Bright Engineering was asked to find a conceptual solution for adding an upending system to Dieseko's existing vibratory hammer. Even though the space in the existing machine was limited, we found a good solution and were asked to also do the detail engineering.
The upending system allows for the vibratory hammer to be rotated to horizontal in air. This makes it possible to place the vibrohammer onto the pile. The vibrohammer was originally not designed to take the side loads that occur during pile upending, but with the upending system installed, the hammer can take these loads. This eliminates the need for a separate pile handling tool and saves a lot of operational time changing equipment.