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Steel Pile Usage
Specifications of Steel Piles
Fabrication of Steel Piles
Painting of Steel Piles
Installation of Steel Piles
Jetty
Jetty Portion
Flare Portion
Mooring Dolphins
Breasting Dolphins
Unloading Platform
Catwalk Supports
Zone divisions of steel pile:-
Atmospheric zone
Splash zone
Submerged zone
Below Sea bed zone
These zones are further divide into 6 zones.
At the time of last / middle pipe fit up extra care is required for
proper alignment.
In fit up root gap should not be more than required as per WPS.
Hot pass will also be done using above sequence. Root pass
cleaning shall be by grinding/wire brush. Hot pass welding shall
be done without any reasonable interruption. Pipe shall not be
rotated during welding.
After completion of root and hot pass, joint will be taken for SAW
Excessive reinforcement should not be more than 3 to 5 mm.
Salt deposition test shall be performed randomly after surface preparation and
before apply of each coat of painting.
Blast cleaned surface shall be coated with primer with in maximum 3-4
hours. If relative humidity is over 75% this should be reduced to 1-2
hours for better performance.
All paint shall be stirred thoroughly prior to use. Stirring up will also
become necessary repeatedly during application to prevent settling of
Pigments.
All paint shall be stirred thoroughly prior to use. Stirring up will also
become necessary repeatedly during application to prevent settling of
Pigments.
Min 10Nos reading of DFT shall be recorded for each 1M² area.
Total Nominal DFT Two coat system with total nominal DFT of 500-600
micron, 250 micron for each coat.
Post painting quality checks:-
Painting should not be carried out during windy conditions.
Blast cleaned surface shall be coated with primer with in maximum 3-4 hours. If
relative humidity is over 75% this should be reduced to 1-2 hours for better
performance.
Weather shelters should be made available to cover application equipment during
mixing and application of material.
After given curing time, the area of interest for the checking of Adhesion test.
Adhesion Test:- It should be free from dust and oil. Make a ‘X’ cut with the short
edge tool above the Area of interest and maintain the angle between the ‘X’ is 15 to
30. Then affix one inch width of adhesive tape over the cut and peel off the same
immediately. If any paint stuck on adhesive tape it is recommended to re blast the
area and re paint the primer.
Steel Pile Assembly:-
1371.6mm dia steel spools of appropriate grade and of designed thickness and length of 12m
shall be transported from Wel-spun pipe manufacturers Dahej assembly Yard.
Step 1:- Stacking of spools at stock yard.
Step 2:- Placing on bed with 90T Goliath crane.
Step 3:- Fit up and SAW Welding at Fit up bed and SAW roller bed.
Step 4:- Welding of bearing stiffners for plug Concrete at fit up bed.
Step 5:- Lifting hook Welding at assembly bed after SAW welding.
Step 6:- Sand Blasting and painting. (Discussed earlier)
Step 7:- Loading and transport by Dumb barge – This operation is done during high tide.
Step 8:- Handling and Transfer from Dumb Barge to Jack up barge.
Step 9:- Positioning and fixing in guide.
Driving by DELMAG Hammer:-
The crane will then lift the Delmag hammer and place it on the top of the pile. The batter of
the hammer will be matched with the batter of the pile with the help of spreader beam
attached to it.
A removable projected frame fabricated and attached with the hammer frame to facilitate
lifting in rack alignment.
The hammer is then placed on top of the steel pile.
Driving of the pile is commenced initially with the lowest and gradually increased to
appropriate settings depending upon soil resistance.
The surveyor will all the time keep observation of the pile driving process and will intimate the
barge engineer on or near to reaching the pile cut off level.
On completion of driving operation the surveyor will mark the cut off level and the excess top
piece is removed by cutting with gas cutter.