Technical Specifications

FRAME

• Load capacity in tension: 500 kN
• Load capacity in compression: 1000 kN
• tensile jaws including: 4 wedge grips for flats up to thickness of 13 mm, 4  wedge grips for rounds up to 26 mm dia. and 2 sets of grips' liners 4 and 8 mm thick.
• Maximum distance between grips (tensile mode): approx. 300 mm
• Specimen length (tensile mode): approx. 500 mm
• Max vertical clearance for compression (with 70-S0012/1): 695mm
• Max. ram travel: 150 mm
• Distance between columns: 310 mm
• Overall dimensions approx (w x d x h).: 900 x 400 x 1750 mm
• Weight approx.: 500 kg

AUTOMAX PRO-M AUTOMATIC CONTROL CONSOLE

Hydraulics

• DC motor, 720W, 50-60Hz
• Maximum working pressure 700 bar
• Load/unload electrovalve for test execution via display/PC and automatic stop at specimen failure
• Active control of up to 4 frames by selection via display/PC (third and fourth frame as option). See accessories.
• ES Energy Saving technology to reduce the power consumption and enable silent operation
• Flow-sharing technology to perform loading and unloading cycles at controlled rate 

Hardware

• 524,000 points high-resolution/stability analog channels
• 6 channels to be factory configured:
  • 2 channels for load sensors
  • 2 channels for load sensors or extensometers
  • 1 channel to measure crosshead separation travel with 150mm high precision displacement transducer (included)
  • 1 channel for extensometer 
• Control frequency 250 Hz
• Sampling frequency 250 Hz
• 7”, 800 x 480 pixel, 16 M colors, icon-driven capacitive sensing touchscreen graphic display
• Unlimited storage capacity for test data on internal 16 GB SD card
• USB port for test data storage on external USB memory stick and for firmware upgrade
• Ethernet port for PC / Internet /network communication
• Optional integrated graphic printer including Load-Time plot (for standard failure tests)
• RS 232 port for data downloading in ASCII format

Firmware (50-FW/UTS included)

• Execution of compression, flexure, indirect tensile, ACV tests tests in automatic mode with test speed controlled by a closed-loop PID system. 
• Execution of tensile with:
  • control up to yield by:                      
       * Stress (method B)                         
       * Strain by using extensometer (method A1)  
       * Strain by using crosshead (method A2)     
  • Control after yield by grips' separation     
• Simultaneous display of:
  • load, stress, actual load rate, load / time graph in standard failure test (compression, flexure, indirect tensile)
  • load, stress, displacement and % elongation (crossbeam), displacement and % elongation (extensometer, if connected), stress/% elongation graph in tensile tests 
• Elaboration of tension test results: ReH, ReL or Rp and final elongation A conforming to EN ISO  6892-1 and EN 15630-1                           
• Saving of the specimen failure type (to EN or ASTM) in concrete compressiont tests results
• Download data to internal printer (optional) or to PC via RS 232 port or to USB memory stick
• PC / network communication via Ethernet
• Multi-coefficient linearization of the calibration curve for better accuracy at low loads thus avoiding the use of a second pressure transducer
• Recording facility for up to 9 test profiles for each channel including: type of test (e.g. compression, flexural, indirect tensile, tension), specimen size and shape, test speed and other general information. Each one of the recorded test profiles can be recalled automatically to save time.
• Improved PID algorithm and multi PID selection. Up to three different PID settings can be tuned for each channel for a variety of materials (e.g. cylinder with neoprene pads, low strength specimens) and test methods (e.g ACV, flexure, tension)
• Compatible with the newly released DATAMANAGER software and UTS software packages, tailored for construction material testing laboratories, for remote control, real-time data acquisition and results calculation.
• Peripheral devices integration with Link-LAB
• Automatic load measurement verification procedure, by connecting suitable load cells and our digital readout unit to PC
• Language selection (including Cyrillic and Chinese)
• Unit selection (kN, ton, lbf)
• USB port for firmware upgrade and safe backup of the original configuration data (PID, calibration, etc.), in case of loss and/or data corruption. The restore of the machine to the factory settings is easy avoiding the need of any technical support.

Optional UTS software package for Steel Tensile Testing (82-SW/UTS) allowing: 

• PC remote control of the test 
• Test control up to yield by: 
  • Stress (method B)   
  • Strain by using extensometer (method A1)
  • Strain by using crosshead (method A2) 
• Control after yield by grips’ separation
• Simultaneous display of: stress/elongation [mm], stress/time; stress/elongation [%] and elongation [mm]/time, with possibility to display multi diagrams
• Elaboration of tension test results: ReH, ReL or Rp, fp, Rt, A, At, Ag, Agt, A, At, Ae, E, Z , ft/fy, fy/fynom conforming to EN ISO 6892-1 (methods A1, A2, B) and EN 15630-1