WO1997025514A1 - Perfectionnements relatifs aux tunneliers - Google Patents

Perfectionnements relatifs aux tunneliers Download PDF

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WO1997025514A1
WO1997025514A1 PCT/GB1997/000078 GB9700078W WO9725514A1 WO 1997025514 A1 WO1997025514 A1 WO 1997025514A1 GB 9700078 W GB9700078 W GB 9700078W WO 9725514 A1 WO9725514 A1 WO 9725514A1
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cutter
disc
cutter head
assembly according
tunnel
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Charles William Egerton
Alan Rooke
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Andaray Engineering Limited
Euro Iseki Limited
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Priority to EP97900327A priority Critical patent/EP0873464A1/fr
Priority to AU13912/97A priority patent/AU1391297A/en
Publication of WO1997025514A1 publication Critical patent/WO1997025514A1/fr

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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/22—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings
    • F16C19/34—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load
    • F16C19/38—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of rollers
    • F16C19/383—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of rollers with tapered rollers, i.e. rollers having essentially the shape of a truncated cone
    • F16C19/385—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of rollers with tapered rollers, i.e. rollers having essentially the shape of a truncated cone with two rows, i.e. double-row tapered roller bearings
    • F16C19/386—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with two or more rows of rollers with tapered rollers, i.e. rollers having essentially the shape of a truncated cone with two rows, i.e. double-row tapered roller bearings in O-arrangement
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/08—Roller bits
    • E21B10/22—Roller bits characterised by bearing, lubrication or sealing details
    • 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
    • E21D9/1006—Making by using boring or cutting machines with rotary cutting tools
    • E21D9/104—Cutting tool fixtures
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C33/00—Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
    • F16C33/30—Parts of ball or roller bearings
    • F16C33/58—Raceways; Race rings
    • F16C33/581—Raceways; Race rings integral with other parts, e.g. with housings or machine elements such as shafts or gear wheels
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C2352/00—Apparatus for drilling

Definitions

  • the present invention is concerned with machines by means of which tunnels are excavated by boring through rock or other ground by means of rotary cutter heads.
  • the invention relates in particular to the cutter discs mounted within such cutter heads.
  • the cutter discs in tunnel-boring machines of the foregoing type are mounted so as to be free to rotate about an axis generally transverse to the direction of movement of the machine.
  • the discs are pressed hard into the excavation face and function initially by crushing the material of that face and then shearing away the resulting chips or flakes of material, or in a generally similar manner in the case of a "soft" or composite excavation face.
  • the cutter discs To enable the cutter discs to rotate freely, they are conventionally mounted by means of bearings upon a fixed shaft.
  • the desired diameter of the required tunnel becomes less, for example if it is desired to excavate a sewerage tunnel of, say, less than 800 mm diameter, so the cutter discs themselves must necessarily be smaller and the bearings then become a more significant feature of the overall cost of the discs.
  • a further associated problem is that, when the size of each cutter disc is reduced, it is undesirable to reduce the size of the bearings too far as they would then be unable adequately to survive the very heavy loads which are applied to the discs.
  • the bearing for each cutter disc comprises an inner race mounted upon the shaft or spigot upon which the disc is supported, and an outer race or cup secured within the cutter disc.
  • the cutter head assembly comprises a generally flat rotary cutter head and one or more cutter discs mounted via rotary bearings upon respective cantilevered shafts, each said bearing comprising an inner race supported upon said shaft and an outer raceway formed integral with the cutter disc. Because the bearing is formed integral with the cutter disc rather than as a separate entity installed in the disc, the body of the disc may be formed with a greater thickness than would be the case with a conventional cutter disc bearing and the inherent strength of the disc is thereby improved. Thus, as contrasted with conventional cutter discs, the cutter disc assembly according to the present invention makes possible cutter discs of greater strength and thus longer life, for a given external disc diameter.
  • the outer raceway may be formed by grinding, on the metal of the inner surface of the cutter disc body .
  • the cantilevered shafts upon which the cutter discs are supported are mounted at an angle to the plane of the face of the cutter head.
  • a suitable such angle lies within the range from 5 to 25 degrees, more preferably within the range from 8 to 15 degrees, for example at 10 degrees.
  • the cutter disc in this form of the invention is rotationally symmetrical but it is preferred that the axis of the cutting edge of the disc be inclined forwardly by the same angle as the inclination of the shaft, in order to present the tip of the disc squarely to the excavation face when the machine is in operation. By inclining both the shaft and the cutting edge in this way, it becomes possible to transfer the load to the shaft more effectively, via the bearings.
  • the illustrated cutter head assemblies each comprise a generally flat cutter head plate 10 having a flat face 11 which, in operation of the tunnel boring machine, is directed towards the rock or other face being excavated.
  • Mounted within the cutter head plate 10 are a number of cantilevered shafts 12 (only one of which is illustrated in each case), each inclined relative to the cutter head face 11 by an angle 13, which in the illustrated embodiments is 10 degrees.
  • the inner race 14 of bearings 15 is located upon the shaft 12 and retained in place by a cap 16.
  • the cutter disc itself 17 is ground on its inner face to form a raceway 18 upon which the bearings 15 engage. The cutter disc is thus able to rotate freely upon the bearings 15 about the cantilevered shaft 12 as its axis.
  • the radially outer edge 19 of the cutter disc 17 is inclined to the right as illustrated by 10 degrees, to compensate for the inclination of the shaft 12 and thereby enable the cutting edge 19 to approach the excavation face squarely.
  • cutter head assembly allow the construction of cutter discs of a robust design, even in the case of discs of relatively small diameter.

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Abstract

Cette invention concerne un ensemble tête de coupe pour tunnelier qui comporte une tête de coupe rotative généralement plate (10) et un ou plusieurs disques de molettes (17) montés par l'intermédiaire de paliers rotatifs (15) sur des arbres respectifs en porte-à-faux (12). Chaque palier (15) comporte un chemin de roulement interne (14) supporté par l'arbre (12) et un chemin de roulement externe (18) faisant partie intégrante du disque de molette (17).
PCT/GB1997/000078 1996-01-13 1997-01-13 Perfectionnements relatifs aux tunneliers WO1997025514A1 (fr)

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EP97900327A EP0873464A1 (fr) 1996-01-13 1997-01-13 Perfectionnements relatifs aux tunneliers
AU13912/97A AU1391297A (en) 1996-01-13 1997-01-13 Improvements relating to tunnel-boring machines

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GB9600695A GB2309043B (en) 1996-01-13 1996-01-13 Improvements relating to tunnel-boring machines
GB9600695.2 1996-01-13

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WO2003062587A1 (fr) 2002-01-23 2003-07-31 Voest-Alpine Bergtechnik Gesellschaft M.B.H. Support pour disques de coupe disposes en porte-a-faux

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DE2327464A1 (de) * 1973-05-30 1974-12-19 Gewerk Eisenhuette Westfalia Rollenmeissel fuer eine gesteinsbohrmaschine
EP0268188A1 (fr) * 1986-11-13 1988-05-25 Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Excavateur de tunnel à bouclier
US4784438A (en) * 1986-02-20 1988-11-15 Fikse Tyman H Tunneling machine rotatable member
EP0493597A1 (fr) * 1989-09-25 1992-07-08 Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho Dispositif de fixation d'une haveuse circulaire sur une excavatrice de tunnel
WO1995008691A1 (fr) * 1993-09-20 1995-03-30 Friant James E Tunnelier a disque rotatif

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DE2327464A1 (de) * 1973-05-30 1974-12-19 Gewerk Eisenhuette Westfalia Rollenmeissel fuer eine gesteinsbohrmaschine
US4784438A (en) * 1986-02-20 1988-11-15 Fikse Tyman H Tunneling machine rotatable member
EP0268188A1 (fr) * 1986-11-13 1988-05-25 Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Excavateur de tunnel à bouclier
EP0493597A1 (fr) * 1989-09-25 1992-07-08 Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho Dispositif de fixation d'une haveuse circulaire sur une excavatrice de tunnel
WO1995008691A1 (fr) * 1993-09-20 1995-03-30 Friant James E Tunnelier a disque rotatif

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WO2003062587A1 (fr) 2002-01-23 2003-07-31 Voest-Alpine Bergtechnik Gesellschaft M.B.H. Support pour disques de coupe disposes en porte-a-faux
DE10390198B4 (de) * 2002-01-23 2008-12-11 Voest-Alpine Bergtechnik Gesellschaft M.B.H. Träger für eine fliegende Schneiddiskenlagerung

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GB2309043B (en) 1999-06-23

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