The document discusses soil compaction and various types of compaction equipment, highlighting their functions and suitable applications. It details different equipment such as smooth wheel rollers, sheep foot rollers, pneumatic rollers, and various vibrators for concrete consolidation. Additionally, it describes the role of compacting equipment in enhancing soil stability, reducing permeability, and preventing erosion.

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Compacting Equipment

2. Topic: Compacting Equipment
Prepared By:
Shailesh Chauhan
Email: chauhanshailesh101@gmail.com
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3. What is the compaction of
soil?
 Soil compaction is the compression of soil
particles.
 Compaction reduces total pore space of a soil.
 More importantly it significantly reduces the
amount of large pore space, restricting air and
water movement into and through the soil.

4. Definition of Compaction
• The densification of soil by the application of
mechanical energy is known as compaction.

5. To increase
soil strength
To improve the
stability of soil
To reduce soil
permeability
To reduce
erosion
damage
REQUIREMENT OF SOIL COMPACTION

6. Compacting
equipment
For soil For concrete

7. Equipment for
Compaction of soil

8. EquipmentforCompactionofsoil
 Smooth wheel rollers
 Pneumatic rollers
 Grid rollers
 Tamping rollers
 Vibrating rollers
 Vibrating plates
 Vibratory compaction
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9. Smooth Wheel Rollers
Smooth wheel rollers are one of the most
common types of compaction equipment used.
Weighing from 5 to 15 tones.
They are suitable for compacting sand, gravel,
broken stones etc.
They are used for compacting highway base
courses.
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12. Sheep foot rollers
• In this type, on the outer surface of a metal
cylinder, metal pieces of the shape of sheep
foot are fixed.
• Weight of drum is about 1.5 to 10 tonne.
• It is suitable for compacting cohesive
soil(clays).

15. Pneumatic rollers
• machine consists of a number of rubber tires,
highly inflates.
• The rear of which has one more wheel than the
front.
• Most suitable for compacting fine-grained soil
and well graded sands.

16. Pneumatic rollers

18. Grid rollers
• As the name suggests, these rollers have a
cylindrical heavy steel surface consisting of a
network of steel bars forming a grid with
squire holes.
• The weight of this roller can be increased by
ballasting with concrete blocks.

21. Tamping Rollers
 These rollers are similar to sheep foot
rollers with lugs of larger area than sheep
foot rollers.
 tamping rollers have static weights in the
range of 15 to 40 tonnes.
 tamping rollers are best suitable for
compacting cohesive soils.

24. Compacting
equipment
For soil
For
concrete

25. Vibrating rollers
Similar to smooth wheel rollers with the
modification of rotating drums.
Very expansive but have high output and
performance.

26. Vibrating plates Compactors
• These equipments are used for small areas.
The usual weights of these machines
• vary from 100 kg to 2 tonnes with plate areas
between 0.16 m and 1.6 m .

30. Rammers
• Rammers are used for compacting small areas
by providing impact load to the soil.
• This equipment is light and can be hand or
machine operated.
• The base size of rammers can be 15cm x 15cm
or 20cm x 20cm or more.

32. 
Equipment for consolidation of concrete

33. Equipment for consolidation
of concrete
 Internal vibrator
 Surface vibrator
 Platform vibrator
 Form vibrator

34. Vibratorareofthefollowingfourgeneraltypes
Internal vibrator
External vibrator (Form vibrator)
Table vibrator
Surface vibrator
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35. Internal vibrator
It is the most commonly used vibrator.it
is also known as Needle vibrator or
Immersion vibrator or Poker vibrator.
It is consists of a power unit, a flexible
shaft and a needle.
Such vibrators are used for compacting
large sections of mass concrete in
structures, for concrete of foundations,
columns, beams etc.

37. External vibrator (form vibrator)
 Form vibrators are particularly effective
on columns and in the casting of preast
units such as pipes, slabs, piles etc.
 The vibrator is clamped on to the external
wall surface of the formwork.
 It will produce a good finish to the
concrete surface.

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39. External vibrator for small area

40. Table vibrator
• The vibrating tables consists of a rigidly built
steel platform mounted on flexible springs
and is driven by an electric motor.
• Small size table vibrator is known as platform
vibrator.
• They are commonly used for vibrating
concrete cubes.

41. ZDP concrete table vibrator

42. Platform Type Concrete Vibrator.

43. Surface vibrator
 Surface vibrators are also known as
screed vibrators.
 It is suitable for compacting and leveling
of thin concrete members, such as floor
slabs, roof slabs and road slabs.
 Surface vibrators cause movement of
finer material to the top and hence aid
the finishing operation.
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