The invention relates to a pile-driving device and a method for driving driving material into a ground, wherein, for the purpose of driving-in, the driving material is clamped and held by means of a clamping means on a pile-driving power unit and prior to clamping the driving material is connected by means of a flexible securing element, in particular a securing chain, to the pile-driving power unit. In accordance with the invention a pressing element is provided which is displaced relative to the pile-driving power unit towards the driving material and, in doing so, a pressing force is applied onto an upward-directed front face of the driving material.

The invention relates to a pile-driving device and a method for driving driving material into a ground, wherein, for the purpose of driving-in, the driving material is clamped and held by means of a clamping means on a pile-driving power unit and prior to clamping the driving material is connected by means of a flexible securing element, in particular a securing chain, to the pile-driving power unit. In accordance with the invention a pressing element is provided which is displaced relative to the pile-driving power unit towards the driving material and, in doing so, a pressing force is applied onto an upward-directed front face of the driving material.

An efficiency-enhanced resonant system is provided with a backing mass connected to a linear vibrator, a parasitic mass connected to the linear vibrator, a positioning spring, a connecting device, and external biasing springs. The linear vibrator provides vibrating force to the parasitic mass which is connected to the connecting device, grasping a working implement. The use of separate positioning spring and external biasing springs accommodates a tuned system that balances the reduction in backing mass movement, avoids backing mass resonance within the working range of frequencies, and maintains a minimized linear vibrator stroke within the optimal range for one-dimensional implements within desired frequency ranges. The linear vibrator provides vibration that manifests as a frequency range of the natural frequency of the combined assembly of the parasitic mass, positioning spring, external biasing springs, connecting device, and implement, so that the resonant system efficiently performs work with minimized wasted energy.

An efficiency-enhanced resonant system is provided with a backing mass connected to a linear vibrator, a parasitic mass connected to the linear vibrator, a positioning spring, a connecting device, and external biasing springs. The linear vibrator provides vibrating force to the parasitic mass which is connected to the connecting device, grasping a working implement. The use of separate positioning spring and external biasing springs accommodates a tuned system that balances the reduction in backing mass movement, avoids backing mass resonance within the working range of frequencies, and maintains a minimized linear vibrator stroke within the optimal range for one-dimensional implements within desired frequency ranges. The linear vibrator provides vibration that manifests as a frequency range of the natural frequency of the combined assembly of the parasitic mass, positioning spring, external biasing springs, connecting device, and implement, so that the resonant system efficiently performs work with minimized wasted energy.

The invention relates to a device and a method for generating percussive pulses or vibrations for a construction machine, with a housing, a piston which is reversibly reciprocable in a working space in the housing between a first reversal point and a second reversal point, a pressure fluid supply, through which pressure fluid can in each case be led into and out of the working space in the region of the first reversal point and the second reversal point, wherein the piston can be set into the reversible movement in order to generate the percussive pulses or vibrations, at least one controllable valve, through which the pressure fluid can be led into and/or out of the working space, and a control unit which is connected to the at least one controllable valve, wherein by the control unit the movement of the piston in the working space can be controlled and changed. According to the invention provision is made in that the control unit is designed to move the piston at a frequency that corresponds to a resonance frequency of an overall arrangement comprising the piston and the pressure fluid.

Abstract: A vibratory hammer (1) for driving or retracting sheet piles, pipes or other elements into or from the soil, comprises a vibration case (2). A clamp (17) is attached to the vibration case (2). The clamp (17) comprises gripping jaws (18) for gripping the sheet piles or other elements. A yoke (3) is connected to the vibration case (2) via one or more vibration damping elements for suspending the vibratory hammer (1) from a hoist cable or the like. In the vibration case (2) an even number of pairwise arranged eccenter weights are rotationally mounted. The vibratory hammer comprises at least one synchronous electric motor (13A) for driving the rotation of the eccenter weights.

An H-pile caisson includes side tabs that can be gripped by side-mounted clamps on a vibratory hammer so that the caisson may be lifted into position from a horizontal position, oriented vertically, and driven into the ground without readjustment of the clamping of the vibratory hammer. A bolted side-extending base plate provides a mounting surface for a pole while allowing a continuous section of the H-pile to be received directly by the vibratory hammer.

An H-pile caisson includes side tabs that can be gripped by side-mounted clamps on a vibratory hammer so that the caisson may be lifted into position from a horizontal position, oriented vertically, and driven into the ground without readjustment of the clamping of the vibratory hammer. A bolted side-extending base plate provides a mounting surface for a pole while allowing a continuous section of the H-pile to be received directly by the vibratory hammer.

A modular driving head coupling device includes a first component configured for attachment to a driving equipment apparatus such as a vibratory hammer, and a second component configured for attachment to an installation equipment apparatus such as a sheet piling installation mandrel, including detachable coupling elements for detachable coupling between the first and second components.

A modular driving head coupling device includes a first component configured for attachment to a driving equipment apparatus such as a vibratory hammer, and a second component configured for attachment to an installation equipment apparatus such as a sheet piling installation mandrel, including detachable coupling elements for detachable coupling between the first and second components.