DEVICES AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING MEASUREMENT RESULTS FROM A MEASUREMENT GAUGE

    公开(公告)号:US20230384242A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18171538

    申请日:2023-02-20

    IPC分类号: G01N23/00 G01N33/42

    CPC分类号: G01N23/005 G01N33/42

    摘要: A system and related methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein. The system includes a material measurement gauge including a gauge communications module, an adapter configured for communicating with the gauge communications module, the adapter including memory and an adapter communications module, a handheld device operably communicating with the adapter and configured for communicating information, a network in communication with at least one of the adapter and the handheld, and a computing device configured for storing information received from the handheld device and/or the network

    Material performance testing including improved load detection

    公开(公告)号:US11781957B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-10

    申请号:US17473446

    申请日:2021-09-13

    发明人: Shawn Brovold

    IPC分类号: G01N3/08 G01N33/42 G01N3/20

    摘要: A material testing apparatus includes an actuator to apply a force to a load head according to electronic control signals. The load head supplies a load to a material specimen in a first dimension. A plurality of load line displacement (LLD) reference points extend radially outward from the load head; and a plurality of LLD measuring devices correspond to the plurality of LLD reference points. Each LLD measuring device is positioned to detect a position of a corresponding LLD reference point along the first dimension and is configured to transmit position signals to a controller programmed to perform a performance test on the material specimen using feedback control based on a combination of the position signals, including an average of the position signals.

    Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining a property of construction material

    公开(公告)号:US11531019B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US17181305

    申请日:2021-02-22

    摘要: Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining a property of construction material. According to one aspect, a material property gauge operable to determine a property of construction material is disclosed. The gauge may include an electromagnetic sensor operable to measure a response of construction material to an electromagnetic field. Further, the electromagnetic sensor may be operable to produce a signal representing the measured response by the construction material to the electromagnetic field. An acoustic detector may be operable to detect a response of the construction material to the acoustical energy. Further, the acoustic detector may be operable to produce a signal representing the detected response by the construction material to the acoustical energy. A material property calculation function may be configured to calculate a property value associated with the construction material based upon the signals produced by the electromagnetic sensor and the acoustic detector.

    Nuclear gauge
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11200994B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-14

    申请号:US16725637

    申请日:2019-12-23

    IPC分类号: G21F5/02

    摘要: A gauge is provided for measuring one or more characteristics of a construction material such as a road surface. The gauge includes a detector, a base that carries the detector, and a source housing carried by the base and defining a shield material circumferentially extending inwards. A source rod is positioned within the housing and carries a source that is translatable between a shielded position within the housing and a measuring position external of the housing. The source rod has a source shield on the top thereof and a shield material spaced-downwardly from the source such that the source is completely enclosed when contained within the base.

    Material performance testing including improved load detection

    公开(公告)号:US11119017B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16865993

    申请日:2020-05-04

    发明人: Shawn Brovold

    IPC分类号: G01N3/08 G01N33/42 G01N3/20

    摘要: A material testing apparatus includes an actuator to apply a force to a load head according to electronic control signals. The load head supplies a load to a material specimen in a first dimension. A plurality of load line displacement (LLD) reference points extend radially outward from the load head; and a plurality of LLD measuring devices correspond to the plurality of LLD reference points. Each LLD measuring device is positioned to detect a position of a corresponding LLD reference point along the first dimension and is configured to transmit position signals to a controller programmed to perform a performance test on the material specimen using feedback control based on a combination of the position signals, including an average of the position signals.

    Pavement material microwave moisture-density measurement methods and apparatuses

    公开(公告)号:US10908096B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-02

    申请号:US14500969

    申请日:2014-09-29

    摘要: A portable microwave material gauge for determining the quality of a pavement material is provided. The gauge includes an electromagnetic field generator configured to generate an electric field mode that penetrates into the material wherein the material includes a heterogeneous material including at least one of a pavement material and a soil material, a calibration data set, a sensor of size and shape to support the electric field mode and to determine the response of the pavement material to the electric field wherein determining the response includes determining a change in the permittivity as a function of a change in the quality of the material; and an analyzer configured to correlate the sensor permittivity response to the calibration data set wherein correlating the response includes using stored relationships between the material quality and the sensor response using calibration samples having changes in permittivity as a function of quality.