Schmersal Switch for Elon Musk
Published on : Monday 01-11-2021
Schmersal provided technical support for a young team from the Technical University of Munich.
A small contribution to the victory: Schmersal provided technical support for a young team from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, that was taking part in a project called “Not a Boring Competition”. This competition was launched by Elon Musk, the legendary American entrepreneur, co-founder of PayPal, founder of the space company Space X and currently the builder of the Tesla plant in Germany.
The goal of Elon Musk’s The Boring Company is to build the tunnel infrastructure necessary to enable fast, safe, and comfortable transportation, including Loop and Hyperloop. To feasibly build a large network of tunnels, one must first rapidly innovate to increase tunnelling speed and reduce tunnelling costs.
This competition challenges teams to come up with tunnelling solutions and answer the question, “Can you beat the snail?”. Out of nearly 400 applicants, twelve teams advanced through the technical design reviews to compete at the competition, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 12, 2021.
The aim of the competition was to build the fastest and most precise tunnel boring machine in the world to implement new mobility concepts, such as the Hyperloop concept. Almost 400 competitors from all over the world took part in the challenge.
The team from the Technical University of Munich – ‘TUM Boring’ – which includes 60 students, developed a drilling machine in which position switches from Schmersal were also used. The finished machine, which weighs a total of 22 tonnes, was transported to Las Vegas, where the final of the competition took place in mid-September this year. The result is now clear: the winner was TUM Boring with a 22-metre-long tunnel bore.
Schmersal warmly congratulates the team and is proud to have made a small contribution to this great victory.
Contact for additional information: Santosh Wankhede, Sr. Executive Marketing, Schmersal India Pvt Ltd, MIDC Ranjangaon, Pune. Phone: +91-9607800255. Email: [email protected]
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