What are the uses and benefits of electric flat cars?

Electric flat cars are electric rail-mounted in-plant transport vehicles that solve the problem of product transportation between spans in the factory. They are also called rail flat cars, cross-span flat cars, trolleys, and electric flat cars. They have the advantages of simple structure, easy use, easy maintenance, large load capacity, and less pollution.

Uses of electric flat cars

Electric flat cars are widely used in machine manufacturing and metallurgical factories as a tool for transporting heavy objects across spans in conjunction with cranes in workshops. Rail flat cars have low height, reinforced tabletops, easy modification, and convenient maintenance.

Electric flat car, also known as electric flatbed car, flat car, trolley, cross-over car, ground crawler, etc., is a kind of electric transport vehicle on the factory track. First of all, it is a rail-type transport vehicle, which needs to lay tracks on the ground. The tracks are generally I-shaped surface contact rails; secondly, it is an electric drive vehicle, which runs automatically under the drive of the motor reducer. Thirdly, it is a flatbed car with a flat surface and no box cover. In special cases, it can also be non-flat but without a box cover. The car body has no steering wheel and only forward and backward directions (even turning, it turns on the track).

This kind of vehicle has the characteristics of simple structure, easy use, large carrying capacity, not afraid of dirt or smashing, easy maintenance, and long service life. Because of its convenience, sturdiness, economy, practicality, easy cleaning and many other advantages, it has become a transportation tool for frequent short-distance fixed-point transportation of heavy objects within the factory building of the enterprise and between factories.

There are seven main technical parameters of rail electric flat cars: power supply mode, load tonnage, table size, table height, track length, track spacing, and operation mode. The main technical parameters are power supply mode and load tonnage. The model of rail electric flat cars is determined by the power supply mode, and its specifications are determined by the load tonnage.