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B-6505 Drives 24" Octagonal Concrete piles for the Port of LA
B-6505 Drives 72" pile in Chesapeake Bay

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B-6505 Drives 24" Octagonal Concrete piles for the Port of LA

The hammer ran virtually without visible exhaust in all-driving conditions (note that there is no smoke in the photos during the operation of this hammer).

After seeing our B-6505 driving concrete piles on a recent job in Southern California, Russ Taylor of Foundation Pile said, "How the hell can I see it running? Where's all the smoke?"

Meeks Marine just completed the first phase of a project to drive 24" Octagonal Concrete Piles 110' long for the port of LA using a New Berminghammer B-6505 smokeless impact hammer and 150' of Berminghammer 37" hanging box leads. The Berminghammer B-6505 uses the latest fuel injection technology developed by Berminghammer to produce a virtually smokeless hammer while operating with Standard diesel fuel. The Berminghammer direct drive concrete adapter was used to drive these piles delivering more energy into the pile then a conventional hammer and pile cap arrangement. The direct drive unit is mounted directly to the hammer eliminating the use of cables. The pile is captured inside the adaptor giving the operator more control when positioning the piles to be driven. By using this system Berminghammer has developed a hammer that is as efficient as any Hydraulic or steam hammer on the market. When you couple this with the smoke free operation you get the most efficient and clean operating hammer on the market.


Berminghammer B-6505 complete with 30" Direct Drive Concrete Adapter.	Berminghammer B-6505 Impact Hammer c/w 150' of BFE's 37" hanging box style leads	Berminghammer B-6505 Direct Drive Impact Hammer driving 24" octagonal piles 110' long for the port of LA.

B-6505 Drives 72" pile in Chesapeake Bay

For this US Coast Guard project the prime contractor Marine Technology selected Sunbelt Rentals who where able to supply a high efficiency impact hammer. Berminghammer recommended a B-6505 smokeless hammer and modular Offshore 37-1/2" lead system. Berminghammer provided a drivability study to estimate the time required to drive the 72" pile to a tip elevation of 100 feet.

After the equipment was approved for the project the contractor and Berminghammer were put on a tight schedule to have the piles installed.

Both Berminghammer and Sunbelt provided technicians for the start up of this project to ensure that everything went smoothly. The B-6505 ran very consistent throughout the driving of the two piles. The hammer achieved a stroke of 10 ft stroke, (38 blows per minute) directly after starting the hammer in soft soils (7 blows per foot). The hammer continued to operate at a 10 foot plus stroke thought the driving. It took 49 minutes for the first pile and 40 minutes for the second to reach the required tip elevation of 100 feet. The final driving resistance was 85 blows per foot.

In summary the Berminghammer B-6505 out performed everyone's expectation on this project completing quickly, efficiently and cleanly.

The hammer ran without visible exhaust in all driving conditions (note that there is no smoke in the photos during the operation of this hammer).


Preparing to drive a 72" Diameter Pile 100 feet into Chesapeake Bay.	Driving the pile with a Berminghammer B-6505 Smokeless hammer .	The B-6505 after driving the 72" pile to 100 feet penetration.

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