Wednesday 3 April 2013

Bertha - World's largest tunnel boring machine



Affectionately called Bertha, world's largest tunnel boring machine; Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) has 51 feet diameter, 400 feet long and weighs 9.5 million pounds. It is built by Herrenknecht AG. It needs 12000 kilowatts of energy to run its massive cutterhead.

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