On August 2, the first ring of pipe pieces of Beijing-Binhai Railway of China Railway 14th Bureau Fangqiao Company started to pour, marking that the prefabrication factory of high-speed railway shield pipe pieces with the largest scale and the highest level of intelligence was formally put into production in Tianjin, and breakthroughs were made in intelligent manufacturing technology of domestic large-diameter shield pipe pieces and the construction of Beijing-Binhai Railway pressed acceleration button.
Launching Ceremony
The tube sheet is the main assembly component of the shield tunnel, which is like a strong “golden bell”, creating a protective barrier for the tunnel, bearing the role of resisting soil pressure, groundwater pressure and some special loads. As the permanent lining structure of the tunnel, the tube pieces are sealed together and interlocked to provide a safe space for the fast-moving trains.
Located in Dongli District, Tianjin City, covering an area of about 245 acres, the pipe sheet yard undertakes the prefabrication and production of 5325 rings of pipe sheets and 5325 pieces of box culverts for the No.1 and No.2 tunnels of Tianjin Airport of Jingbin Railway, and 3007 rings of pipe sheets and 3007 pieces of box culverts for the tunnel of Tianjin-Gu Haihe River of Jinwei Railway. The company has developed and designed two leading green intelligent pipe sheet production lines, with a maximum monthly capacity of 550 rings, which can simultaneously meet the needs of four large shield tunneling machines.
Pipe Sheet Production Line
In order to implement the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei synergistic development strategy, and in accordance with the requirements of “high-quality projects, intelligent construction” of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Intercity Railway Investment Co., Ltd, Fangqiao Company devotes all its efforts to the pursuit of excellence, and builds the site with the highest standards, the strongest power input, and the latest technology research and development, and achieves the distribution, tracking and processing of construction tasks through the Lean Construction Scheduling Centre. processing; systematic collection, analysis and early warning of the whole process and cycle of production information through the Intelligent Control Centre; and the most advanced iterative version of the intelligent control production line in China through 8 key technological innovations. Among them, “automatic inspection equipment for steel cage” and “robot linkage system” are the first time developed and applied in China, realising digital management, fingertip production and visual supervision of high-speed railway shield tube sheet production.
The “Robot Linkage System” changes the robots’ individual operation and control on the production line, and realises the remote operation of cleaning, spraying, smearing and transporting robots in the control room, which makes the work processes more closely connected and the production more fluent and efficient. The nation’s first automatic inspection equipment for reinforcing steel cage realises full-size and full-point inspection, completely eliminating the disadvantages of omission and error brought by manual sampling, and ensuring 100% qualification rate of reinforcing steel cage.
As a national green factory, to create a “green site”, through intensive construction layout, saving 48% of the land; add a new type of insulation layer to improve the maintenance process, carbon emissions are zero, the base of the green area of more than 30% for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Railway construction has added a touch of green.
It is reported that the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Railway, as an important part of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei rail transport network, after the completion and commissioning of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region for the further improvement of the road network structure, the construction of the “Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei on the track”, and help Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei synergistic development has an important role. Jinwei High-speed Railway is the northern section of the second line of Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway, the line starts from Tianjin Binhai Station in the north, and goes to Weifang North Station of Jiqing High-speed Railway in the south, with a total length of 348.9 kilometres, and a design speed of 350 kilometres per hour, which will greatly optimize the layout of Beijing-Shanghai Railway corridor.