PILING

Dieseko develops a special pile clamp

Commissioned by GSF Rail Infra GmbH, Dieseko’s R&D department has developed a clamp for a very special type of railway foundation element in cooperation with TyBaSi bv. This so-called GS-element has been specially designed for the foundation of catenary gantries.

 Commissioned by GSF Rail Infra, Dieseko has developed a clamp for a railway foundation element

Commissioned by GSF Rail Infra, Dieseko has developed a clamp for a railway foundation element

The element consists of two parts: a hollow outer jacket with large fins, and a movable anchor tube. The clamp of the vibratory hammer must therefore also be able to grip two parts.

First, the outer casing is attached to the vibrator with two chains. Next, the pointed anchor tube is placed in the desired position and the outer casing is lowered around the middle pin. This anchor tube is clamped by the vibrator first and then vibrated into the ground until the square flange on the outer tube touches the lower clamping section.

Now the outer tube can be positioned exactly right - by hand. Next, the clamping arms are closed around the flange of the outer tube at the bottom. Now both tubes are vibrated together to the correct depth.