General Description

Today’s materials testing industry demands total accuracy and strict conformity to International Standards. Our AUTOMAX Ultimate has been created to m...
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Description

Today’s materials testing industry demands total accuracy and strict conformity to International Standards. Our AUTOMAX Ultimate has been created to meet the demands of a 21st-century concrete, cement and steel testing control console should have. The AUTOMAX ULTIMATE is CONTROLS' latest Automatic Computerized Control Console for concrete, cement and steel rebar testing, allowing modular upgrades from basic failure tests to advanced displacement-controlled tests for Fiber Reinforced Concrete characterization. Its versatility allows to connect up to four testing frames, from 15kN to 5000kN, in compression and 500 kN in tension with the capability to test any kind of material and sample dimensions.  

 

The automatic computerized control console has been built with user comfort and testing efficiency as the main priorities. You can easily adjust its height and move the machine to your desired location ensuring that you work in a comfortable work environment and make the most of your lab’s space. It's flexible, allowing each operator to adjust it individually in a few simple steps.

 

We designed the AUTOMAX Ultimate to perform the widest range of tests, from basic failure tests (compression, flexure, splitting, tension) through to cyclic tests for Elastic Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio determination and up to advanced displacement controlled tests on Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) and tensile test on steel rebars by adding the suitable accessories and enabling the dedicated software modules.  

Technical Specifications

Hydraulics

  • Dual stage HPU: centrifugal low pressure for fast approach with automatic switching to radial
    multi-piston high pressure for loading
  • DC motor: 720 W, 50-60 Hz
  • Maximum working pressure: 650 bar
  • Third and fourth frame option, active frame selection by software
  • Flow-sharing technology to perform loading and unloading cycles
  • ES Energy Saving technology to reduce power consumption and silent operation

 

Hardware

  • 131.000 points effective resolution
  • High frequency closed-loop: P.I.D. control
  • Control frequency: 500 Hz
  • Sampling rate: 500 Hz
  • 4 channels for load sensors (pressure transducers and load cells)
  • 6 channels to measure strain values with transducers (LVDT, magnetostrictive, potentiometric)
  • 4 channels for strain measurement with strain gauges
  • Memorization of the calibration curve enables sensors to be connected and used immediately
  • Digital linearization of the calibration curve (multi-coefficient)