Transition, SS175 to RS3500

Connector, SS175 to RS3500

The Type SS/RS Combination Pile is used mainly in compression applications in areas where soft/loose soils are located above the bearing strata (hard/dense soils) for the helices. The Type RS material with its much greater section modulus will resist columnar buckling in the soft/loose soil. Its larger shaft diameter also provides for lateral load resistance. Due to its slender size, the Type SS material provides the means for the helix plates to penetrate deeper into hard/dense soil stratum than if the helical pile shaft was pipe shaft only. For a given helix configuration and same available installation energy (i.e. machine), a small displacement shaft will penetrate farther into a soil bearing strata than a large displacement shaft and will disturb less soil.