Self-propelled road milling machine for milling road surfaces, in particular large-scale milling machine, and method for milling road surfaces
In a self-propelled road milling machine for milling road surfaces comprising a milling roller housing arranged at the machine frame between the front and rear chassis axles, it is provided that the rear end, as seen in the direction of travel, of the milling roller housing is flush with a height adjustable stripper shield which laterally rests in the milling track of the milling roller and resiliently against a milling edge of the milling track extending orthogonally to the road surface.
1. A self-propelled road milling machine for milling road surfaces, comprising:
front and rear ground engaging supports, as seen in a direction of travel;
a machine frame;
front and rear height adjustable lifting columns supporting the machine frame from the front and rear ground engaging supports, respectively;
a milling roller housing arranged at said machine frame between said front and rear ground engaging supports;
a single milling roller rotatably supported in said milling roller housing;
a hydraulic or electric milling roller drive unit integrated in said milling roller;
a conveyor belt cooperating with said milling roller housing to remove milling product milled off by said milling roller in a forward direction as seen in the direction of travel; and
two linear guides fixed to said machine frame and located below said machine frame between said front and rear ground engaging supports, the two linear guides being spaced from each other in said direction of travel, said milling roller housing and said milling roller being supported on said two linear guides between said front and rear ground engaging supports such that a weight force of said milling machine can be transmitted to said milling roller via said milling roller housing by height adjustment of each of said front and said rear lifting columns; and
wherein said milling roller, together with said milling roller housing and said milling roller drive unit, is supported so as to be displaceable along the two linear guides transversely to the direction of travel between multiple operating positions of said milling roller.
2. A self-propelled road milling machine for milling road surfaces, comprising:
front and rear ground engaging supports, as seen in a direction of travel;
a machine frame;
front and rear height adjustable lifting columns supporting the machine frame from the front and rear ground engaging supports, respectively;
a milling roller housing arranged at said machine frame between said front and rear ground engaging supports;
a single milling roller rotatably supported in said milling roller housing;
a hydraulic or electric milling roller drive unit integrated in said milling roller;
a conveyor belt cooperating with said milling roller housing to remove milling product milled off by said milling roller in a forward direction as seen in the direction of travel; and
two linear guides fixed to said machine frame and located below said machine frame between said front and rear ground engaging supports, the two linear guides being spaced from each other in said direction of travel, said milling roller housing and said milling roller being supported on said two linear guides between said front and rear ground engaging supports such that a weight force of said milling machine can be transmitted to said milling roller via said milling roller housing by height adjustment of each of said front and said rear lifting columns; and
wherein said milling roller, together with said milling roller housing and said milling roller drive unit, is supported so as to be displaceable along the two linear guides transversely to the direction of travel; and
wherein a first one of the linear guides is a tubular guide defining a locating bearing, and a second one of the linear guides is a guide arranged between plane surfaces and defining a non-locating bearing.
3. The self-propelled road milling machine according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum lateral traveling distance of the milling roller is in a range from 500 to 1000 mm.
4. The self-propelled road milling machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a belt shoe configured to receive a lower end of the conveyor belt and fixed in a height adjustable manner relative to the milling roller housing.
5. The self-propelled road milling machine according to claim 4 , wherein the conveyor belt is articulated to the belt shoe.
6. The self-propelled road milling machine according to claim 4 , wherein the belt shoe comprises a concave receiving socket configured to articulatedly receive the lower end of the conveyor belt, said receiving socket cooperating with a lower side of said lower end of said conveyor belt, the lower end of the conveyor belt being shaped complementary to a shape of said receiving socket.
7. The self-propelled road milling machine of claim 6 , wherein the shape of the receiving socket is partially spherical.
8. The self-propelled road milling machine according to claim 4 , wherein the belt shoe is adjustable in height via a synchronous guide.
9. The self-propelled road milling machine according to claim 1 , wherein a front upper end of the conveyor belt is supported by a cardan joint at the machine frame such that the front upper end of the conveyor belt is longitudinally displaceable along a longitudinal axis of said conveyor belt.
10. A self-propelled road milling machine for milling road surfaces, comprising:
front and rear ground engaging supports, as seen in a direction of travel;
a machine frame;
front and rear height adjustable lifting columns supporting the machine frame from the front and rear ground engaging supports, respectively;
a milling roller housing arranged at said machine frame between said front and rear ground engaging supports;
a single milling roller rotatably supported in said milling roller housing;
a hydraulic or electric milling roller drive unit integrated in said milling roller;
a conveyor belt cooperating with said milling roller housing to remove milling product milled off by said milling roller in a forward direction as seen in the direction of travel;
two linear guides fixed to said machine frame and located below said machine frame between said front and rear ground engaging supports, the two linear guides being spaced from each other in said direction of travel, said milling roller housing and said milling roller being supported on said two linear guides between said front and rear ground engaging supports such that a weight force of said milling machine can be transmitted to said milling roller via said milling roller housing by height adjustment of each of said front and said rear lifting columns;
wherein said milling roller, together with said milling roller housing and said milling roller drive unit, is supported so as to be displaceable along the two linear guides transversely to the direction of travel;
a conveyor-side support element located below a lower side of the conveyor belt and extending in the direction of the conveyor belt and having a convex bearing surface; and
a frame-side support element having a convex supporting surface and being fixed transversely to the direction of travel to the machine frame, said conveyor-side support element being laterally guided and resting on said frame-side support element.
11. The self-propelled road milling machine according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the conveyor-side support element and the frame-side support element are defined by a profile with a rounded cross section.
12. The self-propelled road milling machine according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the conveyor-side support element and the frame-side support element are defined by a hollow profile.
13. A self-propelled road milling machine for milling road surfaces, comprising:
front and rear ground engaging supports, as seen in a direction of travel;
a machine frame;
front and rear height adjustable lifting columns supporting the machine frame from the front and rear ground engaging supports, respectively;
a milling roller housing arranged at said machine frame between said front and rear ground engaging supports;
a single milling roller rotatably supported in said milling roller housing;
a hydraulic or electric milling roller drive unit integrated in said milling roller;
a conveyor belt cooperating with said milling roller housing to remove milling product milled off by said milling roller in a forward direction as seen in the direction of travel; and
two linear guides fixed to said machine frame and located below said machine frame between said front and rear ground engaging supports, the two linear guides being spaced from each other in said direction of travel, said milling roller housing and said milling roller being supported on said two linear guides between said front and rear ground engaging supports such that a weight force of said milling machine can be transmitted to said milling roller via said milling roller housing by height adjustment of each of said front and said rear lifting columns; and
wherein said milling roller, together with said milling roller housing and said milling roller drive unit, is supported so as to be displaceable along the two linear guides transversely to the direction of travel; and
wherein the milling roller housing includes a height adjustable stripper shield at a rear of the milling roller housing, the stripper shield configured to rest laterally across a milling track of the milling roller, and the stripper shield configured to rest resiliently against milling edges of the milling track extending orthogonally to the road surface.