Glossary

French: boue de forage

German: Bohrflüssigkeit, Bohrspülung

Spanish: fango de sondeos

Italian: fluido di perforazione

Portuguese: lama de sondagem

Dutch: boorspoeling

French: boue de forage

German: Dickspülung, Bohrschlamm

Spanish: lodo de perforación

Italian: fango di perforazione

Portuguese: lama de perfuração

Dutch: dikke boorspoeling

French: outillage de sondage

German: Bohrgerät

Spanish: equipo de sondeo

Italian: attrezzatura di perforazione

Portuguese: equipamento de sondagem

Dutch: boor equipment

French: foncer

German: rammen, abteufen

Spanish: hincar

Italian: battere

Portuguese: cravar

Dutch: heien

Steel accessory placed over a pile to prevent damage from driving.

See illustrations #1, 2, & 3.

A cast or fabricated steel shoe which may be pointed and is fixed to the pile shaft at the tip for easier driving, improved penetration, protection against damage in dense material or boulders and improved bearing at the tip. Also called Driving Point, P

French: pointe de fonçage

German: Rammschuh

Spanish: azuche

Italian: scarpa d'infissione, scarpa di battitura

Portuguese: ponteira

Dutch: driving shoe

steel tube used to displace the ground during the formation of a driven cast in place pile. Drive tube is withdrawn

French: tube de fonçage

German: Vortreibrohr/Rammrohr

Italian: camicia d'infissione

Portuguese: tubo de cravação

Dutch: heibuis, heicasing

during concreting

A steel collar used for splicing pipe piles. The “drive-fit” simply means that both pieces of pipe fit inside the collar and after the first blow of the hammer, the fit is tight due to the taper of the inside of the collar. Does not normally require wel

French: casque d'ajustement serré