Next Generation Hybrid: The Crossover TBM
In 2015, the breakthrough of Robbins’ first Crossover TBM took place at Australia’s Grosvenor Coal Mine. The latest generation hybrid machine, made to cross between geologies that would normally require multiple TBMs, excavated variable ground 14 times faster than a roadheader. Since that initial project, dozens of Crossover machines have been used worldwide.
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