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Microtunnel Boring Machine breaks new Ground with mineral oil-free hydraulic Fluids from German Specialists

Microtunnel Boring Machine breaks new Ground with mineral oil-free hydraulic Fluids from German Specialists (Credits: Volker Wiciok, Bochum)
The Saarbrücken civil engineering contractor SaarGrundbau has successfully completed a tunnelling project using a Herrenknecht AVN 1200 C micro boring machine (TBM) running on biodegradable hydraulic fluid from the German-based company Fluid-Competence. This particularly challenging engineering project involved driving a 96 m-long tunnel with simultaneous casing at a gradient angle of 34.60°.
One particular section along the route of the new gas pipeline being laid in NRW had to negotiate a height difference of 31.4 m. The extreme incline meant that pipe brakes had to be used for the tunnelling phase in order to prevent pipeline settlement both during the excavation work and over the subsequent lifetime of the service pipe. The entire pipe structure weighs around 188 t, which gives some idea of the kind of loads involved. During the construction phase the individual casing pipes lowered into place behind the cutter head of the machine were continuously inched forward under thrust from the pipejacking cylinders. The pipes are 1,760 mm in diameter.
The project ended with the cutter head breaking through at the surface reception point. It was then secured in place by a heavy-duty crane before being lifted from the end pit and prepared for transport off-site.
Project manager Michele Rossi of SaarGrundbau was delighted that the project had been successfully delivered incident-free. 'We are confident of our expertise in microtunnelling. When working at construction sites in nature-sensitive areas it is important that we can also count on the performance of the service fluids that we use in our machines. So we value the hydraulic fluids supplied by Fluid Competence (in this case Lubesave) for their biodegradable properties and for the enhanced health and safety standards that they offer both in use and when being handled by our site personnel.'
'This was an ambitious and successful operation with our fluids running in a Herrenknecht microtunnelling machine. It will open the way for further assignments in much larger machines with greater boring diameters', explains Dieter Mantwill, who is managing director of Fluid Competence, speaking at the conclusion of the project.
About Fluid-Competence
The Kamen-based company develops high-performance, mineral oil-free hydraulic fluids that offer a viable alternative to oil based and bio-oil products. They are up to 99% degraded in just 28 days and so can be rated as environment-friendly. These highly flame-retardant products also provide significant health protection benefits and their high water content and long service life make a real contribution to CO2 pollution levels every time out.
About SaarGrundbau
The company is engaged in microtunnelling and specialist civil engineering work.
Source: Fluid-Competence, Kamen, Germany
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