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[Han Patriot]

I dont need to recheck Herrenknecht is WORLD MARKET LEADER and they completely OWN the Chineses tunnel boring market and all major project expect ONE is done with Herrenknecht boring mashines... they have THREE plants in China were they build boring mashines in Guangzhou allone are since 2001 76Herrenknecht boring mashines at work drilling 230km ...each of them 48m a day or 691m a month

Suez Canal Crossing, London Metro, New York subway, nearly every subway in China, Gotthard tunnel, Soshi subway everywere is Herrenknecht

they totaly dominate the market

Bro, the largest TBM maker in China is CREG. Herrenknecht uses their China factory for export, since they can't compete with the Chinese manufacturers domestically. Please stop being so egoistic, check the facts. Nobody is denying HerrenK is big worldwide but you need to start realizing the biggest domestic manufacturer is CREG and they are starting to export under the Aker Wirth brand. Germans are just too expensive, nobody is doubting the quality, but $ speaks louder.

Ever wonder why they are exporting from China? Because the supply chain is in China, not in Germany anymore. They can produce the machines cheaper and faster.

The moment we bought KUKA, I can tell you Germany is declining. The world will be multipolar and Germany is not the pole, you are under American patronage.

 

[Martian2]

TBMs are nothing new, the patents already expired long ago, unless for propriety components. China can manufacture TBM competitively for the past 10 years, that's when we started the rail and metro construction boom. Germans used to occupy a huge chunk of this market, currently their China factory is tuned towards export rather than the domestic market.

Please guys, stop bashing our Turkish friends, some might be closet Indians all we know. Everybody have their own egos and pride, same like our Turkish friends. If they are ignorant educate them politely. But we cannot deny the fact Turkey with a smaller population does have on average better living standards.

I think you're right that the Chinese Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) are perfectly legal reverse-engineered versions.

The Channel Tunnel used a massive TBM for construction in 1988.

Patents are valid for 20 years after filing (under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act).

This means the patents for the Channel Tunnel TBM expired in 2008.

Chinese TBMs are perfectly legal indigenous versions. The TBM patents expired 10 years ago.

 

[Kai Liu]

I am not very familiar with TBMs, just found a few videos here:

 

[q12093487q]

Well，I really hope we don't ruin this thread .

I guess we should blame @Khan_21，he was the first one here to mention Turkey ，I asked him a question and still don't get his answer

 

[sinait]

Well，I really hope we don't ruin this thread .

I guess we should blame @Khan_21，he was the first one here to mention Turkey ，I asked him a question and still don't get his answer

I think enough on Turkey.
No point to bad mouth Turkey because of closet Indians and Turkey based Uyghurs or their symphatizers.
.

 

[TaiShang]

Baidu completes road test of driverless car in Silicon Valley
China Plus, January 9, 2018

Chinese internet and technology giant Baidu has completed a road test of its L4 driverless car, which is equipped with its Apollo2.0 autonomous driving platform, reports thepaper.cn.


Baidu conducted this road test on Friday at its research center in Sunnyvale in Silicon Valley.


The center, which mainly focuses on autonomous driving research, was launched in November 2017.


It is the third research center in the United States for Baidu. It is also the internet giant's second office in Silicon Valley.


According to SAE International, a U.S.-based standards developing organization for engineering professionals in various industries, vehicle automation is categorized into six levels, from L0 to L5. The higher the level, the more automated the vehicle is.


Both occupied and unoccupied vehicles that are qualified for L4, or Full Self-Driving Automation, are designed to perform all safety-critical driving functions and monitor roadway conditions without human control.


In April last year, Baidu announced the "Apollo" project, which provides an open, complete and reliable software platform for its partners in the automotive and autonomous driving industry to develop their own autonomous driving systems.


It's reported that Baidu's Appolo2.0 autonomous driving platform will be officially released on Tuesday at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

http://www.china.org.cn/business/2018-01/09/content_50205746.htm

 

[yusheng]

You might be correct. If it is true, I retract the TBM from China's list of high-technology. However, that still leaves a mountain of Chinese high-technology.

for the time being , there are at least hundreds of different kinds of huge tbms working in China, most of them made by chinese company, one is here,

http://www.china-sz.com/constructionmachinery/

 

[rendong]

我们要在2025基本完成向高端产业结构升级，什么阿猫阿狗都要和我来做比较。那是他们无知不自量力。

 

[AndrewJin]

我们要在2025基本完成向高端产业结构升级，什么阿猫阿狗都要和我来做比较。那是他们无知不自量力。

一个比山东省还要小的经济体来自当supapowa。。。也是醉了

 

[艹艹艹]

Don 't argue with the Turks,

It's meaningless.

 

[TaiShang]

Invention patents in China rank No. 1 globally

By Lu Fangzhu (People's Daily) 15:38, January 11, 2018

The 2018 National Science and Technology Conference was held in Beijing. Wan Gang, China's Minister of Science and Technology, said the innovations of science and technology have been increasing rapidly, which was a historical and structural breakthrough. China has become an influential scientific and technologic power on the international stage due to the significant innovations and the strong capability of science and technology.

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Wan Gang noted that China's technological innovation capacity has greatly improved, and major innovation indexes have also taken the lead. In 2017, the total expenditure of research and development (R&D) is expected to reach 1.76 billion yuan, which is an increase of 70.9 percent from 2012. The expenditure of the GDP is 2.15 percent, exceeding 2.1 percent, which is the average level for 15 European countries.

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The number of international science and technology papers published is ranked second, an increase of 70 percent compared to 2012. It is the first time that citations of Chinese international science and technology papers exceeded those of the Germans and the UK, surging to second in the world.

The number of Chinese invention patents and patent grants ranked in first. The number of valid innovation patents ranked third. The turnover of national technology transaction contracts reached 1.3 billion yuan. The number of new and high technology industries exceeded 136,000. Their R&D investment and invention patents authorization account for more than half and 40 percent of the national counterparts respectively. The tax payment of new and high technology industries was more than 15,000 yuan. Their total sales volume exceeds 30,000 yuan, increasing by more than 10 percent. More than 25 million jobs were offered. Contribution rate of scientific and technological progress has increased from 52.2 percent in 2012 to 57.5 percent. National innovative capacity has risen in rank from 20th in 2012 to 17th.

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"In 2018, the country will continue to promote the establishment of technology-based companies and the transformation of scientific achievements, and create a better environment for innovation by optimizing policy," said Wan.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/0111/c90000-9314384.html