DAUB recommendations for the selection of tunnelling machines - Tunnel Engineering: Basics and Additional Services for Design and Construction - page 392

SM-V5
Erddruckstützung
Full-face and earth pressure balance
support

SM-T1
ohne Stützung
Partial excavation and without support

SM-T2
Teilstützung
Partial excavation and partial support

SM-T3
Druckluftbeaufschlagung
Partial excavation and compressed air
application

SM-T4
Flüssigkeitsstützung
Partial excavation and slurry support

Converti ble shield machines (KSM)

KSM
Kombinationsschildmaschinen
Convertible shield machines

Legend:

1 cutting wheel 9 openings

2 shield skin 10 excavation tool

3 cylinders 11 muck clearance

4 erector 12 carriage

5 rear support 13 air bubble

6 gripper 14 feed line

7 excavation chamber 15 slurry line

8 pressure bulkhead 16 pilot tunnel