Manufacturing of technical tools for micropiles – technical drilling tools – SOTOMET Products

SOTOMET Products — Drilling Shop

Manufacturing of technical tools for micropiles
technical drilling tools

Your toolkit for your drilling operation. Our tools are available to help you complete your micropile project with complete peace of mind—custom-made with a wide range of configurations and solutions.

05 49 19 45 77
SOTOMET Technical Tooling Workshop — Châtellerault
Where are we? Châtellerault, Vienne 86 — Nouvelle-Aquitaine
We manufacture custom-made technical tooling featuring a wide range of combinations and solutions: drive heads, bottom plugs, lifting heads, injection inserts, and injection heads. These are mounted on tubes, attached fittings, or various connectors.
API-REG or IF drive head for micropile drilling Permanent Inventory

Drive Heads

A fitting with threads on both ends, usedto connect drill pipes. Available in API-REG or IF versions, male or female.

Permanent stock available
  • 2 3/8 Reg Male or Female
  • 2 3/8 If Male or Female
  • 3 1/2 Reg Male or Female
  • API-REG
  • IF
  • Male / Female
Threaded or welded end caps — all diameters All diameters

Bottom plugs

Threaded or welded steel caps. Available in all diameters, suitable for any micropile tube configuration.

  • Threaded
  • Welded
  • Steel
  • Custom-made
Lifting heads — fixed or rotating rings for construction sites Fixed or rotating

Lifting heads

Device for handling and removing pipes. Designed to facilitate safe lifting operations on construction sites.

  • Fixed ring
  • Rotating ring
  • Material Handling
Injection discs — check valve, 15 to 20 bars 15 / 20 bars

Injection tablets

Built-in check valve that allowscement grout to be injected under pressure into the micropiles.

Operating pressure
  • Pads Ø 12 | 5 bars
  • Pads, Ø 16 | 10 bars
  • Pellets, Ø 16 | 15 bars
  • Grout Injection
  • Check Valve

Injection heads

Screwed onto the top of the micropile, this component enables Type IIIGlobal Unit Injection (I.G.U.). It is designed to ensure the grout remains watertight and maintains pressure along the entire length of the borehole.

  • I.G.U. Type III
  • Global injection
  • Micropiles
  • Waterproofing