Advanced asphalt testing from CONTROLS

First published in bauma Preview - February 12, 2019

Accurate asphalt testing is possible with CONTROLS

IPC Global is offering a wide range of advanced pavement testing systems, which help ensure construction quality. The firm’s Galileo Research system is a fully electromechanical asphalt gyratory compactor, said to offer testing accuracy, repeatability, safety and efficiency. The models use closed-loop control and patented orbital motion to compact specimens with a level of stiffness and angle stability that exceed the new requirements of AASHTO T312, ASTM D6925, D7115 and EN 12697-31 standards.

The firm is also now offering its third generation IMACS2 integrated multi-axis control & data acquisition system (IMACS). The company’s latest dynamic testing machine controller is said to benefit from the latest advances in electronics and features sophisticated hardware and software to deliver high accuracy and versatility for all testing applications. This system is said to suit duties for cutting-edge research on new materials as well as routine materials quality tests, while delivering optimum control and test precision.

Also included in the recently updated equipment from the firm are: the UTS Neutron — Second Generation Dynamic Materials Testing & Analysis Software; the ASPHALTQUBE, a compact EmS asphalt testing system that can perform international asphalt performance tests in one modular machine; And they include too: the PAVELAB50 automatic closed-system asphalt analyser designed for the separation of bitumen, filler and aggregates from asphalt mixtures by closed-system solvent extraction; the PAV pressure ageing vessel designed to simulate long-term ageing and conditioning of asphalt binders. Other updatded systems are: the VDO vacuum degassing oven, which removes air bubbles created during accelerated oxidative ageing of asphalt binder by the PAV; the PIVOT fully automatic penetrometer, which uses the latest technologies and programming tools to determine material hardness.