PIPE BURSTING APPARATUS
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    发明公开
    PIPE BURSTING APPARATUS 有权
    ROHRSPRENGUNGSVORRICHTUNG

    公开(公告)号:EP2646733A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-09

    申请号:EP11845860.3

    申请日:2011-12-02

    IPC分类号: F16L55/18

    摘要: Apparatus for replacing underground pipe is described, including a resistance plate from which a pair of hydraulic cylinders extend perpendicularly parallel with each other. The cylinders operate cyclically with a pulling bridge having a cable gripper to provide a sequence of pulling strokes to a cable pulling a mole. The mole pulls a replacement pipe behind it through the old pipe, which has been burst, slit, or expanded by the mole. The resistance plate is provided with a slot, and the cylinders are positioned to allow the mole to be pulled substantially completely into the apparatus. A holding bridge is releasably mounted spanning the slot in the reaction plate to position a second cable gripper for holding the cable on the return stroke of the pulling bridge. The holding bridge may be removed at the end of the pulling operation to accommodate the mole. A robust, lightweight construction is described.