| 摘要 |
The invention is a method and apparatus for the trenchless laying of pipe underground, in which a mole plough is forced through the ground by means of a tractor or winch to form an underground tunnel, and a continuous length of flexible sleeving, for example made of polythene, is fed down through the hollow coulter of the advancing mole plough and is laid in the newly formed tunnel behind the mole; and at the same time a length of rigid pipe is thrust forwards lengthwise into the tunnel and within the sleeving laid behind the advancing mole plough, by means of a driving machine including sets of pneumatic-tiered driving rollers between which the pipe is frictionally engaged. The pipe length is forced forwardly within the sleeving from the start of the underground tunnel at a speed which is coordinated with the speed of travel of the mole plough, for example by means of a trailing marker, so that the leading end of the pipe length follows closely behind the rear of the advancing mole. In this way the pipe length is pushed into its final position enclosed in the protective sleeving which protects it against corrosive attack by soil water. If desired cement grout may be injected into the sleeving to form an auxiliary protective coating around the pipe.
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