No matter whether these constraints are environmental, time or geometric, Soilmec says its SR-65 is capable of responding to and accepting the challenges faced by the world of foundations.

Noise is one environmental constraint, but - thanks to the incredible guaranteed emission value of just 105dB - the SR-65 is the quietest rig in its market segment.

Time constraints, however, are those that most affect the profitability of a job and Soilmec, with over 50 years of experience of producing foundations, meets these concerns with the SR-65 by adopting a powerful motorisation and optimisation of the plant and transferring in the most efficient way, ensuring the reliability of the product on site.

The SR-65's design is fundamental to the versatility of the rig, since it allows a quick conversion into the LHR version, in order to operate below 7.5m in height and be able to re-configure in normal conditions quickly, to reach a depth of 77m with Kelly, or to drive 26m diameter CFA piles or cased piles with casing elements up to 6m in length, for piles up to 36m.

This ability paves the way for an invested capital that can be always configured, at any time, to meet the needs of the most demanding sites, and therefore it can increase the utilisation rates of the rig to levels never reached before.

The demand for reduced dimensions in construction sites is increasing more and more, and to deal with this the new SR-65 has the same footprint as the existing SR-45. Yet despite this, based on the stability requirements imposed by current European regulations, Soilmec has succeeded in producing a rig capable of operating under extreme conditions, with a mix of an extended undercarriage and balance obtained with a compact counterweight.

The space occupied by these rigs, considering the volume generated with the rotation turrets, is the same. Therefore, in the space occupied by an SR-45, it is possible to operate with the much larger and more powerful SR-65 rig that can perform very deep drilling works.