Next Generation of Hybrid TBMs for Mixed Ground

In a mixed and unpredictable underground environment the increasing use of hybrid TBMs is one that goes with the territory. Where multiple machine types might have once been used for different...

EPB design and assembly are governed by multiple variables, no matter the machine diameter – a sentiment that rings true for a large Robbins EPB TBM currently being assembled at Mexico City’s new...

Six TBMs including three Robbins EPBs are tackling on this project in the underground of Mexico. The emergency project is needed urgently to prevent potential flooding of Mexico City’s wastewater...

The TBM would develop both drifts, contributing positively to stability, safety, and schedule. The tunnels, however, called for a highly unique Dual Mode EPB/Rock TBM design, and a machine that could...

EPB and Slurry TBMs, first developed in the 1960s and refined in the decades following, were designed around very different philosophies. Though both prototypes originated in Japan, EPBs were founded...