SOIL MIXING

3.2.2. SPRINGSOL Process

This process was developed for introducing soil-mixing

columns under railway tracks:
- between sleepers,
- through the ballast, without contaminating it.

A tube of 168mm in diameter is lowered down a bore-

hole drilled through the base of the railway track. The
column is then installed beneath the tube, using a retrac-
table tool.
A monitoring system is used to open the tool.

400 mm columns built under a railway track

Drilling rig being used on a railway track

Introduction of the retractable tool in the tube Retractable tool Excavated test column

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