A Tribute to Big Bertha: A 25,000 HP Mechanical Worm Designed in Japan for American Drilling.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/big-bertha-a-25000-hp-mechanical-worm-designed-in-japan-for-american-drilling-139612.html
#HitachiZosen #BigBertha
15 (FIFTEEN) Tunnel Boring Machines to arrive for Metro work at Chennai Metro’s phase II work.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tunnelling-machines-to-arrive-for-metro-work/article30669925.ece
#Madras #India #CMRL
map shows tunnel boring machines under the Thames
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2019/11/20/new-map-shows-tunnel-boring-machines-under-the-thames/
#TBM #London
Can there really be that many tunnel boring machines working at once for Paris metro?
"Fifteen of those machines are at the moment scraping the Ile-de-France underground to cowl the 205 kilometers of the Grand Paris Expr...
I would like to invite you to read my latest article "Osman...on of cutting head design of current tunnel Boring machines and suggestions to improve ma...ts new ideas on cutterhead design of tunnel boring machines (TBM).
Tunnel boring machine in India's popular culture
Explained: In Pune’s underground, how giant machines are paving the way for Metro trains
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/in-pune-underground-how-giant-machines-are-paving-the-way-for-metro-trains-6212142/
China-made CREG tunnel boring Machines are ready for delivery to Paris.
They shall bore for construction of P...t 115 meters, the two wide earth pressure balance shield tunnel boring machines were produced by the Zhengzho...
Setback for the Highways England. Poor preparation is always costly.
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/lower-thames-crossing-huge-8m-4742098
#Herrenknecht uses its boring expertise also in drilling for wind farm poles.
https://subseaworldnews.com/2020/02/12/deme-taps-herrenknecht-for-monopile-setup-subsea-drill/
#versatility
Lower Thames Crossing tunnels and systems director Keith Bowers said that the project faces "huge challenges" due to its "highly sensitive" location
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/lower-thames-crossing-dubbed-most-ambitious-road-job-since-m25-09-12-2019/