Herrenknecht AG
Booth number: E18
www.herrenknecht.com
About us
Herrenknecht is the leading provider of holistic technical solutions in mechanized tunnelling, building on the experience of more than 5,700 projects worldwide. Herrenknecht delivers cutting-edge tunnel boring machines ranging from 0.10 to 19 meters in diameters, in all geologies and in all areas of application – utility, pipelines, hydropower, railway, metro, road, mining and exploration.
The Herrenknecht Group also provides integrated solutions around tunnel construction with project-specific equipment and service packages upon request. These include separation plants, conveyor belt systems and navigation systems.
Herrenknecht develops innovative technical solutions to sink vertical shafts down to great depths as well as to successfully excavate sloping shafts. The company also produces state-of-the-art deep drilling rigs that drill down to depths of 8,000 meters as well as plants for the exploration of shallow geothermal energy.
Address
Herrenknecht AG
Schlehenweg 2
77963 Schwanau
Germany
Phone: +49 78 243020
Products & Services
AVN, EPB, VSMAVN Machines belong to the category of closed, full face excavation machines with a hydraulic slurry circuit. The soil to be excavated is removed using a cutterhead adapted to the respective geology. This makes it possible to use the machines in almost all geological conditions. In soft soils and mixed geologies, standard or mixed ground cutterheads are used, while a rock cutterhead with disc cutters is used for tunnelling in stable rock formations.
Visit website EPB - Earth Pressure Balance Shield
Earth Pressure Balance Shields (EPB) are a preferred option for soft, cohesive soils with high clay and silt contents and low water permeability. EPB Shields use the excavated soil directly as support medium. A rotating cutting wheel equipped with tools is pressed onto the tunnel face and excavates the material. The soil enters the excavation chamber through openings, where it mixes with the soil paste already there.
Earth Pressure Balance Shield
VSM - Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine
For quick and reliable construction of vertical shafts, Herrenknecht developed its VSM (Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine) technology, today an established product on the market. This unique mechanized shaft sinking equipment shows its strengths particularly below groundwater. In general, it can be used in soft and stable soils with compression strengths of up to 80 megapascal. The innovative VSM technology has demonstrated its advantages in several projects.
Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine
