Big Chinese TBM for Yangtze crossing
09/01/2012
The first independently developed compound slurry TBM has been presented by China Communications Construction Company Tianhe. At 14.93 m-diameter and weighing 4,500 t, it is claimed to be the largest in its class. The TBM, which has a driving capacity of 20 m/day, will be put to work on a Yangtze river crossing at Nanjing. 02/12.
