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Hammer & Steel Adds Delmag Drilling Rigs
To Product Offering |
Hammer & Steel has added a fleet of Delmag
drilling rigs to its line of piling and pile
driving products, increasing its ability to
meet the needs of all segments of the deep
foundation industry.
The company has purchased a variety of hydraulic
drilling rigs built by Delmag, a manufacturer most
Hammer & Steel customers recognize for its
superior line of diesel pile driving hammers. The
drilling rigs are made in the same works in
Esslingen, Germany that produces the hammers,
and they are manufactured to the same exacting
standards. While not as well known in the United
States, the powerful and efficient Delmag drilling
rigs are used throughout Europe.
The initial Hammer & Steel order included a total
of five crawler-mounted drill rigs. The three
largest have torque ratings of 190,000 ft-lb;
another is rated at 130,000 ft-lb and the last at
90,000 ft-lbs.
These rigs feature demolition-grade CAT carriers
with substantial enhancements to the undercarriage,
higher horsepower diesel engines and
upgraded hydraulically extendable tracks for
stability. Other notable features include mastmounted
hydraulic winches; dual joystick controls
with push-button selection of operations such as
self-plumbing of the mast; set-up/fold down for
transport; and oscillation of casing. Self-erecting
systems, free-falling auxiliary winch and mast
extensions are also available.
Hammer & Steel has based its fleet of Delmag rigs
at its centrally located St. Louis headquarters,
reducing the mobilization costs for contractors.
Additionally, the 90,000 ft-lb unit can be mobilized
with just one truck.
These versatile rigs are capable of performing a
variety of work in several configurations, noted
Mark Colvin, who handles sales and rental of
Hammer & Steel's Delmag and LoDril.
For Example:
- In the Kelly Bar configuration, piers can
be drilled, soil improvement methods
can be employed and displacement
piles created.
- Casing lengths up to five meters can be
used with ease.
- With the Continuous Flight Auger (CFA)
set-up, auger cast piles can be installed.
- Jobs requiring oscillation or submersion of
casing while drilling with tooling can be
readily installed with a Double Rotary
Head arrangement.
- Rock-drilling auger heads are available for
the convenience of clients in sizes
ranging from 24 inches to 72 inches, in
6-inch increments.
"While Hammer & Steel has traditionally
worked extensively with pile driving contractors,
we want to be able to help everybody
in the deep foundation industry," explained
Colvin, who recently joined the company
expressly to handle drilling rigs. "We have
expertise in geotechnology and geology that can
help all segments of the market. Hammer &
Steel has made a big investment in machines,
parts, tooling and manpower in order to
position itself as a valuable partner with
drilling contractors."
Colvin, whose roots in the deep foundation
industry go back two decades, spent
time at the Delmag plant in Germany, seeing
how the rigs are built and learning to use them.
"The deep foundation market is obviously
interested in the Delmags," he observed.
"Shortly after the first unit was delivered, it was
sent to a job site for soil improvement work."
Veteran Hammer & Steel technician Dusty
Yahnke has been assigned maintenance duties
for both the Delmag and LoDril rigs. Dusty
also spent several weeks in Germany
getting extensive hands-on experience with the Delmag machines.
For answers to any questions about the Delmag drilling
rigs, including specifications, contact Mark Colvin at the
St. Louis office.
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