TBMスラストシリンダー

You are 500 meters into a drive, the ground conditions have just shifted from clay to abrasive granite, and suddenly the operator reports a pressure drop in Zone B. You check the propulsion system and see it: the trunnion ear on the number 12 cylinder has cracked, or...

Shotcrete Feeding Cylinders

If you have spent any time around a wet-mix shotcrete machine, you know that sound. It’s not the engine humming; it’s that subtle, grinding noise of the feeding system struggling against a harsh, dry aggregate mix. In my 18 years of designing and fixing hydraulic...