C372M
C372M
C372M
SECTION C | CONCRETE
C372M
ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY TESTER, HIGH PERFORMANCE
WITH MICROPROCESSOR FOR COMBINED ULTRASONIC AND REBOUND HAMMER DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING
STANDARDS: EN 12504: part 4 | BS 1881:203 | ASTM C597 | NF P18-418
MAIN FEATURES
Infinite filing capacity of the test dates and the graph tracing of the
Touch screen LCD display 800x480 pixel. tests on SD card or extractable and expandable.
Windows operating system like a standard PC. Possibility to use the instrument with two exponential probes, or
Flash memory 128Mb, expandable with SD card to with one standard probe and one exponential probe.
illimited memory. Possibility to connect the instrument to internet for consultations or
extractions, like a common PC.
Time measuring from 0 to 9999,9 µS resolution. Visualization of the shape of the transmitting wave while it goes
Possibility to combine the ultrasonic measurement through the material checked, by transforming the instrument into a
with rebound index (SonRed method). real oscilloscope.
This is an instrument using the most modern technologies; it has Combined ultrasonic and rebound hammer determination
a 7" WVGA colour touch screen, 128 MB, SD card, USB, working (sonreb method):
system Windows CE.
The C372M ultrasonic tester houses an integral data logger for data
Ultrasonic tests: acquisition, processing and store of rebound hammer values.
The appliance allows measuring the ultrasonic impulse speed The acquisition of the rebound values is performed with manual or
inside the material (by knowing the distance between the probes). automatic mode.
It measures the distance between the probes (by knowing the a) Manual mode:
speed of the ultrasonic impulse to go through the tested material). Rebound values measured with a standard concrete hammer are
It measures the required time by the ultrasonic impulse to go manually input into the ultrasonic Tester.
through the tested material. b) Automatic mode:
Young’s modulus for soils is also measured (by knowing the The digital Matest test hammer mod C386N is directly connected
distance between the probes, the density of the tested material and to the ultrasonic tester through a cable. The measured rebound
the shear-speed). values are automatically transmitted to the C372M tester.
Young's modulus for concrete is measured by knowing the distance The measures of the velocity of ultrasonic pulses and the rebound
between the probes, the density of the tested material and the values, gives estimates of dynamic modulus of elasticity and Pois-
poisson ratio. son’s Ratio, and provides informations on possible voids, cracks and
Calculation of the crack depth. strength of the structure.
Zero calibration with depuration of the time for the impulse to go It is possible to evaluate the compressive strength of the concrete,
through the probes. useful to estimate formwork striking times.
Calibration of a defined time value. The combined test allow to rectify different inaccuracies that are
typical of the simple rebound hammer test, and obtaining esti-
mates on the compressive strength of the concrete, that cannot
be obtained with the ultrasonic test, granting high accuracy and
reliability of the results.
C372M + C368N
ACCESSORIES
C372-10