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  2. Pile driver - Wikipedia

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    Vibratory pile hammers contain a system of counter-rotating eccentric weights, powered by hydraulic motors, and designed so that horizontal vibrations cancel out, while vertical vibrations are transmitted into the pile. The pile driving machine positioned over the pile with an excavator or crane, and is fastened to the pile by a clamp and/or bolts.

  3. Piling - Wikipedia

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    Vibratory pile driver is a machine for driving piles into sandy and clay soils. Press-in pile driver is a machine for sinking piles into the ground by means of static force transmission. [ 16 ]

  4. Steam donkey - Wikipedia

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    A non-functioning steam donkey accompanied by a plaque explaining the history of the machine is on permanent display at Grizzly River Run, an attraction at Disney California Adventure Park. Another collection of steam donkeys is located at the Point Defiance Park, Camp 6 Logging Museum located in Tacoma, Washington. The collection includes ...

  5. Steam hammer - Wikipedia

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    The possibility of a steam hammer was noted by James Watt (1736–1819) in his 28 April 1784 patent for an improved steam engine. [12] Watt described "Heavy Hammers or Stampers, for forging or stamping iron, copper, or other metals, or other matters without the intervention of rotative motions or wheels, by fixing the Hammer or Stamper to be so worked, either directly to the piston or piston ...

  6. Excavator - Wikipedia

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    This type of machine is now widely used throughout the world. Hydraulic excavator controls illustration, color of the control matches the moving part. There are two main types of control configuration used in excavators to control the boom and bucket, each distributing the four primary digging functions across two x-y joysticks.

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  8. Jackhammer - Wikipedia

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    Note it is adding the weight of the forward half and boom of the machine to aid the driver's effectiveness. Skid-steer jackhammer A hydraulic breaker may be fitted to heavy equipment such as an excavator or backhoe , and is widely used for roadwork, quarrying, construction sitework, and general demolition. [ 22 ]

  9. Otis Tufts - Wikipedia

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    Otis Tufts was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1804 to Stephen Tufts and Lucy Frost Tufts.He had a twin brother, Joseph Tufts who died on July 24, 1807. On April 1, 1824, he married Sarah Caroline Oliver (1803-1868), in Malden, Massachusetts.