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Roman Pile Drivers

  • Hand-held, two-man, and drop hammer with leads, Drive Cap
  • Human powered, water powered and steam winch
  • Energy Calculations - Ft. Lbs, KN, Joules - E&R Formula - Refusal

  • Pile Types - Displacement/Non-Displacement

  • Wood, Pre-Stressed Square Octagon, Concrete, Steel sheets, (Cold/Hot/Light/Heavy) Wood Sheets, Steel H-Beam, Pipe, Plastic, Rock Socketed, Batter Piles, Monotubes, Schell Piles, Augered Cast-In-Place Piles, Driven Grout Piles, Bored Displacement Piles, Vibrated & Driven Displacement Piles, King Piles, Secant Wall, Vibrated Beam, Conductor, Tarpon, Pipe/Sheet, Skip Sheet, Soil Mixing and Dawn Hole

  • Drive Caps, Air/Diesel/Hydraulic, Inserts, Cushion Material & Pile Cushion

  • One Piece, Two Piece with Insert
  • Wood, Steel, Concrete, Plastic
  • What is the purpose of hammer cushion and pile cushion
  • Cushion Material - Conbest and Aluminum, Nylon, Other Types
  • Safety & Accidents

  • Pile tips, Splicers & Methods of Protecting Pile and/or casings during driving

  • Tip protectors for Pipe Piles
  • H-Beams
  • Sheet Piles
  • Special Pile Points
  • Splicers
  • Belly Bands

  • Pile Mandrels & Followers

  • Internal
  • External
  • Why they are not approved

  • Steam/Air Hammers

  • Single, Differential, Double Acting
  • Enclosed, Open Ram
  • Above Water/Below Water
  • Safety and Accidents - Shipping, Storage & Handling - Refusal
  • European Style, pipe rail, square tube, flange mounted
  • Flying Hammer with boot
  • Safety Tips and Accidents

  • Pile Driving Leads

  • Swinging leads, taper and not-taper top
  • Semi-fixed - Head-block, Rooster Sheaves, Boom Tip, Spotters
  • Fixed extended, including engineering calculation parameters
  • Vertical Travel - pros and cons
  • Off Shore - conventional and bottom expansion type
  • Box leads - Bolted together, pin connected
  • European style, pipe rail, square tube, flange mounted
  • Flying hammer with boot
  • Safety Tips and Accidents

  • Pile Driving Rigs - Junttan, ABI, Hitachi, Woltman, Excavator converions, etc.

  • Pictures and video of the most advanced pile driving rigs as they drive piling on actual job sites


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