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The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines
- zeristor 3y agoThere must be a growing demand for tunnelling machinery, it used to be that a German company made them all, I guess there are another of other companies.
- zeristor 3y agoAs pointed out in another link I posted, this website gathers interesting links, I’ll resubmit this with the link to the actual article.
- pixelesque 3y agoLink to the discussion last time this was posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37836889 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37836889
- hasoleju 3y agoThe article does not mention one interesting property: Reusability. The big machines are often left underground after the tunnel is finished. They drill their own grave right next to the main tunnel and then they stay there. Usually big tunnels are drilled by starting at both ends and the two independent holes then connect in the middle of the mountain.
- eska 3y agoSo, has musk’s the boring company provided any innovation here after all the smack talk? It’s been a few years.