For thin walls where an insertion at the center of the wall would be sufficient to reach both walls a good rule of thumb would be to choose a vibrator with a radius of influence equal to 3 4 the total thickness of the wall.
Vibrating concrete stem wall.
The basic principles of placement and vibration are the same for any placing equipment used.
From my limited experience with concrete i have always been under the impression that it is easy to over vibrate thus pushing most of the aggregate to the bottom and or forcing air out of the concrete.
Formwork vibration is commonly used in precast concrete construction and involves mounting the vibrators to the outsides of the concrete forms for larger pours the external form vibrators are often spaced 6 feet apart.
If problems occur however corrective action can minimize their recurrence.
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The use for external vibrators include floor to ceiling walls beam and one sided blind walls.
Dave shares his design method of pouring a concrete block stem wall so as to make a strong connection with the concrete slab pored at the top of the stem wal.
With surface vibration large vibrators sometimes called jumpers are directed manually onto the surface of the poured concrete.
One of the most important steps when pouring concrete is the consolidation or vibration of concrete.
I just finished a pour of a 2 stem wall with someone who has more experience than me.
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When vibrating a wall the important consideration is to make sure that all of the concrete is exposed to the vibration.
In concrete vibration external vibrators are electric or pneumatic concrete vibrators that mount to the exterior side of form work and cover a large area and usually you can space them 6 apart.