TBM Performance World Records

Below you will find a list of TBM advance rate World Records by cutterhead diameter. This list covers the entire TBM industry, including our competitors. If you have a more recent record, please email us at .

3.01 – 4.00 m diameter
	Best Day	Best Week	Best Month	Monthly Average
Record	172.4 m	703 m	2066 m	1189 m/mo
Make	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins
Model #	Mk 12C	Mk 12C	MB 104-121A	Mk 12C
Project	Katoomba Carrier	Katoomba Carrier	Oso Tunnel	Katoomba Carrier
Country	Australia	Australia	USA	Australia
4.01 – 5.00 m diameter
Record	128.0 m	477.0 m	1822 m	1352 m/mo
Make	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins
Model #	MB 146-193-2	MB 146-193-2	DS 1617-290	DS 155-274
Project	SSC No. 4, Texas	SSC No. 4, Texas	Yellow River Tunnels 4 and 5	Yellow River Lot V
Country	USA	USA	China	China
5.01 – 6.00 m diameter
Record	99.1 m	562 m	2163 m	1095 m/mo
Make	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins
Model #	MB 1410-251-2	MB 1410-251-2	MB 1410-251-2	DS 1811-256
Project	Little Calumet, Chicago	Little Calumet, Chicago	Little Calumet, Chicago	Yindaruqin
Country	USA	USA	USA	China
6.01 – 7.00 m diameter
Record	124.7 m	515.1 m	1754 m	1187 m/mo
Make	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins
Model #	MB 203-205-4	MB 203-205-4	MB 203-205-4	MB 222-183-2
Project	Indianapolis DRT	Indianapolis DRT	Indianapolis DRT	Dallas Metro
Country	USA	USA	USA	USA
7.01 – 8.00 m diameter
Record	115.7 m	428 m	1482 m	770 m/mo
Make	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins
Model #	MB 236-308	MB 236-308	MB 321-200	MB 321-200
Project	Karahnjukar Hydroelectric	Karahnjukar Hydroelectric	TARP, Chicago	TARP, Chicago
Country	Iceland	Iceland	USA	USA
8.01 – 9.00 m diameter
Record	75.5 m	428 m	1719 m	873 m/mo
Make	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins
Model #	271-244	271-244	271-244	271-244
Project	Channel Tunnel, U.K.	Channel Tunnel, U.K.	Channel Tunnel, U.K.	Channel Tunnel, U.K.
Country	U.K.	U.K.	U.K.	U.K.
9.01 – 10.00 m diameter
Record	105.6 m	435 m	1600 m	715 m/mo
Make	Herrenknecht	Herrenknecht	Herrenknecht	Robbins
Model #	S-373	S-373	S-373	321-199
Project	La Cabrera	La Cabrera	La Cabrera	TARP, Chicago
Country	Spain	Spain	Spain	USA
10.01 – 11.00 m diameter
Record	48.8 m	235 m	841.8 m	–
Make	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins	–
Model #	354-253	332-335	332-335	–
Project	TARP, Chicago	West Qinling	West Qinling	–
Country	USA	China	China	–
11.01 m -13.00 m diameter range
Record	49.7 m	248.8 m	787.8 m	–
Make	Herrenknecht	Herrenknecht	Herrenknecht	–
Model #	–	–	–	–
Project	Legacy Way	Legacy Way	Legacy Way	–
Country	Australia	Australia	Australia	–
13.01 m – 14.00 m diameter
Record	32.4 m	178.2 m	721.8 m	–
Make	Robbins	Robbins	Robbins	–
Model #	451-379	451-379	451-379	–
Project	Esme-Salihli	Esme-Salihli	Esme-Salihli	–
Country	Turkey	Turkey	Turkey	–
14.01 m diameter and up
Record	29.8 m	153 m	468 m	303 m/mo
Make	Herrenknecht	Robbins	Robbins	Herrenknecht
Model #	S-764	471-316	471-316	S-764
Project	Waterview Connection	Niagara	Niagara	Waterview Connection
Country	New Zealand	Canada	Canada	New Zealand