TBM Cutter

Tunnel boring machine cutter referred to as "TBM Cutters", are excavation tools installed on the cutter heads of tunnel boring machines and shield machines, which include tbm cutter disc (single disc cutter, double disc cutter, twin disc cutter) and soft ground cutters (eg. scrapers, cutting knives, buckets, rippers and other cutting tools). These types of disc cutters and soft rock cutters, in different sizes and specifications, can also be used on MTBM, pipe jacking machines, and other similar rock-breaking equipment.



Litian has been focusing on the development of tbm disc cutter and solutions suitable for various rock conditions, and we have made remarkable achievements in helping users improve tunneling efficiency and reduce overall costs. Litian has now developed into the largest supplier of TBM tunnel cutter in China.

TBM Cutters Overview
 TBM Cutters
Material Mold Steel + Tungsten carbide
Application City subway tunnels, Diversion tunnels, Railway tunnels, Cable tunnels, etc.
Applicable Equipment Tunnel boring machine (TBM / MTBM), Shield machine, Pipe jacking machine, Small boring unit (SBU), etc.
Applicable Brand Herrenknecht, Wirth, Dcmag, Robbins, Jarva, Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, IHI, Komatsu, Lovat, STEC, CRCHI, CREG, etc
OEM & ODM Acceptable

TBM Disc Cutters
Other Names TBM bits, TCI disc cutters, TBM disc roller cutters, TBM roller cutter, MTBM disc cutters
Cutter Type Single disc cutter, Double disc cutter, Triple disc cutter, Twin disc cutter, Triplet disc cutter
Cutter Type (by  position) Face cutter, Gauge cutter, Center disc cutter
Cutter Structure Assembly / Monoblock
Size 6" ~ 20" （150mm ~ 508mm）

Soft Ground Cutter
Cutter Type Scrapers, Cutting knives, Buckets, Rippers, etc.
Size As required

TBM Cutter Head Design

A closer look at the Litian disc cutter and soft ground cutter on TBM cutter head design for tunnel boring machines.

Litian: Your TBM Excavation Expert

Litian can provide TBM cutters and shield cutters suitable for various tunnel excavations and underground works. We can provide optimal configurations of TBM cutters according to different geological characteristics, allowing users to achieve a better balance between cost and efficiency. As a professional rock drill bits factory, we have a complete technical team of TBM boring machine cutter developing, design, manufacturing, assembly, debugging, maintenance and renovation, and be able to provide equipment selection consulting, independent design, development, manufacturing and professional after-sales service. Our testing and manufacturing level for TBM cutting tools has been among the world's advanced ranks.

Product Superiority

Litian is committed to reducing customer procurement and operating costs, and helping customers improve tunnel boring machine tunneling efficiency. Litian tunnel boring machine cutter is cost-effective, which can reduce the number of cutter changes and increase the effective tunneling time under the same working conditions. The cutter price is about 30% lower than that of foreign equivalent products, and the life is similar to that of foreign first-class manufacturers, and even exceeds.

Litian attaches great importance to the combination of R&D and field testing, and continuously optimizes the TBM cutter design to improve its efficiency in cutting rocks. We have successively obtained 16 national patents.

Litian has a professional team of application experts, which can design and adjust the specification parameters of cutting tools as well as TBM spare parts according to different machines and different rock working conditions, so as to best adapt to the customer's on-site construction requirements, and to select the most suitable cutters for the customer's work conditional.

Litian has an experienced after-sales team that can provide cutter assembly, debugging, testing, replacement, maintenance, training and other services, as well as a full range of accessory TBM spare parts, and on-site cutter maintenance workshop.

Litian has the ability and experience to provide customers with a full range of services in the way of excavation quantity contracting. While helping users to significantly reduce the comprehensive tunneling cost, it also significantly improves the tunneling efficiency and escorts users for TBM tunneling.

Strive To Be Your First Choice
Litian has successively provided TBM cutters and services for various TBM equipment at home and abroad, such as CRCHI and CSSC from China, Herrenknecht and Wirth from Germany, Robbins from the United States, Lovat from Canada, Kawasaki and Hitachi from Japan, etc. Over the years, Litian has accumulated rich experience in design, manufacturing, application, maintenance, and service.

Litian TBM cutters are being widely recognized by more and more users, and have become the first choice for many customers to deal with hard rock and complex rock excavation.

FAQs of Litian TBM cutter
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What kind of machines can TBM cutters be used to?
Litian TBM cutters can be used on Microtunnelling Machine (MTBM), Earth Pressure Balance Shields (EPB Shield), Mixshield, Single Shield TBM, Double Shield TBM, Gripper TBM, Multi-mode TBM, Pipe Jacking Machine, Shaft Boring Extension Machine (SBE), Shaft Boring Machine (SBM), Small Boring Unit (SBU),..., with a cutter head diameter ranging from 0.8m-15m.

What's the package for TBM cutters?
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Can you provide TBM Cutter Consumption Estimation for project? And what information needs to be provided?

Litian Rock Tools, as an excellent drill rod factory, offers a wide range of rock cutting tools for you to choose from.