The CX85 hydraulic hammer with a PTC 450 Power pack driving 1220 mm casings piles

PTC Hydroulic Hammer

Maïa Fondations, a regional French company, is renting a CX85 hydraulic hammer to work in Louhans near the city of Macon for the construction of two new railway bridges which will replace the old existing one. Strict SNCF (French Railways) regulations requires the calculation of the bearing capacity in this area . The CX85 is powered by a PTC 450 power pack. The hydraulic hammer drives 1220 mm steel piles (19 mm thickness, length 15 m). 8 m have been driven within 17 minutes. The hydraulic hammer is mounted free hanging on a 120 t mobile DEMAG AC395 telescopic crane.