Device for monitoring the state of rotation of a disk cutter arrangement of a shield tunnel boring machine and disk cutter arrangement for a shield tunnel boring machine
AssigneeHerrenknecht AG
InventorsThomas Josef Edelmann, Christian Himmelsbach
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Abstract
A compact monitoring device for monitoring the state of rotation of a disk cutter of a shield tunnel boring machine is integrated into a clamping element for fastening the disk cutter. A sensor module of the monitoring device is arranged in close proximity to the disk cutter but without touching so that a state of rotation of the disk cutter generated by transmitters mounted in the disk cutter is reliably ensured even under the rough environmental conditions prevailing in shield tunnel boring.
Claims13
1-12. (canceled)
A device for use in monitoring the state of rotation of a disk cutter of a shield tunnel boring machine, said device comprising:
- a clamping unit;
- and
- a housing mounted to the clamping unit, the housing having a housing block containing at least one retaining space for accommodating a module and being closed on all sides, the housing block further including an elongated bushing base having a shaft channel extending in a longitudinal direction of the bushing base for accommodating a clamping screw shaft of the clamping unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.