EU lending for Crossrail
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Chris Tolley (ukonline really) wrote:
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Chris Tolley (ukonline really) wrote:
Robert wrote:
The machinery driving the 'boring plate'
would have to be scaled up to cope
One suspects that since tunnels are already routinely bored to the
larger dimensions on the mainland, such kit is readily available,
whereas the factory in Liliput making the UK-sized kit went out of
business ages ago through lack of orders.
I got the impression that TBMs were custom made for each job.
I'm sure they are. But I do imagine that whoever makes them keeps the
blueprints.
Since tunnels come in various different sizes all over the world I suspect
the manufacturers have more than one set of blueprints in the drawer.
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Graeme Wall
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