SUPERTOP foundation technique

UNDERGROUNDOBSTACLE REMOVAL
NIPPON SHARYO
In quest of the removal technique of existing concrete foundation in the ground to cope with the demand increasing of Building renewal projects the construction volume of the SUPERTOP casing rotator is increasing remarkably in Japan and in Hong Kong. This chapter instructs various techniques in removing underground obstacles.

Covering the whole obstacle with a casing

Hammer grab
Casing

Steel pile H-shaped beam

Grabbing

Cleaning by water jet

Extracting by crane

The obstacles as steel pipes and H-shape beam (which are not possible to break them into small pieces by a chisel) can be removed by covering whole obstacle with a casing and excavating soil around the obstacle with a hammer grab, and cleaning the remained soil in the casing with a water jet, and extract it by a crane.

Cut and break a steel pipe with casing bits

casing Steel pipe H-shaped beam

Cut piece

Cutting by casing bits

Breaking by chisel

Excavating by hammer grab

Steel pipes and H-shape beams can be easily removed after cutting them into two pieces by casing bits. Sometimes, a hammer grab is dropped into between the casing and the cut pieces of the steel pipe. Then, remove the cut pieces by rotating the casing together with hammer grab, resulting the cut pieces to be twisted and broken.

(Cuttng by casing + removing by multi-gripper) Vibration/noise pollution free technique

Steel beam

Multi-gripper

Multi-gripper

Steel pipe

(Low sound/vibration level)

When a high level of vibration or noise generation is prohibited, this multi-gripper is the most effective tool for removing underground obstacles. The multi-gripper is a drilling tool through out the obstacle inside of the casing, not only iron reinforced concrete bases, PC-piles, steel pipes caissons, bored piles , etc.

Covering whole bored pile by casing

C
Keep a gap [C] between bored pile and casing: 200~300 or more

Casing Bored pile

A sufficient space [gap:C 200 to 300mm and more] between the casing and the bored pile is required for easier breaking the pile into small pieces and for smooth covering with the casing through out the pile . After chiseling the pile head in the casing, excavate the broken pieces with a hammer grab.

Low vibration level with multi-gripper

C
Keep a gap [C] between bored pile and casing: 200~300 or more

Casing Bored pile Multi-gripper

A sufficient space [gap:C 200 to 300mm and more] between the casing and the bored pile is required for easier breaking the pile into small pieces and for smooth covering with the casing through out the pile . In case high level of vibration is prohibited, excavate the broken pieces with a hammer grab after breaking the pile head in the casing with a multi-gripper .

(Cut and break a bored pipe with casing bits)

Casing

Bored pile

It is important to know How many per cent of the casing is contacting with the bored pile during driving the casing through out the pile. If it is hard to drive the casing into soil with a certain vertical accuracy, the cutting bits of the casing may be slipped out from the bored pile.

(Cut and break a bored pipe with casing bits)

Casing

Pile
Covering or more: Going straight ahead Covering 1/2~1/3: Going into pile center Covering 1/3 or less: Escaping from pile center

Pay special attentions to the casing. If the casing covers over 50% of the pile sectional area, it will go down straight ahead. If it covers1/2~1/3, then the casing will be inclined toward the pile center. If it cover less than 1/3, then it will be slipped and escaped from the pile center.

(Boring through out concrete base)

Extracting casing Cut by casing Grabbing

Concrete base

To cut concrete base, even if it contains iron-reinforcements, is not so difficult by the cutting bits provided on the bottom end of the casing. But the concrete core remaining in the casing must be broken into small pieces by chiseling prior to excavation them. The gap [C] must be kept by lifting the casing for better chiseling performance.

Under Under ground ground obstacles obstacles removal removal by by MULTI-GRIPPER MULTI-GRIPPER

Multi-gripper, specially invented drilling tool used together with SUPERTOP for underground obstacle removals. Its most effective application is [At the site where a high vibration level generated by chiseling is prohibited, or thick iron reinforcement bars, steel pipes and H-beams are existed in the obstacles to be removed.

Structure Structure // functions functions of of multi-gripper multi-gripper

Weight

Link

shoe Casing

Screw head

Insertion/removal Insertion/removal

Drilling Drilling

When multi-gripper is suspended its shoe is retracted. The shoe is expanded and griped surely in the casing when the screw head reaches to the bottom by the weight. Rotate and lower the casing and the screw head starts to crash the bottom. A drilling-reaction force from the bottom pushed up the screw head which results shoe to be expanded strongly.