UNIVERSAL AND UNIQUE

There are no compromises in the design of the hydraulic IHC Hydrohammer® where reliability, efficiency, possibilities and safety are the focus. A design forged from billions of hammer strikes, both onshore and offshore. The IHC Hydrohammer® combines a solid one-piece ram with a fully enclosed hammer housing. The result is an elegant yet robust and reliable hammer. IHC Hydrohammer®’s unique design makes it suitable for all types of piling and foundation work, ranging from piling impact sensitive concrete piles, to piling large and long offshore caisson piles. The hammer can even be used to break rock (underwater).

MORE RELIABILITY

Solid piece Ram. The ram weight, ram pin and piston rod are forged in one piece, which means there is no risk of the parts separating.

Materials. The forged alloy steel guarantee durability. This alsoallows unlimited piling on steel using full power.

Shock absorber. The robust and tested construction and the materials used sustainably resist the reaction forces from the pile.

Bearings. The ram is guided above and below by lubricated bearings. This reduces ram wear to the minimum.

MORE POSSIBILITIES

Enclosed hammer housing. The energy supplied by the IHC Hydrohammer® is the same both above and below water. For deep water applications, the hammer is equipped with a special air valve, which automatically adjusts the housing pressure to the prevailing hydrostatic water pressure outside the hammer.

Tools. The hammers can be equipped with rock chisels, noise bellows and sheet piling and pile guides in all sizes.

Sleeve design. Due to the flat anvil, the sleeves can be adjusted to suit any pile diameter.

Free hanging. The IHC Hydrohammer® can operate leader guided and free hanging (fitted with a pile sleeve).

Clamp system. A special clamp system rigidly connects the pile head and the hammer housing. As a result, only one IHC Hydrohammer® is needed to drive and to extract piles. This makes the IHC Hydrohammer® ideal for the installation of cast-in-situ (vibro) piles.

Acceleration energy. In addition to piling vertically, the IHC Hydrohammer® can also operate horizontally and at any other inclination. At full power. Thanks to the acceleration energy, it has a relatively low weight and a high peak force to overcome soil resistance.

Forged pieces. Due to the high-quality forged and alloyed parts, the IHC Hydrohammer® is suitable for driving steel on steel.

MORE EFFICIENCY

Hammer control. All hydraulic functions of the IHC Hydrohammer® are electronically controlled and monitored. This contributes to allowing the optimal blow energy to be set.

Limited parts. The use of a limited number of parts leads to fewer spare parts.

Modular structure. All parts that could possibly need attention between major services are easily accessible from the outside.

Oil flow. Due to the accelerated ram weight, it is possible to realise a high Blow Count at a relatively low Oil Flow.

Real time monitoring. The piling data are directly printed on site or stored in a data logger. This allows a detailed analysis of the driving operation to be conducted.

INCREASED SAFETY

Safety provisions. Signals from the hammer sensors are centrally processed in the control box. If the length of the ram stroke is too long or too short, the hammer is stopped. If the hammer/pile positioning is incorrect, the hammer cannot be started.

Environmentally friendly. The IHC Hydrohammer® can use biodegradable oil. Noise reduction is optimised by fitting the IHC Hydrohammer® with the available noise reduction packages.