The EuroFlo Industrial Pump system retains Tunnel boring machine (TBM) cool by a continuous water supply. The Cross Rail challenge is an east-west rail route that passes under town of London using new twin-bore 21km tunnels.
EuroFlo pumps and the tanks are located at the floor; the water is pumped from there all the means down to the shaft and all alongside the tunnel as a lot as the TBM. Once Trade secret has passed via the TBM system the remaining water comes again via a filtration system to the tanks on the floor, out of the tunnel.
The water circuit offers 20 l/s to each TBM and 8 l/s is used in the TBM for various works and 12 l/s returns to the tanks. The inlet stress needed ranges between four and 10 bar. On one site three TBM’s are working and the pump system delivers 60 l/s, with the gear consisting of 1 single tank (3200m3) and one industrial pump used per tunnel. On one other site, the set up support’s the excavation with only one TBM with 20 litres/second and the water storage tank capacity of 1100m3
EuroFlo use 37 kW vertical multistage Industrial pumps for the cooling system whereas the TBM excavates via a significant underground part of the Cross rail project.
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