HEAVY SOIL COMPACTING

EQUIPMENTS
Harsha S
(1IR18CIM07)
 TYPES OF ROLLERS
Depending upon the project requirement and soil condition which has to
be compacted, different types of rollers are used for compaction work
and they are as follows:
• Cylindrical Roller
• Sheepsfoot Roller
• Pneumatic Roller
• Smooth Wheeled Roller
• Vibratory Roller
• Grid Roller
CYLINDRICAL ROLLER

• It is a light roller made of iron, concrete,

stone.
• It is generally drawn by hand or bullocks
• Its dimensions are about 1-1.2metre in
diameter and 1.5metre long.
• This type of roller generates a pressure
about 7kg/cm2.
 SHEEPSFOOT ROLLER
• The name only indicates i.e., a type of roller
which consists a drum having a round or
rectangular shaped “protrusion” or feet on
it.
• These are known as tamping rollers.
• Commonly used is two drum type of
1.3metre wide.

• Area of each protrusion can vary from 30 to 80cm2 and it covers

a area about 8-12%.
• Generally 10-20 passes are required to give complete coverage.
 PNEUMATIC TYRED ROLLER
• This type of roller consists of a heavily
loaded wagon with several rows of four
to six closely spaced tyres, thus called as
rubber tyred roller.
• The two factors governing the amount of
compaction: type pressure; area of
contact.

• It provides a 7kg/cm2 of uniform pressure throughout the width.

• This covers 80% of compacting area.
• To achieve maximum density 8 passes are required with optimum speed
of varying between 6-24km/h.
 SMOOTH WHEELED ROLLER
• It consists of large steel drum in front and one or two on rear end
depending upon the number of wheels on the rear, it can be of
following two types:

Tandem rollers(having one wheel Three wheeled roller(having two

at rear and one wheel in front) wheel at rear and one in front)
Contd.,
• The weight of tandem roller varies from 2-8tonnes and that of three
wheeled roller varies from 8-10tonnes.
• It provides 100% smooth coverage area.
• Increasing weight of roller by addition of water or wet sand so called
as ballasting.
• It provides a 10-17kg/cm2 of uniform pressure throughout the width.
• To achieve maximum density 8 passes are required with optimum
speed of varying between 3-6km/h.
• The maximum grade a road roller can climb is 1 in 5.
VIBRATORY ROLLER
• It is fitted with one or two smooth surfaced
wheels of 0.9-1.5metre in diameter and 1.2-
1.8metre wide.
• These are self propelled rollers weighing
around 4-6tonnes.
• Vibration created by an rotation of eccentric
shaft.
• Generally used for compacting GSB layers
and even asphaltic concrete works sometimes.
 GRID ROLLER
• These have cylindrical heavy steel surface
which consist of a network forming steel
bars in a form of grid with square holes.
• They are generally towed units and can
operate at speed of 5-24km/h.
• The weight of rollers varies between
5tonnes and 15tonnes if ballast is present.

• These rollers provide high contact pressure and useful for

compacting most coarse grained soils.
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