In 2023-2024 Soilmec plans to relaunch its range of machines for large construction sites, which includes a full electric micropile machine

Soilmec has lined up for the years 2023 and 2024 a series of innovations that underline the technological variety of this international company based in the Romagna Region in Italy. This year means for Soilmec the entering into a technological transition, as announced during the latest edition of bauma with the launch of his first fully electric compact machine.

The new Blue Tech range with the SR drilling rigs

Soilmec’s news for this year also refer to the more traditional product’s segments. A new generation of SR drilling rigs is coming up within the Blue Tech range of products. This new version offer an increase in the productivity and more flexibility, reducing at the same time operational costs and emissions, a higher levels of comfort, ergonomics and safety. The improvements focused in particular on optimizing power transmission and minimizing energy dissipation, paying particular attention to the main components of the machine which are normally involved during the work cycle. The diesel engines are equipped with the start and slow system, which automatically adjusts the rotation speed according to actual needs, improving combustion and cooling efficiency with less noise pollution. The rotary heads have been developed with a wide range of solutions to reduce losses and increase performance. The top level for medium-sized machines is the SR-65 model, and the new SR-125 platform presented in preview in its Blue Tech form.

Hydrocutters with the SC-135 Tiger

The SC-135 Tiger represents the top product of Soilmec’s hydrocutters. Designed to optimize productivity and reliability, the machine is equipped with the HDD system and has a platform with reels on the machine body. This are installed in series and aligned with the head in order to facilitate a perfect movement of the hydraulic hoses and mud in the different range of activity. Reliability is guaranteed by a double hydraulic system: one dedicated to the excavation module and the secondo to the basic machine. High-pressure filters and an accurate drainage management with dedicated tanks are also part of it. Transport is easy even with 200 tons of operating weight thanks to the assembling in single 45-ton load transportable modules. The ideal combination is the one involving the new Soilmec SH-35 excavation module.

The electric SM 13e

Among the iconic micropile machines models of Soilmec and in addition to the well-known SM-22, comes the first full electric machine, the SM-13e. In the company's goals, the SM-13e is the first step for the development of an entire range of electrified machines for micropiles, poles and cranes. This represents the response to an increasing demand of the market for reducing polluted and acoustic emissions, increasing efficiency and reducing operating costs. The brand new machine is an evolution of the first electric motorized ones for drilling and consolidation works in internal environments and in tunnels, such as the ST-20, the ST-60 and the SM-5E. Not a simple replacement of the heat engine with an electric one, but an electric power supply in line with the latest developments such as the presence of permanent magnet motors, alternative lithium batteries for power supply and control inverters. This turns out to be very far from the previous ones equipped with three-phase asynchronous power supply motors.

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