Job Reports > Vibro Hammers

New Zealand Refining Company
Marsden Point Facility, New Zealand
GHK Piling

The PTC 120HD offers a massive eccentric moment of 120kgm and centrifugal force of 2550kN.

GHK Piling 2000 limited, a Whangarei based pilingand Bridge building company, were approached by the New Zealand Refining Company to construct a new jetty at their Marsden point facility.

GHK Piling formed a partnership with their sister company and Stainless Steel Project and Tauranga based Tom French Industries. For the driving of the three 2.400mtr 16mm forty meter long piles which were installed in three sections, GHK Piling approached ThyssenKrupp Steelcom NZ manager Andy Fenn, with the help of his Australian counterparts recommended using the PTC120HD Vibro hammer. Brendon Hayward, GHK’s Project Manager said the power of this machine proved itself through some trying ground conditions encountered during the installation of these piles.

Geelong Ports
North Geelong Victoria
McConnell Dowell
with KV Johnson Construction

MÜLLER-vibrators. HFV series with variable frequency and amplitude and resonance-free starting and stopping.

Geelong Port is the largest regional port in Victoria and continues to experience stable trade growth.

McConnell Dowell, a world-class Australian based engineering, construction, building and maintenance company was the main contractor for the project.ThyssenKrupp Steelcom supplied the subcontrator KV Johnson, a Muller MS-24 HFV to be used at the Corio Quay in Geelong Port VIC. The requirements for the vibro hammer was to drive dolphin piles which utilized single jaw MS180 (180tonne clamppressure) weighing 1250kg and and double jawsMS100 (100 tonne per clamp) at 750kg each.

Kooragang Island, Newcastle
New South Wales
KCET Inbound Structures

ABI HVR 75 Hydraulic vibrators are the most widely used equipment for driving and extracting sheet piles, casings and profiles with excellent performance and precision.

Abigroup Limited- one of Australia’s major engineering and building construction, civil contractors with the largest earthmoving fleet of any contractor in Australia - has commissioned ThyssenKrupp Steelcom for the use of the ABI HVR75 excavator mounted vibro hammer to drive 8.5m sheetpiles.

Cronulla
New South Wales
Sea wall remediation.

The project presents a number of significant project management challenges including difficult site access, public access management, environmental impacts from storms / tidal activity and onstantly shifting sands.

Mayfield (Newcastle)
New South Wales
Construction of a new seawall to replace old one

Steelcom has recently supplied Emanon the Müller Excavator Mounted Vibrator (MS-7 HFBS) for application on its current BHP Remediation project in Mayfield (Newcastle) NSW.

Wollongong
New South Wales
Port Kembla Berth 6 wharf construction

Steelcom have introduced the largest vibro-driver currently available in Australia to the Port Kembla development project.

Coffs Harbour
Northern New South Wales
Deep sea release, cofferdam construction

Barclay Mowlem Candac used two PTC vibratory hammers throughout this project – their own 25H2 and Steelcom’s new 30H1.

Groote Eylandt
600km east of Darwin
Barge wharf extension

Sheet pile was the major construction material. Contractor used standard frequency PTC 30HI hammer with vibratory power of 193kw to drive over 90 LX25 sheet piles 11.8m in length supplied ex stock by Steelcom.

Raymond Terrace
New South Wales
Abutment Reinforcement

Contractor Civilbuild is seen here using our 15HF3 to drive 8 metre LX16 sheet pile into stiff clay for an abutment reinforcement.

Newcastle
New South Wales
Ferry Wharf Construction

Contractor Newcastle Wharf and Jetty Repairs used our 50HL hammer to drive 21.7 metre long steel tubes that were 900mm diameter with a wall thickness of 16mm.

Auckland
New Zealand
Wharf Construction

Fletcher Construction used Steelcom's 50HL hammer in the construction of wharves at Marsden Point, 150km north of Auckland.

Cantebury
New Zealand
Foundation Construction

For this ICT project, pile foundation columns were created and the PTC30H1 Vibro Hammer was used to drive 900mm dia casing down 15m.