A trenching apparatus, includes a body moveable on the ground surface, a ground engagement boom associated with the body, the boom being movable when engaged with the ground to form a trench; a lifting system arranged to control and configure the ground engagement boom so as to enter the ground; in which the ground engaging boom is an endless chain ground-engaging boom, including a main body and a chain tensioner coupled to the main body at or close to the upper end thereof.

An industrial driver apparatus includes a forklift hydraulic motor, a drive shaft adapter, a hydraulic pump, and a frame. The forklift hydraulic motor includes a housing and a drive shaft. The drive shaft adapter is coupled to the drive shaft of the forklift hydraulic motor and adapts the drive shaft of the forklift hydraulic motor to a dimension of a threaded component being driven by the forklift hydraulic motor. The hydraulic pump pressurizes a hydraulic fluid used to drive the forklift hydraulic motor. The frame is coupled to a housing of the forklift hydraulic motor and prevents the forklift hydraulic motor from rotating while the drive shaft rotates the threaded component.

A latching system associated with a dipper door of a dipper includes a latch bar that engages with a body of the dipper. The latch bar defines a longitudinal axis. The latch bar includes a housing, one or more shims, and a wear member removably coupled to the housing. The wear member defines a wear surface and a wear axis extending parallel to the wear surface. An angle defined between the wear axis and the longitudinal axis is less than 45 degrees. The latching system also includes an arm member pivotally coupled to the dipper door such that the arm member is pivotable along a first pivot plane. The arm member contacts a portion of the latch bar for moving the latch bar along the longitudinal axis. The latching system includes a guide assembly having a guide pulley and an actuation member that causes pivoting of the arm member.

A link for an excavating chain for a ballast excavating device below a railroad track, the link comprising a body extending longitudinally between a front end and a rear end and being crossed by at least one front through-hole and a rear through-hole configured to receive hinge means with an adjacent link of the chain, the front and rear through-holes extending along axes parallel to each other and contained in a reference plane of the body, the link further comprising, on an inner side of the body with respect to the reference plane opposite to the outer side, a concave guide surface extending over an envelope having an axis generator parallel to the axes of the link joints, the guide surface being configured to at least locally match a curvature of a return member of the excavating device.

A latching system associated with a dipper door of a dipper includes a latch bar that engages with a body of the dipper. The latch bar defines a longitudinal axis. The latch bar includes a housing, one or more shims, and a wear member removably coupled to the housing. The wear member defines a wear surface and a wear axis extending parallel to the wear surface. An angle defined between the wear axis and the longitudinal axis is less than 45 degrees. The latching system also includes an arm member pivotally coupled to the dipper door such that the arm member is pivotable along a first pivot plane. The arm member contacts a portion of the latch bar for moving the latch bar along the longitudinal axis. The latching system includes a guide assembly having a guide pulley and an actuation member that causes pivoting of the arm member.

A control unit is provided for a work machine. The work machine includes an implement and an arrangement for determining the position and orientation of the implement. The control unit is adapted to, for at least two different orientations of the implement, perform the steps of: determining that the implement contacts a reference surface, determining the position of a reference point for the implement when the implement and the reference surface are in contact with each other, and determining the position of a point on the periphery of the implement relative to said reference point by using said reference point position.

A BEIM (Built Environment Information Model)-based control system (CS) for controlling an earthmoving machine (E) is disclosed. The control system includes at least one controller (CO) for controlling at least one movement of an earthmoving tool (3) attached to the earthmoving machine, at least one control unit (CU), and sensing means (11, 12) for providing the control unit with position data of the earthmoving tool and a carrier (1) of the earthmoving machine with respect to the BEIM. The control system also includes at least one displaying means for displaying at least one BEIM selectable by the at least one controller. An earthmoving machine and a method for controlling an earthmoving machine are also disclosed.

A chain cutter for excavating rock and/or soil has one or more chains and cutters fixed on the chains, such that the central line of the one or more chains can form a spatial curve. Adjacent returning cutters on the chain cutter non-excavating face are staggered in the lengthwise direction of the chains, and are in a mutually embedded arrangement in the widthwise direction, or adjacent returning cutters on the chain cutter non-excavating face are in a stacked arrangement in the lengthwise direction of the chains, i.e. the widths of the chain cutter excavating faces are greater than the widths of the non-excavating faces, such that a machine frame in an annular enclosed region of the chain cutter and a machine frame outside the enclosed region are connected together as one within the width range of the excavating faces.

A working method for a trench-cutting device for underground construction, including the following steps: 1) setting up working platforms in working wells at two ends; 2) mounting the trench-cutting device so that the two ends of the trench-cutting device are each in one of the two working wells respectively; 3) enabling the trench-cutting device to cut along a contour line of an underground construction section; and 4) excavating earth along the contour line. Also disclosed is a trench-cutting device for underground construction, consisting of an excavating device (1) and translation devices (2); the excavating device (1) mainly consists of a frame (1-1), a cutting chain (3) and transmission devices (1-2); the frame (1-1) consists of a frame (1-1-1) in a trench and two end frames (1-1-2) outside of the trench; the two end frames (1-1-2) are respectively connected to the translation devices (2) in the two working wells, the transmission devices (1-2) are mounted on the two end frames (1-1-2), and the translation devices (2) are both arranged in the working wells at the two ends. The working platform is set up in four working wells, concrete may be filled in behind as the trench-cutting device excavates the earth, and then after a closed cavity is formed, work is conducted in the cavity. Also disclosed is a trench-cutting device.

Disclosed are a foundation having a chain cutter at the base during construction and a construction method of the same. A rock and soil conveying apparatus is provided inside or beside a foundation (1) having a chain cutter (3) at the base during construction, the base of the foundation (1) has a track (1-1), the chain cutter (3) is mounted on the track (1-1) during construction, and the chain cutter (3) is composed of a chain (3-1) and a rock and soil excavating cutter (3-2) fixed on the chain (3-1). A chain excavating apparatus mainly consists of the chain cutter (3) and a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus mainly being composed of a driving apparatus (4) and a sprocket (6). During construction, the driving apparatus (4) drives the chain cutter (3), the chain cutter (3) runs along the track (1-1), the cutter (3-2) at the base of the foundation (1) excavates rock and soil, which are removed by the rock and soil conveying apparatus, and the chain cutter (3) at the base of the foundation (1) and the foundation (1) descend together. The defects of the prior art are overcome, and since the foundation (1) itself has an excavating apparatus, the foundation (1) can be pre-formed in blocks at the factory, or can be constructed by pouring while descending in on-site fixed formwork, construction is simple, in particular waterproofing is especially good as descending is done as a whole, the construction period is short, and costs are low.