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Tsurumi pumps up Bosphorus Tsurumi Pump, a Japanese manufacturer of pumps and generators, has supplied 90 pumps, including 40 of its LSC ‘Puddle Sucker’ models and 50 KRS and KTZ units, to contractor Parsons Brinckerhoff for work on the US$3 billion Marmaray project in Istanbul, Turkey	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Blast off with Orica eDevTM Orica, one of the world’s leading developers of electronic blasting systems, recently launched its newest – eDevTM	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Liebherr crane conveyor handles hoisting Liebherr has developed the KFA Crane Conveying System for the Machine Technology Service Centre in Germany, operated by Bilfinger Berger, to handle hoisting during tunnel projects	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
New hydraulic clamp range from Bobcat Bobcat has launched a family of dipper stick-mounted hydraulic clamp attachments for its mini-excavators	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Compact Cat roars ahead A dedicated tunnel-constructor version of the Caterpillar 328D LCR compact radius excavator is proving highly productive at the A9 Autoroute project in Switzerland	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Atlas Copco rolls out ROC T35M The new ROC T35M surface-crawler drill rig is equipped with a highly productive, well-proven COP 1840 rock drill with 18kW drilling power for a high penetration rate	Magazine Article	25 Nov 2009	0 Stars
Brookville advances Brookville Equipment Corporation (BEC), manufacturer of custom underground haulage locomotives and personnel carriers, has announced it continues to make improvements to the efficiency, safety and comfort of its rail-mounted units.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Putzmeister's wet spray Two of Putzmeister’s SPM 500 PC wet-spray concrete machines are being used to apply shotcrete on the B29 Schwäbisch Gmünd by-pass road tunnel in Germany	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Atlas Copco core drill relaunch TWO hand-held hydraulic core drills have been relaunched by Atlas Copco. The LCD 500 (shown below) and LCD 1500 are designed to allow operators to be in complete control, even when drilling holes of 200mm diameter.	Magazine Article	30 Apr 2009	0 Stars
What's New World Tunnelling reviews some of the new products and innovations in the mailbag.	Magazine Article	20 Apr 2009	0 Stars
The boulder facts of life US-based geotechnical and underground construction consultant Dr Peter J Tarkoy looks at some of the problems, impacts and solutions associated with boulders in mechanical – and specially micro-tunnelling	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Going on the rails George Demetri looks at a selection of rail-mounted options for tunnel construction	Feature Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
iSure is clever SANDVIK claims that its new iSure tunnel planning software takes underground excavation to new levels of professionalism, offering an efficient way for analysing and managing tunnel project information.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Cutting-edge stuff Barbara Stack outlines the development of TBM disc cutters, particularly the oscillating disc type, which could yet prove to be a breakthrough	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Big easy dig UK-BASED Cable Detection has launched the Ezidig, hailed as the world’s first excavator-mounted buried service avoidance tool which is targeted at construction and utility contractors.	Magazine Article	20 Jan 2009	0 Stars
Salt-tolerant drilling fl uid Hydro-Pac a new dry hybrid-polymer drilling fl uid has been launched by Cetco. Hailed as an innovative breakthrough in drilling fl uids the product is designed to be mixable with saltwater as the hydrating fl uid.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Rubber tyres stay buoyant Gehl has introduced a new solid rubber tyre for use with its DL and RS series of telescopic handlers. The single aperture tyres are said to have many advantages over standard pneumatic and foam-fi lled tyres in that they are designed never to puncture blow out or go fl at thereby reducing downtime and increasing productivity. They are also said to last up to four times as long as standard pneumatic and foam-fi lled tyres.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Monitoring is a blast Tunnelling in urban areas can be complicated by regulations and restrictions governing blasting noise and vibration. That is why monitoring the blasting process is an important aspect of working in such areas.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Atlas Copco book on boring Atlas Copco has published Raiseboring in Mining and Construction the latest in its series of informative reference books on rockexcavation technology. The 108-page publication starts with an introduction to the fascinating technique which at only 45 years old is a relative newcomer to the established practices of mining and construction.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Getac’s B300 rises to tough tests “Hard as nails” is how Getac describes its latest B300 notebook; a comparison that can be verifi ed by World Tunnelling having recently put the shiny new notebook through its paces.	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars
Predicting safe shotcrete loads Matthew Clements presents a method of reliably predicting failure modes in early age capacity shotcrete in mining – equally applicable to tunnels developed by excavation and support cycles	Magazine Article	01 Aug 2008	0 Stars

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