tunnel carriage

tunnel carriage

[′tən·əl ‚kar·ij]

(mechanical engineering)

A machine used for rapid tunneling, consisting of a combined drill carriage and manifold for water and air so that immediately the carriage is at the face, drilling may commence with no lost time for connecting up or waiting for drill steels; the air is supplied at pressures of 95 to 100 pounds per square inch (655,000 to 689,000 pascals).

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