CRCHI (China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corp) jointly with Sinohydro Bureau 6 Co Ltd. develop biggest open type rock tunnel boring machine in China. China Daily write diameter of TBM Jianghan Xinshiqi cutter head is 11.93 meter.
Together with 9 other TBMs it will bore water tunnel from Yangtze River to the Hanjiang River in project South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
English news: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202411/25/WS67442517a310f1265a1cf6fa.html
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Record-breaking open-type TBM rolls off production line
www.chinadaily.com.cnAn open-type rock tunnel boring machine with a diameter of 11.93 meters, the largest of its kind in China, just rolled off the production line on Friday in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province, China News Service reported.