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How engineers at Silvertown Tunnel are using nitrogen skates for a record-breaking TBM rotation

"The shield was brought into the chamber first and onto a platform-like restraint system, which allowed it to maintain ring pressure at 40bar so that it could continue installing the cement rings even as it was emerging."

https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/how-engineers-at-silvertown-tunnel-are-using-nitrogen-skates-for-a-record-breaking-tbm-rotation-23-03-2023/

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