General
Type - Heavy duty non self propelling Floating platform
Barge (Pontoon) - 7 small pontoons assembled together
To be able to disassemble & assemble by using the hydraulic excavator
Overall length of barge – 10m
Overall width of barge – 8m
Overall length of each compartment – 3m
Weight of each section – 1800 kg
Minimum Hull Plate thickness - 6mm for Yield strength Up to 345 MPa (High tensile steel)
8mm For Yield strength Up to 235 MPa (Mild steel)
Mill certificate provided with the pontoon
Maximum operating weight of the excavator – 13,000kg
Maximum draught of the loaded pontoon - 436.4 mm
Pump out water from compartments barge (pontoon) - Hand pumps are provided.
Fabrication of Pontoon
Barge (Pontoon) - J plates are used under the loading deck and on all the hull plates as reinforcements.
Ramps - 2 Nos detachable ramps (High tensile steel is used to reduce the weight.)
Winches - two hand operated winches with anchor installed at each corner of barge for maneuvering the dredger
Cable - 12mm diameter, 50m long hot dipped galvanized cable for each and every winches at each corner
Nylon rope - 25m m diameter, 50m long ropes provided with the each pontoon
Bollards – fitted
Number of bollards - not be less than 8no’s
