IHC Hydrohammer

Onshore applications

August 24, 2011

Joop van Dijk
Technical Integration Manager
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IHC Hydrohammer B.V.

Facts
• Started in 1984
• 75 employees ( 2010)
• Locations;
• The Netherlands, Main office and workshop
• Singapore, Office and workshop
• USA Office
• China & Dubai Dealers and service points
• Hammer S-30 – S-2300 KJ

• Sales and Rental projects

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Market Segmentation
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Civil Works

Harbour works Bridges Jetties

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Oil & Gas • Oil & Gas related

• Mostly offshore
• Deepwater

Conductors Jackets Anchors/templates

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Renewables

Mono-piles: installed piles incl. metmasts

2000-2009

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IHC Hydrohammer
719
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Distracted products

Rock breaking Pile Toe Drive Horizontal driving

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Subjects

• Piling,

• Rock breaking,

• Sheet piles,

• Concrete piling,

• Cast-in-situ piling.
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Onshore

sheets profiles cast in situ concrete

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Piling

• Over 25 years of experience on and offshore

• Dutch onshore piling companies more than 3 x 106 blows a year

• Every pile size up to 6,5m,

• Sheet piles, nearly every profile,

• Concrete piling square and round piles,

• Cast-in-situ piling.
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S - 30
S - 40
S - 70
S - 90
S - 120
RAM
S - 150
S - 200
S - 280
S - 500
S - 600
ANVIL S - 800
S - 1200
S - 1400
PILE S - 1800
S - 2000
S - 2300
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Every pile size up to 6,5m

Weight of anvil
24” 450 kg
256” 157000 kg
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Sheet piles
• Sheet piles,

• Combi-wall,

• Profiles (H-beam).
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Sheet piles
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Sheet piles
Special sleeve:

•Sleeve suitable for piling between

sheet piles.
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When things go wrong

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Rock breaking
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Rock breaking

Anvil
Shock absorber
Housing

Wear ring

Chisel Ø250mm
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Rock breaking
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Driving Concrete Piles

Advantages
Possible high quality
Tested properties

Disadvantages
Limited length
Transport
Manufacturing
Steel consumption for handling
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Cast-in-situ piling
Step 1

Step 1: Place pile on ‘pile shoe’

Step 2: Drive pile
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Cast-in-situ piling Step 3

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Step 4
Step 3: Insert steel reinforcement
Step 4: Insert concrete
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Cast-in-situ piling

Step 5

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Step 5: Extract pile

Step 6: Cast-in-situ pile ready
Step 6
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Cast-in-situ piling
Advantages.
Unlimited pile length
Reinforcement on the right position
No transport of piles
Concrete delivered by local supplier or on the jobsite
Easy change of pile diameter
No fractures in the pile by driving
No consumption of wood etc.
Proved and tested system
Bearing capacity by soil displacment

Disadvantages.
Properties of pile known after driving
Pulling device on the leader
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Special application combination of cast in situ with concrete pile

special for tension piles
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Examples for tension piles

Tunnels

Electricity pole

Quay sides
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Cast-in-situ piling
Option:

•Sound enclosure system

Reduction of sound with ± 20 dB(A)

Advantage
Driving close to builded areas

Disadvantage
Extra handling
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Pile extraction
New development:

•Pile extraction
used for removal of piles
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