EP0099791B1 - Maschine für die Gewinnung und das Behauen von Steinblöcken,Marmor und Granit,insbesondere in Steinbrüchen - Google Patents
Maschine für die Gewinnung und das Behauen von Steinblöcken,Marmor und Granit,insbesondere in Steinbrüchen Download PDFInfo
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- EP0099791B1 EP0099791B1 EP83401345A EP83401345A EP0099791B1 EP 0099791 B1 EP0099791 B1 EP 0099791B1 EP 83401345 A EP83401345 A EP 83401345A EP 83401345 A EP83401345 A EP 83401345A EP 0099791 B1 EP0099791 B1 EP 0099791B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
- B27B—SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
- B27B17/00—Chain saws; Equipment therefor
- B27B17/0091—Wheeled chain saws; Chain saws mounted on or driven by vehicles, e.g. for sawing trees in situ
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
- B28D—WORKING STONE OR STONE-LIKE MATERIALS
- B28D1/00—Working stone or stone-like materials, e.g. brick, concrete or glass, not provided for elsewhere; Machines, devices, tools therefor
- B28D1/02—Working stone or stone-like materials, e.g. brick, concrete or glass, not provided for elsewhere; Machines, devices, tools therefor by sawing
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21C—MINING OR QUARRYING
- E21C25/00—Cutting machines, i.e. for making slits approximately parallel or perpendicular to the seam
- E21C25/22—Machines slitting solely by one or more cutter chains moving unidirectionally along jibs
- E21C25/24—Machines slitting solely by one or more cutter chains moving unidirectionally along jibs with flat jibs only
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21C—MINING OR QUARRYING
- E21C47/00—Machines for obtaining or the removal of materials in open-pit mines
- E21C47/10—Machines for obtaining or the removal of materials in open-pit mines for quarrying stone, sand, gravel, or clay
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
- E21D9/00—Tunnels or galleries, with or without linings; Methods or apparatus for making thereof; Layout of tunnels or galleries
- E21D9/10—Making by using boring or cutting machines
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- the present invention relates to stone working and more particularly quarrying. In this application, it is necessary to cut large stone blocks directly in the mass of the quarry.
- the present invention creates a new machine which allows sawing to be carried out entirely mechanically and in very diverse positions without having to carry out any assembly or disassembly.
- control of sawing operations is regulated by a single operator who is in a cabin that can easily be air-conditioned so that the working conditions are comfortable and anyway protected from dust.
- the machine of the invention also makes it possible to work either at ground level or several meters above ground level and even below it when cuts are to be made in excavations.
- the machine for roughing and rendering stones comprises a motor vehicle provided with a pivoting boom to which a pendulum is articulated itself supporting an articulated lifter to which is coupled a turntable for supporting a frame fitted with guide posts for a motorized sawing block, hydraulic cylinders and motors adjusting the respective position of the boom, balance, lifter, turntable and motorized sawing block .
- the machine of the invention comprises an automobile chassis 1 which, in the example shown, is provided with wheels 2 but which could similarly include tracks.
- the chassis is provided with stabilizers 3 which are brought to the ground during the working phases.
- the automobile chassis 1 supports, by a turntable 4, a frame 5 on which is mounted by an axis 6 an arrow 7 whose inclination is controlled between the extreme positions 7 1 and 7 2 by a jack 8.
- the arrow 7 supports at the end by an axis 9 a balance 10 whose angle with the arrow 7 is adjusted by a jack 11.
- the balance 10 is constituted by a lever, one end of which is connected to the jack 11 and the other end of which supports by a hinge 12 a lifter 13 which is, moreover, connected to the pendulum by a jack 14.
- the lifting beam 13 forms a yoke whose branches 15, 15a support by axes 16 the fixed part 17a of a turntable 17.
- a leveling cylinder 18 (fig. 2, 3) connects the fixed part 17a of the plate 17 to the lifting beam 13.
- the rotary plate 17 is provided with a rotation control motor 19 which can be similar to that used for the drive of the turntable 4 of the frame 5 and which is not shown.
- the plate 17 is used to support a first frame 20 which maintains, by crosspieces 21, a second frame 22 carrying, on its front face, support jacks 23.
- the second frame 22 comprises lateral uprights 24 of square section provided with support pieces 24a at their lower part. Two of the edges of each upright 24 serve as guides for rollers 25 carried by a frame 26 which can be moved between the crosspieces 21.
- the movement of the frame 26 relative to the uprights 24 which form guides is controlled by a motor (not shown) which contains and which drives suitable elements, for example a pinion engaged with racks or chains or other means known in the art to allow movement at controlled speed of the entire chassis 26 from one to the other of sleepers 21.
- the frame 26 supports on one of its sides an engine block 27 comprising a first engine 28 (fig. 3) for driving a cutting chain 29 well known in sawing stones and marbles and a second engine 30 allowing the cutting chain to be pivoted according to arrow f 1 (fig. 2) by a measurement at least equal to 90 °.
- a first engine 28 for driving a cutting chain 29 well known in sawing stones and marbles
- a second engine 30 allowing the cutting chain to be pivoted according to arrow f 1 (fig. 2) by a measurement at least equal to 90 °.
- the cutting chain and the members which support it can be vertically or horizontally as illustrated in the left part of FIG. 2.
- All the motors described in the foregoing are preferably constituted by hydraulic motors, which makes it possible to control them by distributors which can all be arranged in the cockpit 31 of the vehicle. the carrier and use the same hydraulic unit to power the motors and cylinders.
- the machine can be used to work in extremely diverse positions.
- the machine can execute a vertical cut in a block of stone to be cut in a quarry.
- the automobile chassis is carried by the stabilizers 3, and the arrow 7 as well as the pendulum 10 are adjusted by their jacks 11 and 14 to bring the frame 22 into a vertical position and so that the supporting pieces 24a rest on the ground.
- the leveling cylinder 18 is optionally actuated so that the frame 22 extends as parallel as possible to the wall 32 in which the cutting chain must work.
- the turntable 17 is first actuated so that the support pieces 24a are correctly applied On the ground.
- the jacks 23 are controlled to come to bear on the wall 32 and at the same time an application force is transmitted to the support pieces 24a by the jacks 14, 11 and / or 8 This ensures great stability of the frame which supports the chassis 26 on which the cutting chain and its engine block are mounted.
- a first working operation may consist in pivoting the cutting chain to bring it back to the horizontal position, this first stroke ensuring a sawing if the wall 32 is raised or simply serving to set up the sawing chain if cuts have already been made above the position occupied by the cutting chain in FIG. 2.
- the cutting operation then consists in lowering the cutting chain along the arrow f, that is to say in lowering the frame 26 along the lateral guide uprights 24.
- the turntable 17 is turned 90 ° before the jacks 23 are approached against the wall 32. The work is then the same as that described in the foregoing.
- Fig. 1 shows that the movement of the arrow 7 and of the pendulum 10 makes it possible to carry out work passes in various positions, ie very above the ground level on which the stabilizers 3 are located (position 7 2 of the arrow), either very below the ground, for example in a search (position 7 1 of the arrow).
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Priority Applications (1)
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AT83401345T ATE26739T1 (de) | 1982-07-21 | 1983-06-29 | Maschine fuer die gewinnung und das behauen von steinbloecken,marmor und granit,insbesondere in steinbruechen. |
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FR8212722A FR2530726A1 (fr) | 1982-07-21 | 1982-07-21 | Machine pour l'extraction, l'ebauchage et l'equarrissage de blocs de pierres, marbres et granits, notamment en carrieres |
FR8212722 | 1982-07-21 |
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EP0099791A2 EP0099791A2 (de) | 1984-02-01 |
EP0099791A3 EP0099791A3 (en) | 1985-12-04 |
EP0099791B1 true EP0099791B1 (de) | 1987-04-22 |
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EP83401345A Expired EP0099791B1 (de) | 1982-07-21 | 1983-06-29 | Maschine für die Gewinnung und das Behauen von Steinblöcken,Marmor und Granit,insbesondere in Steinbrüchen |
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US (1) | US4572303A (de) |
EP (1) | EP0099791B1 (de) |
AT (1) | ATE26739T1 (de) |
DE (2) | DE99791T1 (de) |
ES (1) | ES524064A0 (de) |
FR (1) | FR2530726A1 (de) |
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FR2672421B1 (fr) * | 1991-02-06 | 1993-05-28 | Framatome Sa | Dispositif de decoupage d'un composant d'un reacteur nucleaire. |
US5193519A (en) * | 1992-03-06 | 1993-03-16 | Elliot David W | Underground gallery saw |
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- 1982-07-21 FR FR8212722A patent/FR2530726A1/fr active Granted
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FR2530726A1 (fr) | 1984-01-27 |
EP0099791A2 (de) | 1984-02-01 |
DE3371105D1 (en) | 1987-05-27 |
ATE26739T1 (de) | 1987-05-15 |
ES8404008A1 (es) | 1984-04-16 |
FR2530726B1 (de) | 1984-12-14 |
US4572303A (en) | 1986-02-25 |
EP0099791A3 (en) | 1985-12-04 |
ES524064A0 (es) | 1984-04-16 |
DE99791T1 (de) | 1984-12-20 |
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