A TAMPING MACHINE HAVING A BALLAST SUCTION NOZZLE

摘要

A tamping machine (1) is equipped with a machine frame (2) mobile on a track and supported on rail undercarriages (3), the machine frame comprising a tamping unit (10) as well as a track lifting-lining unit (11). A ballast suction nozzle (15), vertically and transversely adjustable by means of drives (14) and connected to a sucti on apparatus (18) by means of a suction line (17), is associated with the tampi ng unit (10). Additionally, a ballast plough (27) as well as a discharge chute (26) for ejecting ballast (16) are provided. With this, short track sections exhibiting inferi or ballast conditions can be ballasted with new ballast and tamped.