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    • Alan Limbach

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      Donnie the Tunnel Boring Machine, behind some people. https://www.trenchlessinternational.com/2019/12/17/boring-begins-on-coxwell-bypass-tunnel/ #Coxwell

      • Dave Anderson

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        ...Elon Musk has no experience in mechanical engineering yet alone in tunnel boring machines. You may hire some e...le and get them tweak this and that on a Lovat TBM. But inventing a tunnel boring machine 10 times faster than...

        • Coert Klomp

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          As usual, New Civil Engineer is has a more sober header than daily newspapers. Progress revealed on HS2 tunnel boring machines https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/progress-revealed-on-hs2-tunnel-boring-machines-27-05-2020/  

          • Paolo Kerguel

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            Elon Musk was not a rocket scientist either. I am sure those rockets are more complicated than tunnel boring machines.

            • Dave Anderson

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              ' thanks to the Japanese engineers' contributions to tunnel boring machine technology'? Are you serious? The last time I checked it was the USA a.k.a Robbins, who invented TBM and took it further than anyone else.

              • Paolo Kerguel

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                ...hat whenever an article has "Elon Musk" in it, the guy gets the benefit of the doubt even for radical things like 10 times faster boring tunnel boring machine. Then again, peopl...

                • Lutz Genscher

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                  Looking at the meeting point on the drawing, it looks like the English did the most of the boring and the French just waited!

                  • Gianluca Gallota

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                    Tunnel Widening Case *****   #Palmieri Tunnel Widening Machines in operation - #Montedomini Tunnel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGrXSAIAfBE #Italia  

                    • Pedro M.

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                      @Pankaj You were right about the tail brushes "The seal of Chundee’s tail skin brush went off when it was boring a sand aquifer that contained...

                      • Steve McMillan

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                        Hi Lutz. You are confusing CityRailLink with the CentralInterceptor project. The former is 12 meter transport tunnel whereas the latter is a 5.45m waste water tunnel. In any case, knowing your preferences, you will be glad to hear that it is 2-0 for Herrenknecht.