boring machine
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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To get to the boring machine we are driven for an hour in a buggy in the tunnel.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
The four-lane tunnel opened three years late on Feb. 4, 2019, primarily because of a stall and massive retrofits to Bertha, the world’s biggest tunnel boring machine.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
This round metal device, a custom-made tunnel boring machine that’s decorated with colorful handprints, was lowered into a 138-foot shaft weeks ago and is now preparing to dig a two-mile sewer tunnel in Alexandria.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022
It was one of the nation’s most ambitious urban tunneling projects, but also became known for a breakdown in the tunnel boring machine that caused a long delay.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2021
Boring a Duplex Cylinder on a Horizontal Machine Boring a Duplex Gasoline Engine Cylinder.—The method of holding work on a horizontal boring machine depends on its shape.
From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Franklin D. Jones
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