Design and Testing of a New Hybrid Rail Switch System of Monorail

• Main Authors: Zong-Jun Lu, 呂宗駿
• Other Authors: Chih-Hung Li
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40029551629624493122

碩士 === 明新科技大學 === 機械工程系精密機電工程碩士班 === 104 === The overall objective of this research is to design a new hybrid rail switching system for the monorail system. There are many monorails in the world, such as Darling Harbour Monorail in Sydney, Sentosa Express in Singapore, and Tokyo Monorail in Japan. It is a scientific and technological symbol. However, the monorail system still needs great improvement on the switching system. While switching the track, some sections of the track have to move laterally, and some of them need to flip up-side-down. The monorail car has to slow down or stop before track switching completes. In general, it takes 1-2 minutes to switch. That means people have to wait for some time when it is switching. It is not convenient at all for people who are in a hurry. This research developed an innovative track switching system of the monorail to solve the problem. In the current design, the monorail system adopts on-board track changing wheels, which follow the guide rails to complete switching. It can reduce the track switching time extensively. We use SolidWorks to design the monorail car and track prototypes, and evaluate the feasibility of the design. We then built them using the 3D printer. When we performed the speed experiment, we found that the monorail prototype can complete switching with a speed of 0.25 m/s and without waiting, proving the feasibility of our design. Categories：monorail、switch、3D printing、PRT