Global Times say its record-breaking diameter is 16.64 meters. It is built by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corp (CRCHI) together with China Railway 14th Bureau Group Corp. It will be tested at construction site of the Haitai Yangtze River Tunnel in East China's Jiangsu Province.
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China's largest shield tunneling machine cutter head enters testing phase
www.globaltimes.cnChina's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) cutter head, with a record-breaking diameter of 16.64 meters, descended at the construction site of the Haitai Yangtze River Tunnel in East China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday, signaling the start of its...