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Aug 07, 2023
News
Sotiris Kanaris
Barhale has been awarded a contract by Thames Water to reinforce a 70m long section of the Thames Lee Tunnel running across the route of HS2 in Camden, North London. The value of the contract has not been disclosed.
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Today, supply and discharge lines are still predominantly installed by using the open-cut method: a trench is dug, the lines are installed. Under the protection of an embankment or sheeting and the trench is filled afterwards. In the face of the numerous disadvantages as well as the citizens' growing environmental consciousness in the future it is urgently necessary to take trenchless technology into account much stronger than until today as an alternative …
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Method of operation and sequence Microtunnelling with auger spoil removal is characterized by the jacking of pipes in soils with simultaneous excavation of the working face using a cutting head and by continuous removal of the spoil with a spiral conveyor or auger, which is guided inside a spiral conveyor guide pipe, towards the starting shaft. (Image: Technical components for microtunnelling with auger spoil removal in single phase jacking) (Image: …
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(Image: Equipment, possible arrangement of the components on the construction site and space requirement (approximately L × W = 22.0 × 4.0 m) in microtunnelling with auger spoil removal - top view (on the model of the jacking of pipes DN/ID 600, pipe length 2.0 m)) The dimensions of the starting shaft are determined by the type of machine and the selected size and length of the jacking pipes. Today, use is made mostly of prefabricated reinforced concrete …
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The spoil loosened at the working face with the aid of the cutting head is transported to the starting shaft by the spiral conveyor and is there collected in a spoil bucket. Using lifting tackle, this is lifted to the surface when full at determined intervals, usually after jacking a pipe piece. The pressure at the working face is mechanically balanced by the cutting head or by means of the soil plug that is formed in the front section of the conveyor … |
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Possible measures for the application in groundwater-bearing soil: -
Combination of a rotary vane lock at the end of the spiral conveyor or a rotating feed apparatus with a longitudinally displaceable cutting head
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Arrangement of a ring-shaped inflatable elastomeric sealing system ("compressed air valve") in the spiral conveyor guide pipe
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Combination of a compressed air valve in the spiral conveyor guide pipe with a longitudinally displaceable cutting …
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(Image: Microtunnelling with hydraulic spoil removal in single phase jacking) (Image: Basic equipment, possible arrangement components on the construction site and space requirements (ca. L × B = 35 × 4 m) for microtunnelling with hydraulic spoil removal - plan view (on the model of the jacking of pipes DN/ID 600, pipe length 2.0 m)) Method of operation and sequence Microtunnelling with hydraulic spoil removal is characterized by the jacking of pipes …
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(Image: Basic equipment, possible arrangement components on the construction site and space requirements (ca. L × B = 35 × 4 m) for microtunnelling with hydraulic spoil removal - plan view (on the model of the jacking of pipes DN/ID 600, pipe length 2.0 m)) The dimensions of the starting shaft are determined by the type of machine and the selected size and length of the jacking pipes. Today, use is made mostly of prefabricated reinforced concrete …
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(Video: Integrated high-pressure flushing system in the crusher space of the AVN microtunnelling machine)
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It is not possible in all cases (e.g. in the later creation of drainage pipes in waste dumps and contaminated areas or the creation of pipe arches [Camp01]) to excavate target shafts, for instance, for the removal of microtunnelling machines. In such cases, only microtunnelling machines that are suitable for the jacking of blind borings can be used, and which, after reaching the target point, can be pulled back again through the jacked pipe string …
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In microtunnelling with hydraulic spoil removal, the flushing medium is circulated with the aid of pumps through an enclosed piping system inside the jacking pipe string that is successively increased in length with the installation of a new jacking pipe. When using water as a flushing medium usually settling basins suffice for separation. (Image: Fluid circulation of microtunnelling by means of hydraulic spoil removal) (Image: Settling basin to separate …
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Separation plant:
Installation for the mechanical separation of the components solid (spoil) and liquid (liquid drilling fluid) in order to provide the drilling fluid again for the conveying circuit and to make the gained spoil disposable. The separation of solid particles from the drilling fluid is carried out by sedimentation techniques or multistage separation techniques corresponding to the in-situ particle fractions of the soil (based on [Herre01]) [… |
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(Video: Schematic illustration of a two-stage hydrocyclone separation plant with subsequent centrifuge)
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