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Powered by COVER STORY interaction The Robbins Company has recently As a company, give us a sense of the emphasis you place on R&D and innovation? launched our Crossover Series of TBMs Provide the USP’s of your oferings vis-a-vis competition. which can work in combination of mixed Research, Development and Innovation • First successful rock boring head for soils and rock respectively. Te XRE stands plays a very important role in our Industry auger boring machine. for Crossover Rock/EPB which is the most and Te Robbins Company has a dedicated • First successful employment of disc common type of dual/hybrid machine, and team of Engineers working in USA in that cutters to bore hard rock. having features of Single Shield Hard Rock regard. • First foating gripper design allowing machines and EPBs for efficient boring For over 60 years, Robbins laid innovation continuous steering of a TBM. in mixed ground geology. Other types of in the tunneling industry / feld. Here are • First variable frequency cutter head Crossover machines are XSE (Crossover few innovations listed below. drive. between Slurry/EPB) and the XRS • First main beam TBM. • First wedge – lock cutter mounting (Crossover between Rock/Slurry) TBMs. • First double shield TBM. system. Robbins has been targeting these machines • First 19 inch cutters. • Cutter wear detection system. in all the geologies across the continent and we have been quite successful in endeavor. were deployed has been completed on time. at various metropolitan cities of India and Apart from these projects Robbins has also the metro is planned in other cities of the Which are the metro projects in which you supplied 4 Nos of 10m diameter and 1Nos country like Bangalore - Phase II, Chennai are present, their status, scope of work and of 6.25m Hard Rock TBM’s in India on – Phase II, Lucknow, Jaipur Metro Phase cost, timeline for completion? water transfer projects. Robbins India have -II, Hyderabad, Mumbai – Line II, and Robbins India has been growing at a steady extended its services by taking back to back Ahmedabad along with the road tunnels for pace since the date of its debut. With so many Operational projects to drive Competitors highways, hydroelectric power projects that projects in pipeline in the transport sector, machine in difcult situation of Bangalore are under way and would require enormous hydro and irrigation tunnels, Robbins sees and rescued the project for the timely number of TBM’s of all types which will a huge potential growth thereby increasing completion of the client. bring boom in the construction industry. our profts and having more projects in Robbins still holds the same vision and plans kitty. Te Robbins Company has supplied Provide us a brief idea of the existing our presence in Indian market on the long TBM’s in Delhi Metro, Jaipur Metro, market opportunities and your strategy term by getting involved and supporting Chennai Metro Package UAA-02 and to tap those going forward? the projects operationally too. Robbins used the same machines in Package UAA- Indian Construction equipment industry aims to support its clients throughout 08 due to high reliability and durability looks promising especially with the Delhi the entire tunneling process by providing of Robbins TBM which performed best Metro having in execution for phase 3 expert services that include operational in Chennai mixed face geology. All other with envisages adding 140 km of the and technical assistance for its machines metro project wherein Robbins machines network and the construction is in process and best afer sales service. u aPrIL 2017 |construction opportunities 59