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ITA/AITES

ITA/AITES – Training Course


TUNNEL ENGINEERING

Mechanized Tunnelling.
Full face tunnel boring machines,
Herrenknecht AG.
Prepared by “Dipl.- Ing. Karin Bäppler,”

Séoul - 2006

April 20, 2006 1/99


Index
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Table of contents

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Hamburg / Germany

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Moscow -Lefortovo / Russia

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Westerschelde / The Netherlands

5 Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia

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Index
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Shanghai / China

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Paris / France

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Botlekspoortunnel / The Netherlands

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Madrid / Spain

10 Islisberg / Switzerland

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Index
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Gotthard / Switzerland

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Atlanta / US

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Lötschberg / Switzerland

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Table of contents.
1 Soft ground TBMs

 Slurry supported tunnel face (Slurry Shield, Hydroshield,Mixshields).


2  Convertible TBMs.
 Earth Pressure Balance Shields.

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 Hard Rock TBMs

4  Shielded Hard Rock TBMs (Single Shield TBMs, Double Shield TBMs).
 Gripper TBMs.

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Range of products.

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Soft ground TBMs (EPBs and Mixshields)

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Mixshields.

EPB
OPEN SHIELD

HARD ROCK
SLURRY

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Mixshield. Safe tunnelling in varying ground
conditions.

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General layout Mixshields.

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Real performed operational pressure during
excavation. Real Performed Operational
Pressure During Excavation
15,0
HALLANDSAS
LAYOUT
WESTERSCHELDE
- MIXSHIELD ø 11,4m - 13,0
SAND; CLAY
12,5
WESERTUNNEL
MÜLHEIM
- MIXSHIELD ø 11,4m -
- MIXSHIELD ø 6,9m -
GRAVEL; CLAY; BOULDERS
SANDSTONE; CLAYSTONE
10,0
HAMBURG
GRAUHOLZ
- MIXSHIELD ø 14,2m -
- MIXSHIELD ø 11,6m -
GRAVEL; CLAY; BOULDERS
SAND; GRAVEL; MOLASSE 8,5
[bar]

7,5
HERA HAMBURG SYDNEY
- MIXSHIELD ø 6,0m - - MIXSHIELD ø 10,4m -
SAND; GRAVEL
SANDSTONE; CLAY 5,5

5,0
4,0
3,5 3,5

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Hamburg, Germany.
4th Elbe River Tunnel.
1  Diameter: 14,200 mm
 Cutterhead power: 3,400 kW
 Tunnel length: 2,560 m
 Geology: Gravel, silt, sand, boulders
2  Contractor: Bilfinger Berger AG
Dyckerhoff & Widman AG
Heitkamp GmbH
HOCHTIEF AG
3 Philipp Holzmann AG
Wayss & Freytag AG
Ed. Züblin AG
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Connection to the existing tunnel tubes.

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Demanding geology under the Elbe River.

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Jaw Crusher.
Capable of handling boulders up to Ø 1,200 mm.

 Crusher jaws can apply force 900 kN.


 Replaceable jaws.
 Crusher grill size 200 mm.

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One of the major technical innovations.
Cutting Tool Change under atmospheric pressure.
 Access to the main arm of the
cutting wheel under atmospheric
pressure.
 Operator undertakes maintenance
procedure’s without the risk of
having to work at the tunnel face.
 Back loading cutting tools.

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Procedure Cutting Tool Change.

 Each disc cutter is mounted in a pressurized housing with a hydraulically operated


gate valve.
 Removing of mounting bolts.
 Withdrawal of disc cutter.
 Closing of gate valve to seal the housing off from the face.
 Disc cutter removal with a crane attachment.

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Torque reduction with active center cutter.

160
140
158 %
120
100
100 %
80
60
40
20
0
 Without the center cutter
 With the center cutter

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Erector (telescopic rotating frame).

 Providing rotation of
+/- 210 degrees.
 18 to 20 tons segments are
held using 3 automated
vacuum plates.

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Segmental lining, 4th Elbe Tunnel Tube. Segmental
Lining.

Hamburg/ Germany 20/ 99


The worlds greatest Mixshield on mission
breakthrough in Moscow.
1  Diameter: 14,200 mm
 Cutterhead power: 3,200 kW + 315 kW
 Tunnel length: 2,222 m

2  Geology: fine to coarse sand,


clay, limestone
(medium strength,

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partially very fissured)
 Contractor: AO Corporation Transstroy

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Outstanding record.
2,222 m tunnel in only 15 months.

Lefortovo/ Moscow 22/ 99


3rd use for the Silberwaldtunnel in Moscow.

 Diameter: 14,200 mm
 Cutterhead power: 3,400 kW
 Tunnel length: 2 x 1,505 m
 Geology: fine to coarse sand,
clay, limestone
(medium strength,
partially very fissured)
 Contractor: AO Corporation Transstroy

Lefortovo/ Moscow 23/ 99


Tunnel Cross Section.
Silberwald, Moscow.

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Westerschelde. The Netherlands.
1  Diameter: 11,340 mm

 Tunnel length: 2 x 6,600 m


(with 2 machines)
2 Segmental lining

 Geology: Sand, clay


Support pressure up to
8.5 bar
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 Contractor: - Bam Infrabouw B.V.
- Franki nv
- Hejmans nv,
4 - Philipp Holzmann AG
- Voormolen Bouw B.V.
- Wayss & Freytag AG

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Westerschelde. The Netherlands.

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Geology Westerschelde.
Pressures up to 8.5 bar.

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Machine features against clogging behavior.

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Working in up to 8.5 bar pressure.

 5 operations under saturation.


 Total time under saturation:
more than 40 days.
 Decompression times with operating
pressures up to 6.9 bar have been in each
case 4 days.
 6 operations for inspection with mixed gas
have been realized.
 1,652 hrs under pressure with 546 man-
lockings.

Westerschelde/ Netherlands 29/ 99


Two Mixshields for SMART Tunnel project in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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An innovative idea.
Multi-function tunnel in Kuala Lumpur.

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Tunnel route SMART, Kuala Lumpur.

 North TBM Drive, S-252  South TBM Drive, S-253


 Tunnel length: 5,400 m  Tunnel length: 4,050 m
 Contractor: Wayss & Freytag AG  Contractor: MMCEG-Gamuda JV

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Feature of karstic limestone bedrock.

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Exposed karstic rockhead during tin mining.

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Two giants Ø13.21m Mixshields S-252 / S-253.
Concentrated power for Kuala Lumpur.

 Tunnel length: 5,400 m (W&F); 4,059 m (MCC-Gamuda)


 Cutterhead power: 4,000 kW
 Geology: Limestone, sand, marble
 Contractor: Wayss & Freytag AG, MMC-Gamuda

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Possible drillings for karstic zones.
Mixshield Kuala Lumpur.

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Efficient mining in soft ground.
Soft ground tools with wear detection system.

 Enables current information about cutting tool wear.


 Economical tool change.
 Damage limitation on steel structure.

Kuala Lumpur/ Malaysia 37/ 99


Up to date largest TBM worldwide.
Mixshield - Cutting wheel Ø15.43 m.
5  Diameter: 15.43 m
 Power: 3,500 kW
 Tunnel length: 2 x 7,170 m
 Geology: Sand, clay and
6 rubble
 End user: Shanghai Metro
Shield Machine

7 Equipment and
Engineering Co., Ltd.

Shanghai / China 38/ 99


Two Ø15.43 m Mixshields for Shanghai (China).

Bridge

2 Tunnels
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Changjiang Under River Crossing Tunnel Project.
Shanghai.

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Large tunnel cross section:
Changjiang under River Tunnels, Shanghai.

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Manufacturing of the TBM. Shanghai Changjiang
Under River Crossing Tunnel Project.

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Manufacturing of the TBM. Shanghai Changjiang
Under River Crossing Tunnel Project.

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Herrenknecht in China.
Current projects
1 S-169 Beijing 1 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,190mm Metro
2 S-242, S-243 Guangzhou 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro
3 S-244, S-245 Guangzhou 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro
4 S-254 Beijing 1 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro
5 S-261 Guangzhou 1 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro
6 S-266, S-267 Guangzhou 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro
7 S-282, S-283, Tianjin 3 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,390mm Metro
S-284
8 S-285, S-291, Beijing 3 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro
S-294
9 S-292 Guangzhou 1 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro
10 S-301 Xinjiang 1 x Double Shield TBM Ø 6,705mm Water
11 S-317, S-318 Shanghai 2 x Mixshield Ø 15,430mm Road
12 S-329 Guangzhou 1 x EPB Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro
13 S-335 Hongkong 1 x Mixshield Ø 7,990mm Railway
14 S-337 Guangzhou 1 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro
15 S-344, S-345 Guangzhou 2 x Mixshield Ø 6,250mm Metro
16 S-346, S-347 Guangzhou 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro
17 S-349, S-350 Nanjing 2 x Mixshield Ø 14,930mm Road
18 S-356 Guangzhou 1 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro

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Herrenknecht in China.
Finished projects.
19 S-106 Shanghai 1 x EPB-Shield Ø 2,715mm Water
20 S-179, S-180 Guangzhou 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro

21 S-181, S-182 Guangzhou 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro

22 S-190 Nanjing 1 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,390mm Metro


23 S-195, S-217 Nanjing 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,390mm Metro
24 S-199 Hongkong 1 x Mixshield Ø 5,150mm Water

25 S-206, S-207 Shenzhen 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro

26 S-225, S-226 Tianjin 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,390mm Metro


27 S-235 Guangzhou 1 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro

28 S-236, S-237 Guangzhou 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro

29 S-240, S-241 Guangzhou 2 x EPB-Shield Ø 6,250mm Metro


30 S-259 Changjiang 1 x Mixshield Ø 6,570mm Sewage

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Socatop, Paris.

Socatop, Paris/ France 48/ 99


Socatop. Road Tunnel for the A86.

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Socatop. Tunnel cross section.

Exhaust

Exhaust

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Socatop-Paris, France.
 Diameter: 11,565 mm

 Tunnel length: 10,500 m


Segmental lining

 Geology: Sand, lime, clay, marl,


chalk

 Contractor: - Cofiroute

Socatop, Paris/ France 51/ 99


Geology Socatop.

Open
Mode EPB Slurry Slurry EPB

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Conversion Mixshield mode to EPB mode & vice
versa.

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EPB-Shields.
Through soft ground with Earth Pressure.

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General layout EPB-Shield.

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Face Pressure Control.
Increase / Lowering of Shield Advance Rate

Increase / Lowering of
Screw Conveyor Discharge Rate

Water Earth
Pressure

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EPB Soil-requirements.

To be useable as support medium, the soil has to fulfil following


requirements:

 Capability to extrude.
 Cohesive and plastic.
 Soft to stiff consistency.
 Lower inner angle of friction.
 Low water permeability.
 Good elasticity.

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EPB Choice of conditioning.

If the soil requirements are not existing, the soil has to be conditioned.
The conditioning is dependent on following soil parameters:

 Grain size distribution.


 Water content, w (%).
 Liquid limit, wL (%).
 Plasticity Index, IP and
 Consistency Index, IC.

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EPB Injection material.

 Bentonite.
 Water.
 Polymers.
 Foam.

The initial state of the soil should be kept unchanged as possible; the
consistency of the soil should guarantee the transport to the disposal
site and should be economical.

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Foam injection points.

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Advantages of conditioning.

 Low density.
 Optimum mixing with soil.
 Reduction of internal friction.
 Reduction of cutting wheel torque.
 Reduce soil adhesion to metal of
shield/ cutting wheel.
 Reduce soil permeability.
 Reduction of wear.
 Higher temporary face stability.

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Botlekspoortunnel Railway Tunnel, The
Netherlands.
5  Diameter: 9,755 mm

 Tunnel length: 2 x 1,835 m


Segmental lining

6  Geology: Clay, coarse sand, gravel

 Contractor: Ballast Nedam Beton


en Waterbouw BV

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Hollandsche Beton-en
Waterbouw BV
Strukton Betonbouw BV
Van Hattum en
Blankevoort BV
8 Wayss & Freytag AG

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Botlekspoortunnel.
Two Tubes under the river “Oude Maas”.

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Grain size distribution curve Botlek.

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Piston pump for pressure control.

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Pressure reduction along the screw.
S-144 Botlekspoortunnel
Strecke 1 - Ring 220: Förderschneckendruck und Druckabbau

3,0 0,5

2,7
Pressure at screw bottom
2,4 0,4
Erddruck Schneckenförderer [bar]

2,1

Druckabbau pro Wendel [bar]


1,8 0,3

1,5
Pressure reduction per spiral

1,2 0,2

0,9

0,6 0,1

0,3
Pressure at screw gate

0,0 0

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Belt weighing system.

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Laser scanner for muck control.

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M-30 Madrid, Spain.
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 Diameter: 15,200 mm

 Cutterhead Power: 12,000 kW

 Tunnel length: 3,500 m


Segmental lining
10  Geology: Clay, sandy clay, gypsum

 Contractor: Necso/ Ferrovial Agroman


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Geology along the tunnel alignment.
M-30 Road Tunnel Madrid.

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Highest torque ever installed in a TBM.
125,268 kNm, EPB-Shield M-30 Madrid.

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Torque development EPB / Mix.

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Hard Rock TBMs.

Single Gripper-TBM:
S-155 Tscharner,  9.53 m

Double Gripper-TBM:
S-96 TBM 3000,  3.00 m

Shielded-TBM with articulation joint:


S-163 Sörenberg,  4.56 m

Double Shield-TBM:
S-153 La Réunion,  3.80 m

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Single Shield TBM.

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Excavation and muck transport.

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Excavation and muck transport.

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Islisberg, Switzerland.
Single Shield TBM.
 Diameter:
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11,805 mm

 Tunnel length: 1 x 4,680 m, 1 x 4,645 m


Segmental lining

10  Geology: Molasse (Limy siltstone


with varying clay and sand
content and sandstone)

11  Contractor: - Marti AG

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Tunnelling rates, Islisberg.
First Drive (Tunnel 1, West).

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Breakthrough West Tunnel Islisberg.
4,680 m in 54 weeks, single-shift operation.

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Gripper TBMs.

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Gotthard Base Tunnel, Switzerland.
4 x Gripper TBMs.
9  Diameter:
 CH Power:
8.89m/ 9.33m/ 9.58m.
3,500kW
 Weight: 3,200t
 TBM length: 410m

11  Tunnel length: - Lot Bodio-Faido: 28.75km


- Lot Faido-Sedrun: 23.80km
- Lot Amsteg-Sedrun:22.70km

 Geology: Granite, Gneiss, Schist


11  Contractor: - Zschokke Locher AG
- Alpine Mayreder Bau GmbH
- CSC
- Impregilo

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- Hochtief AG
- Murer AG
- Strabag AG

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Crossing of the ALPS.
4 Gripper TBMs for a total of 75km of tunnel.

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TBM-Advance with Herrenknecht machines
through the Gotthard Massif.

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Fault zone Bodio South.

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Current situation Bodio (March 2006).

S-210 East Tunnel


11,402 m of 13,955 m
already excavated.

S-211 West Tunnel


12,106 m of 14,795 m
already excavated.

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Current situation Amsteg (March 2006).

S-229 East Tunnel


9,927 m of 11,350 m
already excavated.

S-230 West Tunnel


8,441 m of 11,350 m
already excavated.

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S-288 / S-289
West Area CSO Tunnel Atlanta.

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Diameter: 8,230 mm
 Cutterhead power: 3,150 kW
 Tunnel length: 1 x 6,600 m
1 x 6,800 m

10  Geology: Gneiss, Granite


 Contractors: Obayashi
Massana JV

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CSO Tunnel Atlanta.

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TBM application for solid rock conditions.
Description of the Gripper technology.

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Tunnel face at Lötschberg Steg.
Gneiss, granite, granodiorite.
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Lötschberg-Basistunnel (Switzerland).
Steg / Raron, Ø9.43m

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Gripper TBM. Features.

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Tunnel protection anchors.

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Shotcrete Robot. L2.

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Wire mesh erector.

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View on back-up.

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Thank you very much for your attention.

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