For more from Made in Germany go to http://www.dw.com/en/tv/made-in-germany/s-3066Hong Kong is building a new twin-tube undersea highway tunnel to the airport that is almost 5 kilometers long. A huge tunnel-boring machine in use there was made in...
The Herrenknecht company specializes in tunnel-boring equipment. Three of its enormous drilling machines tare in Mexico to solve an equally massive problem: the inadequate drainage and wastewater system of Mexico City. The Mexican government is...
The Herrenknecht company specializes in tunnel-boring equipment. Three of its enormous drilling machines tare in Mexico to solve an equally massive problem: the inadequate drainage and wastewater system of Mexico City. The Mexican government is...
The China Railway Group (CREC) on Thursday announced its completion of a huge tunnel boring machine (TBM) with advanced capabilities for drilling in wet conditions, a breakthrough which the company sees as a demonstration of its world-leading...
In this fourth and final installment, the Mexican government takes ownership of the Herrenknecht drilling machines. But first the machines have to prove that they are up for the job.And engineers on both sides are involved lively discussions about...
I think a good deal of the tunnel under the English channel has been dug with TBMs. But these last points were dug manually and there you go! Two sides meet each other under the sea!
Robbins Crossover TBMs are the adaptable solution to the world’s most challenging tunnel projects. This video explains how Robbins Crossover XREs, a hybrid of Hard Rock and EPB TBMs, work and why they are the solution for mixed ground tunnels...