TITAN SERIES TRENCH SHIELD FEATURES AND BENEFITS
A closer look at how it is built, inside and out
The outside of the shield
The exterior face is where the drive force and the dragging happen. Here is what KUNDEL builds into it.
- Heavy-Duty Pounding Pads on Reinforced Top Plates
- Internal Inline Stacking System
- Internal Lifting
- All Steel Cast Spreader Sockets
- 18″ Reinforced Knife Edge
Heavy-Duty Pounding Pads on Reinforced Top Plates
Heavy-duty pounding pads sit on top of reinforced top plates, concentrating drive force where the shield takes the hit.
Internal Inline Stacking System
Standard reinforced solid round bar stacking pins let your crew connect shields from inside the protected zone of the trench shield, without stepping out to stack or attach another box.
Internal Lifting
Recessed, flush mount lifting pockets give you rigging points with nothing protruding from the panel, so the crew keeps a clean work zone while moving the shield.
All Steel Cast Spreader Sockets
An all steel cast socket runs through the wall with 10 times more material at the tear-out point, so it resists the pin hole tear outs and crushed sockets that take a shield out of service.
18″ Reinforced Knife Edge
An 18 inch high reinforced taper, standard on every Titan Series shield. Reinforced vertical members transfer energy from the pounding pads straight to the edge, so it cuts soil as you drag and reduces the backfill pinching that can pull pipe apart.
Inside the shield
With the outside removed, you can see the steel framework that carries the load.
- Reinforced Pounding Members
- Reinforced Spreader Sockets and Endtubes
- Continuous Vertical and Horizontal Formed Steel Framework
Reinforced Pounding Members
Up to 1.5 inches of solid steel bridges the end of the shield to the internal pounding member, giving you an all steel driving zone. No hollow tubing. No wood fill.
Reinforced Spreader Sockets and Endtubes
Continuous steel endtubes back the spreader sockets, so the driving force runs through solid material instead of hollow tube.
Continuous Vertical and Horizontal Formed Steel Framework
Formed steel runs continuous vertical and horizontal framework through the shield. That construction is the source of its strength, durability and depth rating, while keeping the shield manageable in the trench.
ACCESSORIES AND ATTACHMENTS
Configured for the job
The Titan Series adapts to the jobsite with a range of accessories and attachments:
- Adjustable Spreaders, shown on Titan Lite
- Drop-ON, a panel that hangs off the spreaders
- Flex Panel, shown on Titan Manhole
- Dog House Cut Out, shown on Titan Utility
- Risers, shown on Titan Hybrid
- Super-MODE, shown on Titan Plus and Brute
- Lift Pockets, shown on Titan Plus and Brute
- Knife Edges: Standard, Skid, Knife Stacker, Stacker
