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Installation of Sheet Pile Wall Using Silent Piling Method
i) Installation of initial piles
Reaction stand will be utilized to erect counter weight for the machine to install the initial piles.
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Set Press-in Machine Main Pitch the first pile and
Body and Reaction Stand Set counter weights strat pressing-in
horizontally
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Install prescribed number Remove counter Remove Reaction Stand
of piles weights and the initial piling is
completed
ii) Press-in subsequent piles
Installation of subsequent piles is done by moving the press-in machine forward while
clamping/holding the previously installed piles and pressing the next pile. And these
processes; called “self-walking” are repeated (refer Figure 2).
Figure 2: Press-in process of subsequent piles
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