Proud of a job well done: Jesse Perry (left) and Norris Tremmier stand in front of a 3100 hammer they have just completed assembling in a customer's own yard. The 3100 hammer was the last 3' stroke hammer Vulcan produced for the offshore market; compared to the 560 with the same energy, it was heavy … Continue reading Shortages and Supply Chains, Then and Now
Author: Don Warrington
Setting Column Keys in Cylinder and Base
I would think that most Vulcan hammers in operation today are held together with cables. For those that aren't, here is Vulcan's procedure to set cylinder (above) and base (below) column keys, from 1963.
Foundry Practice – Titov, Stepanov — Mir Books
In this post, we will see the book Foundry Practice by N. D. Titov and Yu. A. Stepanov. About the book The book is based on the lectures read to the students of machine- building secondary schools and also on the foundry practice course included in the curriculum of the Bauman Higher Technical School of […]Foundry … Continue reading Foundry Practice – Titov, Stepanov — Mir Books
Getting the Point: Vulcan and Pile Shoes
In some ways Vulcan came into the pile hammer business as a "one-stop shop." One of those stops was pile points. The first drawing produced of these was in 1896; the first documented appearance of these accessories in the catalogue was in 1909. As the drawings below show, evidence of them persists until the 1950's. … Continue reading Getting the Point: Vulcan and Pile Shoes
Coulomb and Rankine Earth Pressure Coefficients for Vertical Walls
Virtually all sheet pile walls are vertical; thus, it is not necessary to worry about the wall angle when considering lateral earth pressure coefficients for these walls. This means that equations for vertical walls and vertical walls with level backfills are all that is left. First, a complete chart, showing the nomenclature, from NAVFAC DM … Continue reading Coulomb and Rankine Earth Pressure Coefficients for Vertical Walls
Sheet Pile Templates
Before the advent of CAD, Vulcan used outline, full scale drawings or actual sheeting sections to lay out sheet pile caps in full size. The drawing board(s) in Chattanooga. On the wall are sheet pile sections, cut from actual sheet piling and used to lay out sheet pile caps. In front of the sheet piling … Continue reading Sheet Pile Templates
Vulcan and Sheet Piling
The development of sheet piling and the Warrington-Vulcan hammers was about the same time (along with concrete piles, other types of steel piles, and the Engineering News Formula.) The years leading up to World War I were ones of rapid development in the marine construction and deep foundation industries, and Vulcan was in the middle … Continue reading Vulcan and Sheet Piling
Design of Sheet Pile Walls
Sheet Pile Design by Pile Buck Harry A. Lindahl and Don C. WarringtonPile Buck International2007 The successor to the classic Pile Buck Sheet Piling Design Manual, this Pile Buck exclusive is the definitive reference for the design of sheet pile walls. It covers every aspect of sheet pile design including the soil mechanics and earth … Continue reading Design of Sheet Pile Walls
Making an Impact on Sheet Piling
Although the classic Warrington-Vulcan and Super-Vulcan hammers were not the best suited to interface with sheeting, doing so was very common for these versatile hammers. Here are some examples broken down into two parts: the sheeting layouts and the cap configurations. These are from the years Vulcan was in Chicago, before it moved to Chattanooga … Continue reading Making an Impact on Sheet Piling
A Vulcan View of Hot-Rolled Sheet Piling
In the 1960's Vulcan put out its Data Manual, which is now (with some improvements) in the vulcanhammer.info Guide to Pile Driving Equipment. Part of that gave dimensions for a wide variety of sheet piling. The purpose of this post is to use some of these illustrations to show various types of hot rolled sheet piling … Continue reading A Vulcan View of Hot-Rolled Sheet Piling
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