APE Tandem 400 King Kong Completed 12-foot Casing Installation For China’s TianXinZhou Bridge
MBEC (CHINA ZHONG-TIE MAJOR BRIDGE ENGINEERING GROUP) has just started another mega job on the Yangtze River. This is the largest cable stayed bridge for high speed train in the world.
Project Name: 6-mile Long Nanjing Da-Shen-Guan High-Speed Railway Bridge Project, part of the 900-mile Shanghai-Beijing High-Speed Bullet Train Mega-Project
Maximum Speed: 190 miles/hours
No. 8 Main Support: 46 ea 9 feet diameter 1” thick casings, 210 feet long, 286,000 pounds;
No. 7 Main Support: 46 ea 9 feet diameter 1” thick casings, 180 feet long, 242,000 pounds;
No. 6 Main Support: 46 ea 9 feet diameter 1” thick casings, 150 feet long, 200,000 pounds;
Equipment employed: two sets of APE Tandem Model 400 King Kongs
Contractor: China Zhong-Tie Major Bridge and Engineering Corp (MBEC)
APE China Engineer/Technician Mr. Yang, Yun Fu is on site providing technical service.
“We are proud to own two sets of APE Tandem King Kong, and we are extremely pleased with the superb service delivered by the APE team”, said Mr. Chen Rong Jian, General Manager of MBEC Equipment Division.
IMECO Austria Is Spotlighted In Construction World Magazine
Post Date: October 20, 2005 at 12:00 am
Reported From: APE Austria
Reported From: APE Austria
APE’s Middle East distributor is featured in this month’s Construction World Magazine. IMECO is headed by Karl Pacik. Karl buys used ICE and J&M vibratory pile/drivers from APE and sells them in the Middle East. He also sells new APE and J&M equipment. He has helped APE expand and is a key factor in APE’s worldwide expansion.
APE 200 Selected For Revolutionary New Pile Technology In China
Background: The city of Wenzhou is running out of land. The “Project Overview” picture shows the master plan to reclaim land for the city of Wenzhou, 500 miles by highway and one hour by air plane away from Shanghai. The “North and South Dykes” picture shows the two solid coast lines where Prof. Xie’s the patented Barrel Pile technology will be used. Currently, Prof. Xie is working on the North Dyke.
Project Name: China Wenzhou Land Reclamation
Project Value: 8 million US dollars
Project Nature: Testing project for Wenzhou Peninsula Project
Mandrel Specs:
1500 mm OD X 16 mm thickness; (59” OD x0.63” thickness)
1100 mm ID X 14 mm thickness; (43” OD x0.55” thickness)
27 meters in length; (89 feet)
Required depth: 24 meter into soil (79 feet)
Equipment used: self-walking type of pile driving rig equipped with drills and APE Model 200 vibratory hammers. The clamps are custom-designed.
Soil Condition: silty & sandy soil
Vibratory Choice: APE Model 200 with special clamp system designed by Dr. Shea and APE.
IMECO News – Conexpo and beyond
Post Date: April 11, 2005 at 12:00 am
Reported From: APE Austria
Reported From: APE Austria
For everyone who could not attend America’s largest construction equipment exhibition “Conexpo” in
Las Vegas last month we herewith summarise new developments of our main partners for piling and
foundation equipment.
APE of Kent (American Piledriving Equipment) showed the brand new RoboVib, a vibro for mounting to the excavator boom which grabs beams and sheet piles from the side so that no additional servicemen are required. Another invention is the new diesel hammer type D180 with a ram weight of 18000 kg. It was a pleasure to meet many piling contractors who gave a lot of credit to the quality and performance of the APE machines as well as to APE’s continuous effort to develop new and better piling equipment.
You can read the complete story here. (PDF – 1.5MB)
J&M 416 Drives Piles In Abu Dhabi
Post Date: January 10, 2005 at 12:00 am
Reported From: APE Austria
Reported From: APE Austria
Attached some photos I took today here in Abu Dhabi. The contractor APCC is using our brand new J+M416 to drive temporary steel casings of 750 mm diameter and 18 m length in pre-bored soil at the prestegious Marina Mall Extension project. About 300 piles have to be made and I am glad to report that APCC is very happy with our vibro.
APE Tandem 400 King Kong Installs Super Large Diameter Piles For Largest Bridge Ever Built by Mankind
On August 9, 2004 , MBEC ( CHINA ZHONG-TIE MAJOR BRIDGE ENGINEERING GROUP CO.,LTD) drove down the first steel casing into the Yangtzu River with APE Tandem Model 400 Vibro . The steel casing is 2.8 meter in diameter, 20 mm in thickness and 42 meters in length. The first part of the casing is 27 meter long. After driving down the first part, they welded up the second part which is 15 meter. The casing was driven 35 meter into the soil. MBEC will drive 40 casings ea for two piers of Su-Tong Bridge.
APE Model 150 Pounds Sheet Piles In Bahrain
Post Date: March 25, 2004 at 12:00 am
Reported From: APE Austria
Reported From: APE Austria
IMECO Austria, (APE Middle East Distributor) sent in these photos of our Model 150 at work. Karl Pacik is visiting the site this week. The customer is driving 5000 linear meters of sheet piles, length 6-10 m and he is very happy with our machine.
Good Work Karl!
APE in the Middle East with IMECO Austria
Post Date: February 4, 2004 at 12:00 am
Reported From: APE Austria
Reported From: APE Austria
IMECO Austria is APE’s distributor in the Middle East. Imeco is the “European top source of machines and equipment for infrastructure and civil engineering projects”. Visit their website: www.imeco.at
