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Concrete Testing Solutions


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WITH DECADES OF INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE, AN ARRAY OF HIGH-STIFFNESS,

HIGH-FORCE SERVOHYDRAULIC TEST SYSTEM S, AND UNMATCHED GLOBAL

SUPPORT, MTS STANDS UNIQUELY QUALIF IED TO ADDRESS ALL OF YOUR

CONCRETE AND REINFORCED CONCRETE MATERIAL, COMPONENT AND

STRUCTURAL TEST REQUIREMENTS.


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Civil engineers constantly push

the boundaries in pursuit o ways to

build larger, taller, stronger and more

enduring structures, in a aster and

more cost-efcient manner. Tat pursuit

requires deep insight into the mechanical

properties o concrete and reinorced

concrete materials, components and

structures.

Gaining this insight requires test systems

capable o managing the high orces,

complex loads and brittle behavior

characteristic o concrete.

Every day around the world, engineers

and researchers insist on MS or the

expertise, technology and support theyneed to characterize all orms o concrete

and reinorced concrete with condence.

We have installed more servohydraulic

test systems than any other manuacturer,

and our extensive experience working

with concrete testing proessionals has

equipped us with signicant expertise in

system integration and acilities planning.

Tese test proessionals choose MS

because o our unmatched ability to help

them achieve the deepest levels o

understanding and certainty. We can dothe same or you.

Knowledge

By working with MS, youll be applying

our decades o industry experience

toward meeting your concrete testing

requirements. Te many partnerships

weve ormed during this time have

enriched our expertise, and now all o

this knowledge can be applied toward

increasing your testing certainty. Whether

your needs are commonplace or unique,

you can count on MS to help you

address them.

Performance

A ull array o proven MS products and

services allows customers to meet all o

their concrete and reinorced concrete

testing objectives rom a single, reliable

resource. Every MS solution provides

the precise, repeatable and reliable

perormance you need to maximize

your uptime and condently pursue

your testing objectives.

Support

We surround our industry-leading

concrete testing solutions with a vast

service network, eaturing a global reach

and responsive representation. No matter

where your concrete testing occurs, youll

receive the ongoing assistance you need,

when and where you need it. Tat

includes smart maintenance programs,

proessional calibration, comprehensive

training and technical support.

The worlds premier concrete testing solutions resource


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Specializing in construction and research applications

MS has extensive expertise providing

solutions or todays most critical

concrete and reinorced concrete

material evaluation applications. Weve

worked alongside test proessionals in a

variety o industries or decades, with

particular expertise assisting test

proessionals in construction and

concrete mechanics research.

Broad product selection

Te MS oering includes the ull range

o high-perormance hardware, soware,

and accessories required to meet your

concrete and reinorced concrete testing

requirements. All our products are

designed to unction as integrated

mechanical systems and adhere to

standard test protocols.

MS solutions employ the most advanced

technology or managing the high orces,

complex loads and brittle material

behavior common to concrete testing.

I you have unique requirements, nobody

customizes like MS. ell us your needs

and we will work with you to meet them.

Te MS concrete testing solutions

oering comprises:

An array o versatile servohydraulic

test systems or meeting a ull

spectrum o concrete testing and

real world simulation requirements

Extremely exible soware with

application-specic templates

Congurable digital servocontrollers

Precision uniaxial cells, transducers,

grips, xtures and sensors

Reliable hydraulic power units (HPUs)

Expert system integration and

acilities planning

Unrivaled global service and support


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Concrete testing has direct

consequences on the lives of real

people. MTS can help you condently

understand how each concrete

material, component and structure

you develop will ultimately perform

in its intended application.


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Ideal solutions for your needs

Whether youre veriying material suitability or a construction

site or pursuing a new idea that might orever change the industry,

MS oers everything you need to eectively manage the

concrete and reinorced concrete testing that your work requires.

MTS helps engineers

glean the data required

to verify concrete and

reinforced concrete

material suitability

and fulll regulatory

obligations.

Advanced MTS tools

provide the exibility

and capability

researchers need to

further the concrete

materials science.

Construction

Is the design concept easible? Will

the specied concrete-based material,

component or structure perorm as

required? Beore any construction project

can begin or any component can be

oered by a supplier, these and other

critical questions must be decisively

answered by civil and structural engineers.

MS intimately understands these

challenges and how to address them.

We oer a proven history o helping

construction companies efciently

characterize the suitability o concrete

and reinorced concrete materials,

components and structures or specic

applications. We have also assisted

suppliers in leveraging the latest materials

and techniques to develop innovative new

products. Our customers leverage the

most advanced technology availableor determining a concrete materials

perormance characteristics, helping to

minimize uncertainty on the job site or

within the product development

department.

Research

With an abundance o new projects

incorporating concrete-based materials,

components and structures around the

world, signicant opportunity exists or

university and government researchers

to advance the concrete materials science.

Tat includes an emerging need or new

techniques that minimize carbon

ootprints without sacricing strength

or durability. MS specializes in helping

independent-minded scientists pursue

such research initiatives with condence.

Whether your research involves new

concrete ormulations, new reinorcement

techniques, or new concrete-based

components, MS oers the solutions

and expertise necessary to help you

complete it with precision and efciency.

By working with us, you can be certain

that youre using the best tools available

to leave your lasting impression on the

concrete materials body o knowledge.

We can also help you integrate the latest

technology into your existing test lab

conguration with minimal disruption

to your operations.


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Why manage multiple vendors to support

your concrete testing requirements? By

partnering with MS, youll nd all the

products, service and expertise you need

rom a single provider with a 40-year

history o helping concrete testing

proessionals around the world.

MS concrete testing solutions are

designed in cooperation with leading

concrete test labs rom around the world,

helping to keep our customers at the

oreront o the industry.

DURABLE ACCESSORIES TO

OPTIMIZE YOUR TESTING

MTS concrete testing solutions include

proven, top-quality accessories designed

to meet rigorous industry standards

across the full range of applications. All

MTS accessories are optimized to help

you improve the quality and efciency of

your construction, research or product

development objectives.

Uniaxial Accessories. MTS uniaxial

concrete testing packages are designed

to help you meet a full spectrum of

industry-standard testing requirements

for concrete specimens and reinforcing

structures. Each package includes the

bend xtures and platens required

to efciently manage all of your

compression, direct tension, indirect

tension and fracture toughness testing.

Extensometers. The 632.9X family of

MTS extensometers is ideally suited for

measuring concrete material strains under

high forces and complex loads. Youll benet

from outstanding accuracy, control and

durability for uncovering the deformative

characteristics of concrete materials.

Environmental Simulation Systems. We

partner with leading manufacturers to

provide integrated systems for testing

concrete materials in a wide range of

temperature, humidity and caustic/

corrosive conditions.

MTS environmental chambers facilitatehighly accurate mechanical testing of

concrete specimens under demanding,

real world conditions. Designed for

seamless integration with MTS load

frames, these chambers are ideal for

subjecting specimens under test to

extreme temperatures and humidity.

Load frames

We engineer every MS load rame to

deliver years o reliable perormance, with

versatility to operate over a broad range

o requencies and orce capacities. Our

oering includes static-hydraulic load

rames or basic monotonic testing, along

with the MS 815 and MS 816 test

systems or advanced monotonic testing.

Te high-capacity MS 311 test system

is designed to meet your dynamic testing

needs, along with the MS Landmark

amily or exible dynamic testing when

high orce is not required.

Specialty test systems

Choose rom several test systems that are

optimized to provide a highly aordable

solution or a specic concrete testingapplication. Te MS specialty test

system oering includes compression test

systems, rebar bending test systems and

penetration-resistance test systems.

Software

MS Application Soware or Concrete

and Rebar provides a complete set o

test templates that ollow standard test

sequences and analyses described by

standard test protocols. Tese templatesguide you through testing, data

acquisition and report generation using

amiliar macros rom Microso Ofce.

Or, you can easily create custom

templates o your own. Tis soware

is based on MultiPurpose estWare

(MP) soware, oers a highly exible,

drag-and-drop environment or

building standard and nonstandard tests.

Everything you need for quality concrete and reinforced concrete testing


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Multi-axial Shell Element Test

(SET) System, University of Toronto


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Digital servocontrollers

Versatile Flexest controllers provide

the exibility you need to address a ull

spectrum o testing needs and adapt

readily to evolving standards. Scalable

and easy to use, Flexest controllers

provide the high-speed closed-loop

control, data acquisition, unction

generation and transducer conditioning

required to conduct reliable single-

and multi-channel material testing

across multiple stations. Flexest digital

controller soware can be integrated with

ofce PC networks and support the ull

array o MS test application soware.

FlexTest Controllers

Hydraulic distribution systems

For more than 40 years, MS has been

deeply involved in the engineering,

abrication and installation o hydraulic

hardline and distribution systems. During

this time, we have specied everything

rom simple piping to highly complex

networking distributions and everything

in between. Our engineers will work

closely with you at the conceptual stages,

applying sound engineering practices to

provide the saest, quietest, most reliable

and most efcient system possible or

your test lab.

Unrivaled service and support

MS elds the largest, most experienced

worldwide service, support andconsulting sta o any testing solution

provider. Tis global team oers complete

liecycle management services or all your

test systems, helping to maximize your

productivity and uptime, so you can

complete your test programs as quickly

as possible. Te exhaustive MS service

oering includes:

Proessional services and consulting

System integration and acilities

planning

Maintenance services and spare parts

Accessories and upgrades

Lietime system protection

Everything you need for quality concrete and reinforced concrete testing

SilentFlo Hydraulic Power Units


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