior art, and line-scan digital camera 4 is installed on rotary head, and rotary head is fixedly arranged on revolving part 6, the control of the control signal of controlled unit 3 output of rotary head simultaneously.
Range observation part 7 in the present embodiment adopts laser range finder of the prior art, is fixedly arranged on the two ends of fixed support 5 respectively with line-scan digital camera 4.The detection signal input end of the signal output part connection control unit 3 of described laser range finder, namely the laser range finder in the present embodiment can detect the distance (i.e. the width in tunnel) between inspection car and tunnel wall in real time, and the data detected are real-time transmitted to control module 3.
Force piece 8 in the present embodiment as shown in Figure 3, adopt micromotor, described micromotor is fixedly arranged on the side of line-scan digital camera 4, the clutch end of micromotor connects micro-reducer 9, the power output shaft of described micro-reducer 9 is installed with light modulation gear 10 and focusing gear 11, described light modulation gear 10 is meshed with the aperture ring that line-scan digital camera 4 camera lens sets firmly, and described focusing gear 11 is meshed with the lens focusing ring that line-scan digital camera 4 camera lens sets firmly.Meanwhile, the control signal that the micromotor reception control unit 3 in embodiment sends.
(3) for providing the lighting unit of illumination for information acquisition unit.Lighting unit in the present embodiment as shown in Figure 2, comprise two row's lighting lamp group 12, described lighting lamp group 12 of often organizing is formed by 5 LED illumination lamp, and two groups of lighting lamp group 12 are also fixedly arranged on fixed support 5, in order to guarantee as line-scan digital camera 4 provides good illuminating effect, when arranging, two row's lighting lamp group 12 are fixedly arranged on the fixed support 5 between line-scan digital camera 4 and laser range finder jointly by support 13.
(4) positioning unit for positioning inspection car, positioning unit in the present embodiment comprises photo electrical tacho generator 14 of the prior art, described photo electrical tacho generator 14 is fixedly arranged on the axletree of inspection car by stationary installation, and its signal output part is by DISCHARGE PULSES EXTRACTION model calling control module 3.
As shown in Figure 4, be provided with axle box cover 16 outside the wheel shaft 15 of described inspection car wheel, photo electrical tacho generator 14 is fixedly arranged on axle box cover 16, in order to ensure the precision detected, described photo electrical tacho generator 14 is arranged with wheel shaft 15 coaxial line, and rotates with wheel shaft 15.
(5) power supply unit, for the electric energy provided for above-mentioned information acquisition unit, lighting unit, positioning unit.Adopt accumulator of the prior art as power supply unit in the present embodiment, it is fixedly arranged in headstock 1, and the power input of the voltage output end of accumulator difference link information collecting unit, lighting unit, positioning unit.
In addition, store the clear picture data of collection, kilometer post given data, operating distance data, contrast model database, basic database in the control module 3 of the present embodiment, these data all draw according to by test.
The tunnel cable fault method for inspecting of the present embodiment, rely on aforesaid tunnel cable fault inspection system to realize, as shown in Figure 5, this tunnel cable fault method for inspecting comprises the following steps:
(A) preliminary work: all parts is assembled according to Fig. 1, after inspection car is normally opened and is entered into tunnel, control module 3 in headstock 1 controls that lighting unit is opened, information acquisition unit starts to gather initial value, and control module 3 is according to the shooting angle of the information adjustment line-scan digital camera 4 gathered and shooting focal length.Meanwhile, the staff being positioned at pulpit inputs the calibration position of the initial kilometer of inspection car.
The concrete control of above-mentioned control module 3 pairs of line-scan digital cameras 4 is: the parameter value of the line-scan digital camera 4 when storing different distance between line-scan digital camera 4 and tunnel wall in the control module 3 of the present embodiment, such as, be provided with 19 groups of numerical value in the present embodiment altogether, as shown in table 1:
In above-mentioned table 1, camera lens is turned clockwise by 0 degree of-90 degree, and the focusing ring mark number of teeth, a number of teeth rotates to be 4.5 degree.As camera is initiated with 0 degree, shooting distance is 1 meter, and clear in subject shooting, camera lens is clockwise by 0 degree of rotation, 15 numbers of teeth, and a number of teeth is 4.5 degree, and so the anglec of rotation is 67.5 degree, that is: 15*4.5=67.5.Control module 3 is adjusted line-scan digital camera 4 by adjusting mechanism according to table 1.
(1) infomation detection: the information acquisition unit on inspection car carries out image acquisition to the cable in tunnel in real time under the cooperation of lighting unit, positioning unit detects the positional information of inspection car in real time simultaneously.
In addition, the laser range finder of information acquisition unit can distance between Real-time Collection inspection car and tunnel wall, photo electrical tacho generator 14 can detect in real time wheel the number of turns that turns, and send the range information detected to control module 3.
(2) information processing: control module is analyzed cable fault information and abort situation, stored after receiving the information of information acquisition unit collection and positioning unit;
In this step, the process of control module 3 pairs of information acquisition units is: the wheel information that the range information between the line-scan digital camera 4 that control module 3 real-time reception laser range finder collects and tunnel wall, photo electrical tacho generator 14 gather, and store, after storage, the information collected and last time are gathered the information stored to compare, obtain comparison result.Be specially: control module 3 is compared by the information of the tunnel inner cable image information obtained and the pathway of the cable under normal circumstances model database self stored, and finds out fault cable; Storage data in basic database in the information and control unit simultaneously detected by photo electrical tacho generator 14 are compared, and determine the cable broken down, and abort situation, for maintenance provides foundation.
The information processing of control module 3 pairs of photo electrical tacho generators 14 is: photo electrical tacho generator 14 then can detect the number of turns that wheel turns in real time, and the information of detection is real-time transmitted to control module 3, control module 3 can calculate the distance that inspection car travels, the position demarcated with the initial kilometer of staff's initial input compares the position that can obtain inspection car different time, namely the position of line-scan digital camera 4 pictures taken can be determined.Specifically be calculated as (setting inspection car from entering in tunnel at the uniform velocity travelling):
Calculated the operating range of vehicle by formula n=N/ (mT), wherein n is rotating speed, unit: rev/min; N is institute's meter pulse number in the sampling time (the signal number of laser velocimeter output); T is sampling time, unit: minute; The pulse number (be often referred to the number of teeth of test the speed code-disc) of m for often rotating a circle produced, usual m is 60, if m=60, so in 1 second, pulse number N is exactly rotating speed n.Speed v=2nR π (R is radius of wheel) can be tried to achieve after the rotating speed n obtained, and then can be inspection car running time in the hope of operating range S=vt(t).
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1. the result that analysis obtains is wirelessly transmitted to the Master Control Center of pulpit by control module 3, carries out output display to staff.Because control module 3 can find fault cable and abort situation, after therefore sending these information to control center, staff directly by situation display being seen tunnel inner cable, can know the position of fault cable simultaneously.In addition, can also set automatic recognition system in control module 3, carry out automatic identification marking to abort situation, detailed process is:
Image data is imported automatic recognition system, and cable pathway contours extract in the data gathered first occurs by automatic recognition system, contrasts the cable pathway model bank prestored, as inconsistent with normal cable pathway model, is then judged as there is fault (breakage).
2. to the control of line-scan digital camera 4: because in tunnel, ground is uneven, and width changes at any time, in order to ensure the shooting effect of line-scan digital camera 4, adjusting mechanism is in real time according to the width in tunnel, the shooting angle of height control line-scan digital camera 4 and shooting focal length under the control of control module 3, and this adjustment still adjusts according to table 1.Such as, when tunnel height broadens, laser range finder sends the range information detected to control module 3, this range information gathered and last range information are compared by control module 3, judge after comparison that the numerical value this time gathered is greater than the last numerical value gathered, can judge that tunnel width broadens, need the shooting focal length tuning up line-scan digital camera 4, now control module 3 exports control signal to micromotor, micromotor is made to rotate forward, and then drive camera lens focusing ring to rotate by focusing gear 11, light modulation gear 10 drives camera lens aperture ring to rotate, the focal length of line-scan digital camera 4 tunes up by final realization, ensure that line-scan digital camera 4 takes the clear of image.
(4) post-processed: staff adds up further according to the result of system automatic analysis, obtains finally correct result, and stores.
The present embodiment can carry out fast inspection to tunnel inner cable when not needing staff to enter tunnel, fault cable can not only be detected, the position of fault cable can be detected simultaneously, for the maintenance of staff provides reliable basis, ensure the safety of driving.

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1. a tunnel cable fault inspection system, it is characterized in that:comprise the inspection car automatically run, described inspection car is installed with the control module of the Master Control Center wireless connections of pulpit, for tunnel inner cable is patrolled and examined signal gathering unit, for providing the lighting unit of illumination for signal gathering unit, and for providing the power supply unit of electric energy, the signal input part of the signal output part connection control unit of described signal gathering unit, the power end of power supply unit difference connection control unit, information acquisition unit, lighting unit; It also comprises the positioning unit for positioning inspection car, the signal output part connection control unit of described positioning unit.
2. tunnel according to claim 1 cable fault inspection system, it is characterized in that:described inspection car comprises headstock and the tailstock, described control module, power supply unit are fixedly arranged in headstock, the tailstock is installed with fixed support, and described signal gathering unit and lighting unit are fixedly arranged on fixed support, and signal gathering unit is by the control module in connection headstock.
3. tunnel according to claim 2 cable fault inspection system, it is characterized in that:described signal gathering unit comprises line-scan digital camera, and line-scan digital camera is fixedly arranged on fixed support; Described lighting unit comprises lighting lamp group, and described lighting lamp group is fixedly arranged between two line-scan digital cameras by bracket institution.
4. tunnel according to claim 3 cable fault inspection system, it is characterized in that:described signal gathering unit also comprises the adjusting mechanism adjusted line-scan digital camera focal length and shooting angle, described adjusting mechanism comprises the revolving part for adjusting line-scan digital camera shooting angle, and range observation part, the force piece be fixedly arranged on each camera of spacing for line-scan digital camera and tunnel, described line-scan digital camera is fixedly arranged on fixed support by revolving part, the control signal output terminal of revolving part connection control unit; Described range observation part is fixedly arranged on fixed support, the detection signal input end of its signal output part connection control unit, the control signal output terminal control linkage force piece of control module, the clutch end of force piece is installed with the light modulation gear be meshed with the aperture gear that line-scan digital camera camera lens sets firmly.
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