Boring a tunnel is a very tedious job (the name of the operation gives it away), but one perfume salesman and space enthusiast has a different opinion. The Boring Company’s Elon Musk dreams that one ...
Elon Musk's The Boring Company has unveiled its first hard-rock tunnel boring machine, designed to drill through Nashville's limestone terrain, The Tennessean reported. The machine is a major ...
The first four tunnel boring machines are coming to New Jersey to build the Gateway rail tunnel. Here's what they do and why ...
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The McL 24C auger boring machine delivers 98,000 pounds of forward thrust and an auger torque of 6,339 lb.-ft. It can install casings from 4 to 24 inches in diameter. It has a 24.6-horsepower ...
The boring machines were manufactured in Germany for just one of 10 sections that make up the $16 billion Gateway project to build a new tube for Amtrak and NJ Transit trains into Penn Station. The ...
A colossal project to reduce traffic in the underground tunnels connecting the Virginia cities of Norfolk and Hampton just had a big breakthrough — literally. Since 1957, the two cities have been ...
SEATTLE — Seattle residents have decided on a name for the city's newest tunnel boring machine at last: Mudhoney. The name honors a rock band founded in Seattle in 1988. Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) ...
(TNS) — There’s a running joke at Dan Wagner’s house about the DIY welding and construction shop he set up in his backyard. At random moments throughout the day, his roommates yell out “eee-yerrrr,” ...
SAN JOSE – The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority said Monday it authorized the purchase of the transit tunnel boring machine to complete the five-mile underground section of the VTA BART ...
Boring, also called internal turning, is used to increase the inside diameter of a hole. The original hole is made with a drill, or it may be a cored hole in a casting. Boring achieves three things: ...