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APE Model 400 Quad installs 44 foot diameter caissons in Pearl River in southernChina. Piles are over 100 feet long. Soil conditions are up to 50 blow count sandsand clay.

Quad 400 shown here with massive additional beam mounted understandard caisson beam to allow adaptation to larger 44 foot diametersteel piles.

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40 foot diameter concrete pilesweighing more than 1.3 millionpounds are transported downthe Yangtzee River in China.

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APE crew cheers after driving of first 40 foot diameter concrete pile in Yangtzee River.

Pile crew, including Jim Kruh (third from right) and David White (secondfrom right) pose for a group picture after driving the world’s largest concretepile.

Jim Dizard of Controlled Power, a supplier of electronic technology forAPE, demonstrates the capabilities of the new monitoring system usedon the Model 400 quad vibratory pile driver/extractor.

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Four APE Model 1000 power units teamed together to provide 4000 horsepower to drive theAPE Model 400 Quad Vibratory driver/extractor. Four CAT 3412E electronically controlledengines are fitted to a special control system.

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A 40 foot diameter concrete pile weighing over 1.3 million pounds ishoisted using the APE Model 400 Quad. The suppressors arestretched nearly to the limit for over four hours as the pile istransported down river while hanging in the eight jaws of the vibro.7

David White stands next to one of the 40 foot diameter piles 68 foot in length with a 10inch wall thickness. Over 50 senors were cast inside the pile to measure soil loadsand all dynamics.

8Left to Right: Jim Wahl of Driveline Services, Jim Dizard of Controlled Power, Jack Xu

of APE China, Jim Kruh and Kelly Goranson of APE USA in Shanghai, China.

Jimmy Dizard, from Controlled Power, Bellingham, Washington, shows the Chinese pile drivershow the APE monitoring system works. The system controls all four power units at the sametime and can display all functions including clamp pressure, drive pressure, engine rpm, vibratorspeed and also allows for independent control of each power unit.

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10A 1200 ton crane transports the APE Quad Kong down theYangtzee River onits way to the mouth. The APE Quad System is driving two walls of 40 footdiameter concrete piles.

Four giant concrete piles stand in a row. Each pile is 40 foot in diameter and weighsmore than one million pounds.

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The first concrete pile wasdriven as fast as the craneoperator could lower theblock.

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Start to finish driving of the 40 footdiameter concrete pile took under oneminute. The pile is 10 inches thick andhad more that 50 sensors cast inside it.Total length of the pile was 68 feet.

A small Army of engineersprepare to mount sensorwires to computers justprior to driving the firstpile.

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Wendy Settlage, wife of RandySettlage of Agra Foundations, JohnWhite and Teresa White pose for apicture after initial testing at APE

factory in Kent, Washington.

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Steel plates were cast into the piles. These plates and the pile weredesigned by both APE and Chinese engineers. The eight clamps gripthe area of the pile where the plates are located.

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APE Quad 400 shown with all sensor wires hanging from the system asit is about to be placed on the first concrete pile. 18

Top picture shows 44 foot diameter piles being driven in the Pearl River usinga 500 ton barge crane. Bottom picture shows the standard quad beam with aspecial larger caisson beam attached below it. Notice the drive timing shaftsand one of the four Model 400 vibros.19

A good look at the 44 foot diameter steel piles driven in thePearl River. 20

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David White, APE China, waits in the 105 degree heat while the pilecrew takes forever to set the piles. Both David White and Jim Kruh ofAPE were on site druing both projects.

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44-foot diameter steel can wtih 3/4 wall is driven to depth in the densesands of the Pearl River in Sourthern China. SPT blow counts wereabove 50 in many places. 58

The set up and installation of both the 40 foot diameter concrete piles and the44-foot steel piles was accomplished by Jim Kruh and David White.

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Jack Xu stands next to thefour Model 400 vibrosmounted on a test caissonbeam at the APE testingfacility in Kent,Washington. A full scaletest was made prior toshipping the equipment toChina. The test beam stillremains at the testing sitein Kent to be used forfuture projects.

David White standsnext to pile as it isbeing driven into sand.61

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The Model 400can operate asone unt, twounits (as shownhere) or as threeor four units oreven more.Our Model 600has the samecapability.

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The APE Model 600

The APE Model 600 is a larger version of the APE Model 400. The 600 has 20,000 inch pounds ofeccentric moment. The design is a stretch version of the Model 400. It has six counterweights.

65 The Model 600 (shown above) is being used as a single unit to drive casings inArizona. The contractor is Agra Foundations. The 600 vibro is the only vibro thathas successfully broken through the rock and cobble layers in Phoenix.

In addition to all APE employees, APE would like to thank the following individuals and companies that participated in the development of the APE quadvibrator, which recently broke world records by installing the largest concrete and steel piles in the world.

Bernie Klinke, Summit Engineering, Seattle, WA.: Chief Designer of the APE Model 400 as well as all APE productsGary Kranz, Western Dynamics, Portland, Oregon: Chief Hydraulics engineer for all APE productsMike Dizard, Jim Dizard, David Wilder, Controlled Power Inc., Bothell, WA.: designers of all APE electrical systemsJack Xu, American Piledriving Equipment, Inc. International Export OfficerBob Grothen, Jerry Grotting, Del Cuelhoruiz, Hydraulics Industries, Kent, WashingtonHud Collette, Machine and Fabrication, Kent, WA.: Fabrication of all APE vibratorsLarry Frazier, Pacific Fabrication, Tacoma, WA.: Fabrication of power unit housingsRoger Shaffer, Rick Robertson, Pacific Power Tech, Tukwila, WA: Hydraulic motors and pumpsAndy Collins & Jeff Allison, Pacific Rubber, Seattle, WA: Hydraulic hoses and fittingsSteve Favarite & Ron Socall, Western Fluid Components, Tacoma, WA.: Hoses and fittings for all power unitsNausher Khan & Brant Briody, Bill Kallgren, Gary Lee, NC Power Systems: Supplier of the four CAT 3412, 1000 HP enginesJim Wahl, Driveline Services of Portland, Portland, Oregon: Supplier of the timing shafts and componentsKen Danberg & Don Cutherell, Midpoint Bearings, Ontario, California: Bearings. pump drivesBasil Skalenakis, Rasmussen Wire Rope and Rigging Co., Seattle, WA.: RiggingBob Shumway & Art Cleveland, Shareway Industries, Auburn, WA.: Gears and pinion drivesJoe Perez & Chuck Kleiser, Northwest Castings, Seattle, WA.: Castings for eccentrics for all APE vibatorsMark Teeple, High Strength Bolt, Kent, WA: All fastenersPam Gallagher, Eriks West, Seattle, WA.: 0-rings and sealsGrahame Hutchinson & Ken Davies, Vulcanite Ltd., Sidney, Australia: All elastomers for APE vibratorsJim Law, Spencer Industies, Seattle, WA.: Oil coolers, site glassesJohn Schelling, ISSPRO, Kent, WA.: GaugesBob Bown, American Flex, Seattle, WA: Exhaust systemsLynn Larrson, Danzas, Seattle, WA.: Handles all international freight, including L/C documentationPatty Ritchey, Hydraulics Inc, Fort Worth, Texas: High pressure hydraulic quick disconnectionsTony Sichmeller, Hub City, Aberdeen, SD.: GearboxesSteve Gough & David White, APE International SalesAl Russell, Applied Industrial Technologies, Kent, WA: BearingsLou Sweeten, L.T. Sweeten Co., Kent, WA.: Welding technologyJeff Harp, Ram Treat, Kent, WA.: Heat treatingChuck Savage, Pioneer Industries, Tacoma, WA: Paints and coatingsMichele Skavlem, Alaska West Express, Inc., Tacoma, WA.: All Transportation of APE Equipment

Special thanks to Jim Kruh and Chris Hoke of APE for initial set up and testing in the USA and China.

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