Martina (tunnel boring machine)

{{Short description|Tunnel boring machine}}

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| Name = Martina

| Builders = Herrenknecht AG

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| Cost = {{ShipCost|USA|60|m|year=2011}}

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|Ship country =Italy

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|Ship name = Martina

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|Ship fate =Disassembled after July 29, 2013

|Ship notes =The largest hard rock tunnel boring machine ever built

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|Ship class =S-574-type Tunnel boring machine

|Ship tonnage ={{convert|4,500|t}}

|Ship length ={{convert|130|m|ft}}

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The Martina tunnel boring machine (officially named as the S-574.{{cite web|url=https://www.herrenknecht.com/en/references/referencesdetail/galleria-sparvo/|title=Galleria Sparvo|website=Herrenknecht AG}}) is a hard rock tunnel boring machine built by Herrenknecht AG. It is the largest hard rock tunnel boring machine in the world and has been used for drilling the Sparvo Tunnel, a part of the larger Variante di Valico project in Italy.{{cite web|url=https://www.herrenknecht.com/en/media/press-information/2013/a-herrenknecht-giant-reaches-its-target.html|title=A Herrenknecht giant reaches its target|date=17 May 2016|publisher=}}

Specifications and operations

The Martina cost 60 million USD, has a shield diameter of 15.55 metres, an excavation diameter of 15.62 metres, a length of 130 metres, a total weight of 4500 tonnes and an annual operating consumption of 62 million kWh. The cutterhead required 12,000 kW of power whilst the overall vehicle requires 18 MW total installed capacity to function.{{cite web|url=https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/5-biggest-tunnel-boring-machines-in-the-world|title=5 Biggest Tunnel Boring Machines in the World|website=ASME}} The machine started work on the Sparvo tunnel in 2011, with drilling of the 2430-metre north tube completed in 2012. The drilling of the 2600-metre south tube was finished in 2013, bringing the 5-kilometre tunneling project to an end.{{cite web|url=http://tunnelbuilder.com/News/TBM-Martina-ended-Sparvo-tunnel.aspx|title=TBM Martina ended Sparvo tunnel - tunnelbuilder.com News|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tunneltalk.com/Sparvo-project-Italy-29Jul2013-Final-breakthrough-proves-mega-TBM-method-alternative.php|title=Significant breakthrough at Sparvo - TunnelTalk|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.totospa.it/en/documenti/comunicati_html/110728_Comunicato_Stampa_avvio_lavori_TBM_per_Galleria_Sparvo.html|title=Toto Costruzioni Generali|publisher=}}

See also

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