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Did China’s ancient ironwork expertise enable the creation of the world’s heaviest tunnel boring machine
China has stunned the world once again with an engineering marvel—the heaviest tunnel boring machine (TBM) ever built, ...
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Tunnel boring machine begins work on Kaprun pressure tunnel
A TBM has begun work on a new 5.6km pressure tunnel as part of the modernization of VERBUND’s Kaprun-Hauptstufe power plant.
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Webuild Launches Europe’s Largest Tunnel Boring Machine for Excavation of Saginara Tunnel on High-Speed Rail Line
Webuild has begun the excavation of the Saginara Tunnel using Europe’s largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), “Partenope,” as part of the Sal ...
Deccan Chronicle5h
First a trickle, then sudden flood and collapse of tunnel roof
A routine water trickle turned into a massive surge, collapsing the SLBC tunnel roof and trapping eight workers deep inside ...
Explained: Tunnel Boring Machines which will help build India’s widest tunnel
With a diameter of 14.5 metres, the TBM will be the largest machine of its kind to be used for road work in the country. Here ...