Hamburg (Immersion) Wheel Tracker

Key Features

• Able to perform AASHTO-T324 and EN 12697-22
• State of the art software which provides higher level users with options, and lab technicians ease of use
• Advanced machine with 4 testing modes: Wet,Wet Heat,Dry and Dry heat (with optional heating hood)
• A mechanical re-circulation water bath controls the temperature to within ± 0.5°C in a range of (20-75) ºC
• Variabl speed range between 15 and 30RPM
• Two displacement transducers attached to the wheel support arms measure the depth of the ruts as they develop with a resoultion of 0.01mm to a maximum rut depth of 50mm
• The depth of the rut is measured automatically and constantly as specified in the AASHTO and EN Standards
• Rubber or stainless steel wheels, and various widths to alter the applied pressure
• Various mould options including laboratory compacted and cores (AASHTO and EN)
• UKAS Certificate supplied

• Investigation of resistance to rutting
• Investigation of moisture susceptibility
• Testing of laboratory compacted slabs
• Testing of field cores
• Porduction of creep slope, stripping inflection point and stripping slope