foundation: drilling bucket

Useage

Drilling buckets are mainly used in the drilled shaft industry. Drilling buckets are used for drilling holes into earth and earth with some rock.

The purpose of a drilling bucket is to remove spoil from the hole along with muck(water and soil). Most inspectors in the USA insist on having a clean bottom in the hole prior to pouring concrete for the caisson. The drilling bucket is used with an auger drill on a drilling rig to drill holes for foundations of buildings and freeway bridges.

The drill bucket that we've created the 3D model of is designed specifically for drilling in all types of soils below groundwater. Due to a lockable swivel bottom gate, which can be released for bottom dumping, the Jeffrey Machine drill bucket is also suitable for excavating fine grained soils. Opening of the swiveled bottom gate is facilitated by an automatic or manual trip mechanism. A vent pipe stops the formation of a vacuum and, thus, the occurrence of a base failure during withdrawal of the drilling bucket through a head of groundwater. For drilling in a variety of soil conditions, swiveled bottom gates can be supplied with different types of teeth.

NOTE: Drilling buckets of any diameter or length can be manufactured on request.