Overhead automatic transport system structure - has columns ensuring train safety on road vehicle collision with column

摘要

The overhead rail guided automatic transport system is powered by travelling wave magnetic system. The support structure is designed so that the overhead transport system is not put out of commission should a road vehicle collide with one of the track supporting columns. The overhead track support sections are joined by bolted connections to the upper and lower members of the track support beam and the connection point is situated away from the column position about twenty to thirty percent of the column spring. When the support beam is deformed no situation can arise in which the overhead transport vehicle is blocked and the sliding characteristics of the transport vehicle are maintained.