OK- so just about the time that you think that you are 'special' and doing what no man has done before, reality slaps you in the face- POW!

Some guy, probably from India, is going to TRAMPLE the world record for how high you can pump concrete. He is probably being paid less per day than you make in an hour. Is that fair?

oh, now i remember

The FAIR is in August.

they are using a new upgraded 14000 with 700hp.the world's biggest pipe splitter.

I wonder how many over paid saftey men there are?  Or any saftey at all?

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Seems to me I read something like this in a very old book.

They have to get alot higher acording to that book.

The logistics would get tough with no understanding of each other though.

1680 feet of 5 inch pipe = approx. 8.5 cubic yards = approx. 6.6 cubic metres = approx.15.84 tonnes (give or take depending of the strength and density of the concrete)!!!

only a quick calculation, i may and probally am wrong but that is a long way up to be pushing the grey shit.

dont really think they would use a 5in line, would have to be a 6 or 7, does anyone know?

hate to be there on a bad day, when some dumb arse driver says "it's the pump".

2,275 feet UP

+ whatever system they have on the deck and from the pump to the vertical.

I'm with you, I don't want to be there on a bad day. ;~)

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It seems to me that when going that high you would reduce the diamater of the pipe to lessen the weight of the column you needed to push UP every stroke.

4" or perhaps 3"

;~)

i am thinking bigger pipe less friction and headaches

The weight is directly proportional to the volume, and it is the pressure (as supplied by the pump) required to lift that volume that makes me suggest that a reduction in pipe diamater is a step in the right direction. I know the static pressure in a column is not determined by its diameter or any other configuration other than height.

Since I have never come close to pumping this high and don't have a clue as to the issues; perhaps someone KNOWS what the real issues are when dealing with pumping this high. Like Putzmeister or Schwing or one of the pipe mfgs. This is a very interesting topic. ;~)

I would be willing to bet they have multiple pumps at various stages of the pour. For example when they get to a certain height, they pump into another pump to push it higher. What heights...I have no idea, plus they would need to get a heavy pump up somewhere on the structure somehow (sky crane at 2 to 300 feet maybe?) I have read about the self climbing masts with detach booms on them, but who knows of a machine that can pump anywhere near 2,500 feet vertically. Bob your right this is interesting, I am going to google that baby.

using 6 inch line so jospeh from putzy told me reducing back to 5 at the top .  i have pumped 80 story aprox 1000ft with a 14000 with 600 hp cat motor thirsty sucker 2litres per metre was capable of 50 meters a hour at top 320 bar pressure on gauge 6meters of waste concrete at end of pour would like to see what they beefed up on pump cause we where bending s tube shafts at the end

A maz ing !!!

I have seen the 14000 in action and it did not seem to care about what floor we were pumping; it just guzzles fuel and strokes away. I always suspected that there was a limit as to how high it would pump. I never really considered that all it needed was another 100hp. What a kick-ass machine. 6" pipe has to be close to 30# per foot, so we are talking about starting and stoping over 65,000 pounds of concrete every stroke @2,275ft. You would not need a safety vest, you would need a flack jacket on that job. ;~)

Dazzle,

What kind of pipes and clamps are being used?

is the pressure at the base of a vertical pipeline the same regardless of pipeline diameter?

i am not bias but because of the design of the rock valve, equal pressure against the hopper and up the line, no twisting effect like an s-tube, i would think this type of work would suit it to a tee.

bob not sure about dubai but over here we used conforms induction harden pipes 9mm on ground line 7mm on vertical with putz high pressure ends with screw up clamps  think the clamps were rated at 250 bar was the only thing that the company was septical about   but they did the job

Dazzle,

Every hi-rize I ever pumped or read about was done with ConForm pipes and clamps. I would have thought someone made some trick stuff for this job....... but I also thought that they would use small pipe...... what do I know? ;~))

one question i would like to ask is this- how could the concrete itself withstand that much pressure and still be pumpable when you put that much of a strain on it? Granted the pump itself will provide the pressure needed to get it up that high, but if the mix won't do it on one straight shot then i think they must have put a relay pump at about level 75 or so. by the way, the new putzmeister is a bad ass pump, but it bill just blow pipes apart if any form of blockage comes along. THE PUTZMEISTER 14000 JUST KEEPS PUSHING