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  2. Tunnel boring machine - Wikipedia

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    Tunnel boring machines are an alternative to drilling and blasting (D&B) methods and "hand mining". TBMs limit the disturbance to the surrounding ground and produce a smooth tunnel wall. This reduces the cost of lining the tunnel, and is suitable for use in urban areas. TBMs are expensive to construct, and larger ones are challenging to transport.

  3. Bertha (tunnel boring machine) - Wikipedia

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    In August 2015, a consortium of eight insurers filed a lawsuit against STP in order to avoid a $143 million payout to cover the cost of repairs to the boring machine. The insurers claimed that the tunnel-boring machine's capabilities were inadequate for the project and should be excluded. [47]

  4. The Boring Company - Wikipedia

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    The boring machine in June 2019. The first boring machine used by TBC was Godot, a conventional tunnel boring machine (TBM) made by Lovat. [21] [22] TBC then designed their own line of machines called Prufrock. [23] Prufrock 1 was unveiled in 2020, and was used mostly for testing.

  5. Here’s what it’s like to dig tunnels at Elon Musk’s Boring ...

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    The employee told Merideth in the email that, just recently, six of 12 passive articulation cylinders—the parts of the machine that would help Boring’s tunneling machine turn as it digs ...

  6. Martina (tunnel boring machine) - Wikipedia

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    The Martina tunnel boring machine (officially named as the S-574. [1]) is a hard rock tunnel boring machine built by Herrenknecht AG.It is the largest hard rock tunnel boring machine in the world and has been used for drilling the Sparvo Tunnel, a part of the larger Variante di Valico project in Italy.

  7. Port Miami Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The tunnel boring machine was longer than a football field at 540 feet (160 m) long, [33] and over 40 feet (12 m) in diameter. It was used to bore two side by side 43 feet (13 m) diameter tunnels, one for each direction, each 3,900 feet (1.1 km) long. [77]

  8. Workers at Elon Musk’s Boring Co. accidentally dug ... - AOL

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    The structural safety of Las Vegas' elevated monorail was cited in violation notices last year, after Boring Company workers accidentally exposed the base of two pillars while digging a tunnel to ...

  9. Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok TBM - Wikipedia

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    The Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok TBM otherwise known as Qin Liangyu or more formally, the Mixshield S-880 was the world's largest tunnel boring machine launched in June 2015 by Herrenknecht in Germany. [1] [2] The TBM was used to drill a 5 km tunnel connecting Tuen Mun to the Hong Kong International Airport, part of the Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link ...

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