Development and Application of Test Apparatus for Cutting Performance of Cutters of Large Excavation Equipment

Abstract:

In order to study the physical phenomena and mechanical properties of cutters when cutting rock, a test apparatus for cutting performance of cutters of large excavation equipment is established. The test apparatus is composed of a vertical loading system, a rotary loading system, a control system and a test system. Tests of different cut penetrations and spacings were carried out using the test apparatus. Meanwhile, the real-time images of the cutting process and forces acting on the cutters were obtained. The result shows that the test apparatus has good practicality and reliability, and it provides a laboratory test method to study the cutter-rock coupling mechanism and cutting performance of cutters.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 670-671)
• Pages: 497-501
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.670-671.497
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Peng Lei Wang*, Yi Min Xia, Tao Ouyang, Lu Tang, Ben Guo
• Keywords: Cutting Mechanism, Mechanical Property, TBM, Test Apparatus

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