Field Test for Estimation of Acting Force on the Drum Cutter Attachment

Soon-Wook Choi; Chulho Lee; Tae-Ho Kang; Soo-Ho Chang

doi:10.7474/TUS.2022.32.6.373

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Technical Note

Field Test for Estimation of Acting Force on the Drum Cutter Attachment 드럼커터 어태치먼트의 작용력에 대한 현장시험

31 December 2022. pp. 373-385

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Abstract

The drum cutter, which is used in the form of an attachment of a excavator, is very useful in that it can be used in connection with a excavator that can perform various tasks in the field. This study estimated the load and torque acting on the drum cutter attachment by measuring the hydraulic pressure and strain that appear during excavation on the exposed rock slope using the drum cutter installed in the excavator. Working conditions such as the operation angle between the boom and arm of the excavator were divided into eight working modes. And as a result of analyzing the variations in hydraulic pressure and action force according to the working mode, it was confirmed that the hydraulic pressure and flow rate can be driven without any problems within the range considered in the manufacturing specifications of the drum cutter. The average load and torque acting on the drum cutter were within the range of the manufacturing specifications, but the maximum load was up to four times the specification. Because sumping was not properly performed due to the high ground strength and the ground included discontinuous surfaces in some locations, no trend of load and torque was found depending on the angle between the boom and arm of the excavator. However, it is believed that this result can be used to determine the range of loads and torques that appear on the drum cutter when excavating a high-intensity rock.

Keywords

Excavation

Drum cutter attachment

Load

Torque

Hydraulic pressure

굴착기의 어태치먼트 형태로 사용하는 드럼커터는 현장에서 다양한 작업이 가능한 굴착기와 연계하여 사용하는 점에서 그 효용이 크다. 본 연구에서는 굴착기에 설치된 드럼커터 어태치먼트를 이용하여 노출된 암반사면을 대상으로 굴착 시 나타나는 유압과 변형률을 측정하여 드럼커터에 작용하는 하중과 토크를 추정하였다. 굴착기의 붐과 암의 작업각도와 sumping, lowering작업에 따라 8가지 작업모드로 구분하고 작업모드에 따른 유압과 작용력 변화를 분석한 결과, 유압과 유량은 드럼커터 어태치먼트의 제작사양에서 고려된 범위 내에서 문제없이 구동될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 드럼커터 어태치먼트에 작용하는 평균 하중과 토크는 제작사양의 범위 안에 있었지만, 최대하중은 제작사양의 4배까지 나타났다. 높은 지반강도의 영향으로 sumping이 적정하게 이루어지지 못한 점과 일부 위치에서 불연속면의 포함 등으로 인하여 굴착기의 붐과 암의 각도에 따른 하중과 토크의 경향을 발견하지 못하였다. 그러나 해당 결과는 높은 강도의 지반을 굴착할 경우에 드럼커터 어태치먼트에 나타나는 하중과 토크의 범위를 파악하는 데 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

키워드

암반굴착

드럼커터 어태치먼트

하중

토크

유압

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Publisher :Korean Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
Publisher(Ko) :한국암반공학회
Journal Title :Tunnel and Underground Space
Journal Title(Ko) :터널과 지하공간
Volume : 32
No :6
Pages :373-385
Received Date : 2022-11-21
Revised Date : 2022-11-28
Accepted Date : 2022-11-30
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2022.32.6.373

Tunnel and Underground Space ISSN:1225-1275(Print) 2287-1748(Online) 터널과 지하공간

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