Reply on topic: China's CREG introduces Water Jet Hard Rock Tunnel Boring Machine
Without playing down CREG's work, I would like to mention that the idea of using waterjet to crack the rock is not...hey tried, they found out that the waterjet not only cracks the rock but...not worth the work it does. I hope CREG has overcome this. Then it is inn...Reply on topic: China's CREG introduces Water Jet Hard Rock Tunnel Boring Machine
I've got the impression that this CREG TBM does not solely depend on waterjet but uses it as a help mechanism to lessen the wear of the disc cutters.Reply on topic: China's CREG introduces Water Jet Hard Rock Tunnel Boring Machine
waterjet TBM? Interesting. Very innovativeReply on topic: China invents a new tunneling machine: The Boring and Blasting Machine (TBBM)
It has no been used in any real tunnelling project yet. We will see if it is another flop like the waterjet TBM of China (anybody heard anything about it lately?).
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