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Information on This Site

• User's Guide to Safe Operation. The authoritative guide to the safe operation of Vulcan air/steam pile hammers.
• Repair Welding Procedures. Procedures for repair welding of selected part of your Vulcan hammer.
• Ram Point Replacement. Procedure for replacing the ram point in your Vulcan hammer, including removal of broken part in the ram. (pdf format)
• Interactive Engineering News and Gates Formula Table. Generates a complete Engineering News Formula bearing capacity table for a selected Vulcan hammer. Now also includes results for the Gates formula, the formula recommended by the FHWA.
• Accessory Compatibility and Hammer Family Guide.

Information on Other Sites

• Vulcan Onshore Tips. Vulcan's popular series of maintenance, safety and hammer information tips
• Vulcan Offshore Tips. The same as the onshore tips, but for the offshore hammers.
• Vulcanhammer.info Guide to Pile Driving Equipment. Contains reproductions of many Vulcan Iron Works documents, including field service manuals, data sheets, and more.