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Press Releases | Jul 11, 2018
On June 11, 2018, a Robbins Crossover XRE destined for Line 3 of India’s Mumbai Metro arrived in Mumbai port following a successful factory acceptance test in April. The machine, combining features of a hard rock Single Shield TBM and an Earth Pressure [...]
Press Releases | Jun 18, 2018
In mid-May 2018 the national-record-setting 7.9 m (26 ft) Robbins Main Beam TBM at the Jilin Lot 3 Tunnel broke through. The TBM completed the tunnel nearly five months (147 days) ahead of schedule. [...]
Press Releases | May 22, 2018
On May 3, 2018 a 6.2 m (20.3 ft) diameter Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM broke through into an underground chamber, marking the completion of the first TBM-driven tunnel in Albania. [...]
Press Releases | Mar 22, 2018
A rebuilt Robbins 3.5 m (11.5 ft) diameter Main Beam TBM has yet another milestone to add to its storied career: an unexpected cavern, encountered and successfully passed through. The cavern, studded with stalactites and stalagmites and measuring 8,000 c [...]
Press Releases | Feb 27, 2018
In Chicago, Illinois, USA Kenny Construction is nearing completion on the Albany Park Stormwater Diversion Tunnel, which will go online in April 2018. A Robbins Main Beam Hard Rock TBM bored the tunnel and broke through at the end of August 2017, bringin [...]
Press Releases | Feb 20, 2018
In Jilin, one of the three provinces of Northeast China, a 7.9 m (26 ft) diameter Robbins Hard Rock Main Beam TBM has achieved a national record for 7 to 8 meter (23 to 26 ft) machines: 1,423.5 m (4,670 ft) in one month. The record tops a previously-set a [...]
Press Releases | Nov 13, 2017
On Tuesday, October 31, 2017, a 6.65 m (21.8 ft) diameter Robbins EPB TBM broke through at Chennai Metro, making this the third tunnel the machine has bored for the project and for contractor Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. The robust machine achieved good ad [...]
Press Releases | Nov 08, 2017
On October 18, 2017, a Robbins 9.26 m (30.4 ft) diameter Crossover machine started up at the Akron Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel (OCIT) in Ohio, USA. Running behind the Crossover TBM is the 100th Robbins Continuous Conveyor system supplied for muck remova [...]
Press Releases | Sep 18, 2017
The first of two Slurry TBMs, a rebuilt 6.65 m (21.8 ft) diameter machine, passed its factory acceptance on September 4, 2017 in Singapore. The machine, fitted with a Robbins cutterhead and outer shields, is destined for the Mumbai Metro Line 3 under cont [...]
Press Releases | Aug 08, 2017
Nepal will welcome its first TBM ever this summer, a 5.06 m (16.6 ft) diameter Double Shield machine for the Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project (BBDMP). The Robbins TBM underwent its Factory Acceptance Testing in July 2017 and is currently being [...]
Press Releases | Jul 10, 2017
On June 8, 2017, a select group of project officials, including Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto, celebrated the final breakthrough of an epic tunneling project. The 8.7 m (28.5 ft) diameter Robbins Crossover TBM is the first such hybrid machine [...]
Press Releases | May 31, 2017
A Robbins Crossover (XRE) TBM measuring 9.26 m (30.4 ft) in diameter underwent factory acceptance on May 30, 2017 for the Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel (OCIT) in Akron. The TBM, which includes features of both EPB and Hard Rock Single Shield TBM types, is [...]
Press Releases | May 26, 2017
The Robbins Company has recently been selected by the Obayashi-Taisei-Kosei JV to build a hard rock Slurry TBM for the Hiroshima Expressway Line 5. The machine is 13.67 meters in diameter and will be the first Slurry TBM of such large diameter to excavate [...]
Press Releases | May 17, 2017
In April 2017, a ceremony was held to celebrate the commissioning of the Dariali Hydropower Project in the Republic of Georgia. Many attended the ceremony marking the first carbon-neutral hydropower project in the world, including Georgian Prime Minister, [...]
Press Releases | Apr 27, 2017
A Robbins TBM, recently christened “Augustine”, is being commissioned to undertake its eighth bore after being launched by contractor Eiffage Civil Engineering on March 3. [...]
Press Releases | Mar 15, 2017
Robbins has completed the manufacture and testing of a unique tunnel boring machine that will be used to repair the longest continuous tunnel in the world. The TBM will be used to overhaul a section of New York City’s Delaware Aqueduct, a 137 km (85 mi) [...]
Press Releases | Jan 17, 2017
Chile's Los Condores HEPP is a high cover, hard rock challenge, with 500 m (1,640 ft) of rock above the tunnel and a high-altitude jobsite 2,500 m (8,200 ft) above sea level. As of January 2017, a 4.56 m (15.0 ft) Robbins Double Shield TBM had completed b [...]
Press Releases | Oct 26, 2016
After an Onsite First Time Assembly (OFTA) lasting just 2.5 months, Atlanta Georgia, USA's newest TBM, dubbed "Driller Mike", made its initial startup on October 13, 2016 and ramped up to full production two weeks later. [...]
Press Releases | Oct 18, 2016
On September 23, 2016, Bangalore's last TBM for the city's metro rail project broke through, marking the end of TBM tunneling on the Namma Metro phase 1. The success follows a gauntlet of challenges, from low overburden and unconsolidated ground to voids [...]
Press Releases | Oct 03, 2016
On Tuesday, September 6, 2016, one of the longest-running Robbins TBMs embarked on its most extensive project yet. The 6.2 m (20.2 ft) Main Beam machine, owned by the Shea-Kiewit (S-K) JV, is boring the 8.5 km (5.3 mi) long White River Tunnel as the firs [...]
Press Releases | Jun 30, 2016
An agreement between The Robbins Company and Northern Heavy Industries (NHI) Group was finalized on June 28, 2016 in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province. This initial agreement is the first step of a three-phase merger process and gi [...]
Press Releases | Jun 21, 2016
The Robbins Company announced the appointment of Joe Lechner to the role of Small Boring Unit (SBU) Sales Manager. With over 18 years of industry experience, the role is a natural career progression for Lechner. It brings him back to his early roots of wo [...]
Press Releases | Jun 16, 2016
On June 8, 2016, one of two 6.4 m (21.0 ft) diameter mixed-face EPB machines broke through at Namma Metro. After being launched in March 2015, the TBM named Kaveri made its way through its difficult 750 meter (2,460 ft.) drive from Chickpet to Majestic. S [...]
Press Releases | May 02, 2016
On March 29, 2016, North America's first Crossover TBM broke new ground in Mexico City. The 8.7 m (28.5 ft) diameter Robbins XRE--a cross between a rock TBM and an EPB--emerged into an intermediate shaft at Emisor Poniente (TEP) II. [...]
Press Releases | Feb 25, 2016
On January 27, 2016, a Robbins mixed ground EPB broke through at Chennai Metro, finishing up a challenging second drive that saw the full gamut of difficult conditions. From hard granitic rock to low cover tunneling below a river, the unique obstacles me [...]
Press Releases | Jan 19, 2016
A small diameter Robbins Double Shield TBM recently completed a 4 km (2.5 mi) tunnel below city streets in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, capping a project to put the large Rosemont Reservoir back into service after its closure 20 years ago. [...]
Press Releases | Dec 17, 2015
The 7.2 m (23.6 ft) diameter Robbins Main Beam machine had traversed incredibly hard rock, water inflows, and more to become the first TBM in Norway to break through in 23 years. [...]
Press Releases | Sep 29, 2015
On July 22, 2015, a 3.5 m (11.5 ft) Robbins Main Beam TBM began a new chapter in its storied 32-year career. Originally built for the Terror Lake project in Alaska, the veteran machine has been used all over the world, most recently in Hong Kong. Includin [...]
Press Releases | Jul 08, 2015
In the spring of 2015 by the idyllic shores of Oahu, a Robbins 3.96 m (13.0 ft) diameter Main Beam TBM began its long journey. The TBM started its excavation on a 4.6 km (2.8 mi) drive for a new sewer tunnel in Kaneohe, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. [...]
Press Releases | Jul 06, 2015
The Robbins Remote Controlled Small Boring Unit (SBU-RC) is a new type of boring machine capable of excavating small diameter hard rock tunnels at long distances, on line and grade. The SBU-RC features a smart guidance system for pinpoint steering accura [...]
Press Releases | Apr 09, 2015
On March 5, 2015, a Robbins 6.2 m (20.2 ft) diameter Main Beam TBM finished boring a 2.8 km (9,175 ft) long extension tunnel, known as the Eagle Creek Tunnel, for the Indianapolis Deep Tunnel System in Indiana, USA. [...]
Press Releases | Mar 12, 2015
Robbins proudly announces its Crossover Series of TBMs, a line of field-tested, rugged Dual Mode-type machines. Crossover TBMs feature aspects of two TBM types, and are ideal for mixed ground conditions that might otherwise require multiple tunneling mach [...]
Press Releases | Mar 10, 2015
A ground-breaking TBM brought a mining operation one step closer to first coal on February 9, 2015. The Robbins Dual Mode "Crossover" Rock/EPB TBM completed tunneling at Anglo American's Grosvenor Project in Queensland, Australia. [...]
