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  "card_url": "https://itha.ai/c/robbinstbm.com/card.json",
  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-04",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/robbinstbm.com/provenance.json",
  "card": {
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      "regions": [
        "global"
      ],
      "use_cases": [
        "hard rock tunnel excavation",
        "soft ground and mixed-ground tunneling",
        "mine development and access drifts",
        "sewer and utility tunneling",
        "hydroelectric tunnel construction"
      ],
      "industries": [
        "Tunneling and underground construction",
        "Mining",
        "Water and wastewater infrastructure",
        "Rail and transit infrastructure",
        "Hydroelectric infrastructure"
      ]
    },
    "itha": "0.1",
    "proof": {
      "customers": [
        {
          "name": "McNally Construction Inc."
        }
      ],
      "case_studies": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/unprecedented-diameter-change-the-mill-creek-tunnel/",
          "title": "Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel in-tunnel diameter change",
          "outcome": "Main Beam TBM diameter changed from 11.6 m to 9.9 m within the same tunnel, an industry-first."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/ellicott-factory-acceptance/",
          "title": "Ellicott City North Tunnel factory acceptance",
          "outcome": "5.6 m (18.4 ft) diameter TBM achieved factory acceptance for the 1.5 km Ellicott City North flood-mitigation tunnel."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/hiroshima-breakthrough/",
          "title": "Hiroshima Expressway Line 5 Slurry TBM breakthrough",
          "outcome": "13.67 m diameter Slurry TBM broke through on the 1.4 km Hiroshima Expressway Line 5 tunnel through granitic rock at high water pressure."
        }
      ]
    },
    "company": {
      "hq": {
        "city": "Solon",
        "region": "Ohio",
        "country": "US"
      },
      "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/",
      "name": "Robbins",
      "domain": "robbinstbm.com",
      "founded": 1952,
      "same_as": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-robbins-company"
      ],
      "description": "Designs and manufactures tunnel boring machines (main beam, single shield, double shield, crossover, and earth pressure balance types), small boring units, mining machines, conveyors, and TBM cutters for underground construction."
    },
    "offerings": [
      {
        "id": "main-beam",
        "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/products/tunnel-boring-machines/main-beam/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Main Beam TBM",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Open gripper-type TBM for competent to slightly fractured rock, built in diameters from 3 m (10 ft) to 15 m (50 ft); has excavated nearly 3,000 km of tunnel worldwide.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "double-shield",
        "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/products/tunnel-boring-machines/double-shield/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Double Shield TBM",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Shielded TBM enabling simultaneous boring and lining erection in fractured hard rock, built in diameters from 1.6 m (5 ft) to 15 m (50 ft); Robbins introduced the design in 1972.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "single-shield",
        "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/products/tunnel-boring-machines/single-shield/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Single Shield TBM",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Shielded TBM for massively fractured rock and broken ground with water inflows, built in diameters from 1.6 m (5 ft) to 15 m (50 ft) and rated for 10,000 hours of excavation.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "crossover",
        "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/products/tunnel-boring-machines/crossover-machines/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Crossover TBM (XRE/XSE)",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Hybrid TBM convertible between rock, EPB, and slurry excavation modes for mixed and variable ground conditions; deployed as an 8 m diameter XRE machine at the Grosvenor Decline Project.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "earth-pressure-balance",
        "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/products/tunnel-boring-machines/earth-pressure-balance/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) TBM",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "EPB TBM for soft ground beneath the water table, shield sealed to 10 bar, rated for 10,000 hours of useable life; deployed at 6.3 m for San Francisco's Central Subway.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "small-boring-units",
        "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/products/small-boring-machines/small-boring-units/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Small Boring Unit (SBU-A)",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote",
          "notes": "Available for purchase or lease; minimum rental term two weeks with monthly pricing available."
        },
        "summary": "Small-diameter boring machine for hard rock and mixed ground with cobbles or boulders, sized 24 in (600 mm) to 72 in (1.8 m), for rock strengths of 4,000-25,000 psi UCS.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "cutters",
        "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/products/cutters/",
        "kind": "consumable",
        "name": "TBM Cutters",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Disc cutters from 6 in to 20 in diameter for TBM cutterheads, using wedge-lock mounting and case-hardened Timken bearings; fits Robbins and other manufacturers' machines.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "parts-and-service",
        "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/parts-and-service/",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Parts & Service",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Equipment rental, spare parts supply, and on-site field personnel and technical assistance for TBM and small boring unit projects.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://www.robbinstbm.com/contact/",
      "phone": "+1 440 248 3303",
      "methods": [
        "quote_request",
        "consultation"
      ]
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-04"
  }
}