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Sheep Foot Roller/ Tamping Roller

Sheep foot roller also named tamping roller. Front steel drum of sheep foot roller consists of many rectangular shaped boots of equal sizes fixed in a hexagonal pattern. Coverage area of sheep foot roller is less i.e., about 8- 12% because of the boots on drums. Sheep foot roller done compaction by static weight and kneading of respective layer. This makes tamping roller better suited for clay soils. Contact pressure of sheep foot roller varies from 1200- 7000Kpa.

Pneumatic Tired Roller


Pneumatic tired roller has a number of rubber tires at the front and at the rear end. Empty spaces left in between the two tires that make 80% coverage area under the wheels. Pneumatic roller has the ability to exert contact pressure ranges from 500 700Kpa. Pneumatic tired roller can be used for highways, construction of dams and for both fine grained and non-cohesive soils. It is also used for smoothening of finishing bitumen layer on highways, roads, streets etc.

Tower Crane
The tower crane is a modern form of a balance crane. When fixed to the ground, tower cranes will often give the best combination of height and lifting capacity and are also used when constructing tall buildings.

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