Slurry shield tunnelling is a widely adopted method for stabilising tunnel faces during excavation in saturated and highly permeable soils. This process relies on a pressurised slurry—typically a ...

Komatsu, through its subsidiary, Komatsu Cummins Chile, has agreed with Codelco, a major state-owned mining company in Chile, to collaborate on trialing a new tunnel excavation method using Komatsu's ...

Plans for Bengaluru’s new twin tunnel road, which will link Hebbal’s Esteem Mall Junction and Silk Board Junction, will rely on slurry tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to do the heavy digging. The ...