3D animation of a mixshield tunnel boring machine created in 2004

Project: Antwerp North-South Link (ASDAM) single-track railway tunnel
Client: NMBS CCE Strategie Ontwikkeling (Belgian Railway) represented by: TUC RAIL NV, Brussels, Belgium

Hardware: Apple PowerMac G5, AVID Media Composer
Software: Maxon Cinema4D R9, Adobe AfterEffects, Adobe Photoshop
Original resolution: 720x576 pixels, deinterlaced for YouTube

00:00 Intro
00:45 How does a tunnel boring machine work?
02:08 Installation of the tunnel segments
03:14 Completed tunnel structure
03:27 Outro

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