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Buderus Manual on Trenchless Installation of Ductile Cast ... - Duktus

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A prerequisite for this procedure is sufficient space for a complete pipe string, or partstrings<br />

situated next to <strong>on</strong>e another, to be assembled. A disadvantage is the total weight<br />

<strong>of</strong> the pipe string, which increases the tractive forces required due to the fricti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

the string against the ground <strong>on</strong> which it is resting. This fricti<strong>on</strong> can be reduced by, for<br />

example, sheets <strong>of</strong> metal greased with lubricant <strong>on</strong> which the string is assembled or by<br />

inflated rubber rollers. If there are water-filled channels available, the string can float<br />

in them (Fig. . ). Generally speaking, it has to be said that the pulling-in <strong>of</strong> a complete<br />

string (Fig. .1) destroys the advantage <strong>of</strong> the point sites which are used in trenchless<br />

installati<strong>on</strong> techniques. Basically, this is true no matter what the material <strong>of</strong> which the<br />

pipes are made. The pulling-in <strong>of</strong> single pipes is particulary suitable for point sites but<br />

normally cannot be used for pipes which have to be joined together into strings by<br />

welding because the time taken by the welding and cooling and by the testing <strong>of</strong> the<br />

welds is too l<strong>on</strong>g. The inevitable c<strong>on</strong>sequence is that the drilling mud solidifies due to<br />

thixotropy.<br />

Fig. 5.11 General diagram <strong>of</strong> an assembly pit<br />

7 - 8 m<br />

Allgemeine Anforderungen<br />

This is where the advantage <strong>of</strong> the BLS ® joint lies. The time taken to assemble the<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Buderus</str<strong>on</strong>g> BLS ® joint is short and is similar to the time required to remove the tracti<strong>on</strong><br />

rod at the machine end (see Table 2. in secti<strong>on</strong> 2). This gives ductile cast ir<strong>on</strong> pipes<br />

with BLS ® joints an unbeatable lead over pipes <strong>of</strong> other materials, with the possible<br />

excepti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> PE pipes supplied in coils. The space required at the end from which the<br />

pipeline is pulled in is <strong>on</strong>ly slightly more than the length <strong>of</strong> a pipe. Launch pits seven to<br />

eight metres in length are generally all that are required (Fig. .11), or else the pipes<br />

are joined together <strong>on</strong> an assembly ramp. A point site is possible with these latter<br />

pipes. There are no forces generated by fricti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the ground below which have to<br />

be allowed for and in general the next smaller size <strong>of</strong> machine can even be used, which<br />

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