Here's how the tunnel boring machine, or TBM, works: As the 200-ton TBM moves forward, a round cutter head studded with titanium teeth grinds into the tunnel face and splits large chunks off the rock.

there’s an incredible tunnel boring machine working tirelessly. Machines like the Florence TBM and the versatile AVN are redefining construction with their ability to tunnel through hard rock ...

The Boring Company itself is working on a tunneling machine that can operate at much higher speed, and I think the idea is it might be able to operate in kind of a drone-like way or a computerized ...

A giant Indian-made tunnel boring machine has arrived in Kolkata to continue work on the underground section of the Metro's Purple Line. Despite land issues for Kidderpore station, tunnelling will ...

The tunnel boring machine for Hanoi’s Nhon – Hanoi Railway Station metro has reached Cat Linh Station after six months of operation. The underground section is expected to be completed by 2027. The ...

But Boring, which spun out of SpaceX in 2018, isn’t your everyday tunnel maker. That year, Boring created a media sensation when it sold 20,000 flamethrowers. (They were called “not-a ...