DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATIC GATE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS ON INTRAMUNICIPAL RAILWAYS (Atena Editora)

Abstract

Brazil currently has several important railroads such as Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas and Ferrovia do Pantanal. Even so, the country lacks this transport model and several investments have been made in railroads across the country. The increase and expansion of railways across the country improves logistics and reduces transport costs, in addition to considerably reducing accidents, since in Brazil alone in 2018 there were approximately 53,000 victims of accidents and 5,000 deaths in traffic. (CAROLINE BRAGA PATROCÍNIO DE SOUZA, 2020; GOVERNMENT OF BRASIL, 2020; LUIZA CALEGARI, 2018; MASS WEIGHTING AND INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, 2020; PAULA PACHECO, 2017; VALE, 2018). Several cities have railways crossing their interior, as is the case of the city of Lorena, in the interior of São Paulo. Unfortunately, accidents involving trains and people occasionally occur, such as the case of the 23-year-old man and the 35-year-old woman who were killed by a train in Lorena (FERNANDA NIQUIRILO, 2021; PORTAL DE NOTÍCIAS G1, 2020). The objective of this work is to use electronics to qualitatively develop an automatic door opening and closing system to be installed on railway lines that cross cities using a control board, an induction electric motor, aluminum doors and a sensor. These devices can prevent accidents and make the city safer. In the work, all the functions of an Automatic Gate Control Board were analyzed together with a sensor and an MIT. The junction of the entire circuit brings a system that automates the railway lines and prevents accidents. Its application is perfectly possible, having a low cost and an easy implementation, making it a product with a good cost benefit and that generates security for the residents of cities that have intramunicipal railway lines.