boring machine
Americannoun
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The 190m-long boring machine is named Madeleine, after Madeleine Nobbs, the former president of the Women's Engineering Society.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
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
To drill Seattle’s soft glacial soils, contractors chose an “earth-pressure balance” boring machine, which pushes forward at a pace that’s calibrated to match dirt flowing out the rear end.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
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
For work that is too large to be conveniently lifted to the table of a machine the floor boring machine is employed.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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