Buderus Manual on Trenchless Installation of Ductile Cast ... - Duktus
Buderus Manual on Trenchless Installation of Ductile Cast ... - Duktus
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3.2 The auxiliary pipe technique<br />
The auxiliary pipe technique<br />
In the auxiliary pipe technique, the replacement process is divided into a number <strong>of</strong> steps.<br />
As in the press-pull technique which was described in secti<strong>on</strong> 3.3, in this case too a<br />
machine pit and a launch/assembly pit are required, together with the intermediate<br />
pits at house c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong>s or branch pipes. The distances between the individual pits<br />
are similar.<br />
In the first step, the installing and intermediate pits are dug, the c<strong>on</strong>necting pipes to<br />
houses are sealed <strong>of</strong>f and the pipes to provide an emergency supply are c<strong>on</strong>nected up<br />
(Fig. 3.11).<br />
Machinery<br />
pit with pipe<br />
replacing unit<br />
Hydraulics intermediate pit intermediate pit<br />
Pipe assembly/launch pit<br />
Auxiliary pipe<br />
Old pipe<br />
Old pipe<br />
Old pipe<br />
Fig. 3.11 Making the assembly/launch pit and cutting the old pipes in the intermediate pits<br />
Missing pieces <strong>of</strong> the old pipe, resulting from the removal <strong>of</strong> house c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong>s or similar<br />
are replaced by transiti<strong>on</strong> pieces. Then, by means <strong>of</strong> auxiliary steel pipes c<strong>on</strong>nected by<br />
l<strong>on</strong>gitudinal force-fit restrained joints, the pressing unit presses the old pipes into the<br />
assembly/launch pit until they have all been removed (Fig. 3.12)<br />
Machinery<br />
pit with pipe<br />
replacing unit<br />
Hydraulics intermediate pit intermediate pit<br />
Launch/assembly pit<br />
Auxiliary pipe<br />
Old pipe<br />
Transiti<strong>on</strong><br />
piece<br />
Old pipe<br />
Transiti<strong>on</strong><br />
piece<br />
Old pipe<br />
Fig. 3.12<br />
Pressing out the first, sec<strong>on</strong>d and third secti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the old pipe by means <strong>of</strong> an auxiliary pipe<br />
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