The Daily News team was again out and about on the fourth day of bauma 2019 checking out some of the monster equipment on show, and finding out what has impressed visitors.
For fast underground construction of slot holes with small diameters within highway tunnels, Herrenknecht is highlighting its Boxhole Boring Machine.
The BBM is for slot holes, or boreholes, such as ventilation shafts, either inclined or vertical, with diameters of up to 1.5m and lengths of up to 60m. The machines are designed for stable rock with compressive strengths of 180 Megapascal or more.
Herrenknecht, based in Schwanau, southwest Germany, uses pipe jacking technology for its BBM. A drilling un
The organisers of bauma China have every right to feel pleased with their work - Mike Woof reports As the bauma China 2012 exhibition closed its doors, the organisers were likely congratulating themselves over a highly successful event. Anyone walking the aisles at this exhibition cannot fail to have noticed the huge numbers of visitors, with early figures saying that 180,000 people visited the show. This was a notable 16% increase over the 155,615 visiting this exhibition in 2010. Despite the slowdown in t
