In recent years, China's infrastructure construction has ushered in unprecedented rapid development, covering railway construction, highway transportation, water conservancy and hydropower, urban rail transit, mine construction, and large-scale gas, power, and water transmission projects. These projects have an increasing demand for full-section tunnel boring machines (TBMs), especially large-diameter TBMs. With the continuous advancement of infrastructure projects, the application areas of large-diameter TBMs are becoming more and more extensive, from urban subways to cross-regional transmission pipelines, all aspects benefit from their superior performance and efficient construction capabilities.
Advantages of large-diameter TBMs
The introduction and use of large-diameter TBMs have significantly improved the efficiency and safety of tunneling projects. Compared with traditional tunneling methods, large-diameter TBMs have many advantages:
Safety and efficiency: Traditional tunneling projects are usually accompanied by high-intensity, high-risk and high-pollution problems, while the use of large-diameter TBMs transforms these problems into a relatively safe and efficient green construction mode. Its integrated design can effectively cope with complex geological conditions and ensure the safety and efficiency of the construction process.
Environmental protection: Large-diameter TBM has less impact on the environment during construction, which meets the environmental protection requirements of modern tunnel construction. Its efficient construction capacity and advanced technical means enable it to maintain high-quality engineering construction while reducing environmental damage.
Comprehensive performance: Large-diameter TBM can meet the multiple requirements of modern tunnel construction, including fast, high-quality, efficient, safe and environmentally friendly. These characteristics enable large-diameter TBM to achieve precise construction under various complex engineering conditions, further promoting the development of tunneling technology.
Growth of market demand
With the continuous increase in China's infrastructure construction projects and the continuous improvement of technical levels, the market demand for large-diameter TBM will continue to expand. In addition to traditional fields such as railways, highways, and urban rail transit, large-diameter TBM will also play an important role in cross-regional projects such as gas transmission, power transmission, and water transmission. This is not only because of its efficient construction capacity, but also because it conforms to the current concept of green development and can promote infrastructure construction towards a safer, more environmentally friendly and more efficient direction.
Overall, the widespread application of large-diameter TBM not only improves construction efficiency and quality, but also conforms to the current concept of green development. With the rapid advancement of China's infrastructure construction and the continuous improvement of technology, the market prospects for large-diameter TBMs are very broad. In the future, large-diameter TBMs will play an important role in more fields and help China's infrastructure construction achieve a new leap forward.