{"id":2346,"date":"2024-02-01T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelinsider.com\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2024-02-02T21:10:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:10:44","slug":"herrenknecht-tunnel-boring-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelinsider.com\/herrenknecht-tunnel-boring-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Herrenknecht Tunnel Boring Machine Presented To Wiener Linien"},"content":{"rendered":"

EPB Shield Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine ordered by Austrian specialists<\/h3>\n

The Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine, specifically the EPB Shield (Earth Pressure Balance Shield) unit was ordered by the Austrian tunnel building experts. The expansion of subway line 2 from Vienna City Hall to the south is being built by STRABAG and PORR in joint venture for Wiener Linien, the operator of the Vienna subway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Herrenknecht EPB Shield is the optimal machine type for the predominantly clayey geology that we expect according to the preliminary investigations,\u201d stated Ralph Lickert, Project Manager at Herrenknecht.<\/p>\n

The Herrenknecht EPB Shield for the Austrian capital measures 6,840 mm in diameter, 120 m in length, and weighs 1,200 tons in total. The machine will begin at the upcoming Matzleinsdorfer Platz station and travel 2.1 kilometers northward through a tunnel beneath Augustinplatz. After that, the Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine will be dragged back down the precast concrete-lined bored tunnel to drive the parallel tube from Matzleinsdorfer Platz.<\/p>\n

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Vienna’s response to an increasing population is the extension of the metro network. More than 2 million people are expected to live in the capital by 2030. According to the city, the investment in the line extensions will create and secure around 30,000 jobs.<\/p>\n

Using the automated tunneling technology from Herrenknecht<\/a> tunnel boring machines, construction companies throughout the world have already dug more than 3,000 km of tunnels for high-performance metro systems in more than 1,300 projects. The Grand Paris Express and Sydney Metro projects, which use 22 and 15 Herrenknecht machines, respectively, are examples of current flagship projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Project Data Vienna Metro Line 2<\/strong><\/p>\n