PILETEC has launched two new piling attachments designed to save civils contractors time and money.
The new hire products are an ICE side-grip hammer by Dieseko Group and a DX20 excavator-mounted impact hammer, said to safely drive long sheet piles and steel tubes.
When used together, Piletec said the products are capable of installing sheet piles up to 16m long.
The ICE side-grip hammer is described as safer than other methods of installing sheet piles as the pile is picked up ‘firmly’ by the hammer, eliminating the need for additional personnel. It can be fully set up in approximately 2-3 hours, including setting excavator flows, hydraulics and electrical connections.
The ICE Side-Grip was developed following a study on similar attachments, as well as input from operators. The result, Piletec added, is a ‘unique, linear side-clamping system that gives full control over the sheet pile’.
The DX20 excavator-mounted impact hammer gives operators full control of the hammer stroke and blow rate from inside the excavator. The hammer is fitted with a tiltrotator and quick hitch adapter. When connected to the excavator’s quick hitch, Piletec explained that the hammer can be quickly lifted from a horizontal transport position to a vertical position.
Side tilt adjustment of 5° left and right allows it to cope with the cant of site conditions, and during piling, the hammer is automatically guided or crowded in the vertical plane.
James Burchell, director for Piletec, said, “We continually look at new products to expand our portfolio to help meet all our customers’ requirements and offer real cost savings, which these two new hammer attachments deliver.”
