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MAIN DRILLING, SAMPLING AND TESTING FACILITIES
DRILLING RIGS
MATRIX LABORATORY has a total of 20 drill rigs allocated
for the branches as the followings however, drilling
rigs from different branches can be mobilized for major
projects as required.
The following drill rigs are permanently located in
MATRIX LABORATORY
• Nordmeyer Drill Rig; Mounted on 4 wheels truck
• AGBO G150; Mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Mobile Drill Rig B31, Mounted on 4 Wheels truck
• Mobile Drill Rig B34; Mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Mobile Drill B-40/1 mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Mobile Drill B-40/2 mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Mobile Drill B-40/3 mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Mobile Drill Rig B53/1; Mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Mobile Drill Rig B53/2; Mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Acker AD II/1 Mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Acker AD II/2 Mounted on 4 wheels truck
• WIRTH A-II trailer mounted
• Swedish – R1 , mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Swedish – R2 , mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Russian Rigs mounted on 4 wheels truck
• Dandoo Percussion; Trailer Mounted
• TEREDO DC 120 AC Drill Rig;Trolley Mounted
• GEOPROBE – GH 40 Drill Rig; Mounted on 1995 F250 4X4 Ford Truck
• JACRO DFM 200; Trolley Mounted Drill Rig /1
• JACRO DFM 200; Trolley Mounted Drill Rig /2
SOIL INVESTIGATION AND FIELD TESTING EQUIPMENT &
TOOLS
• EXPLOFOR SET (Data Logging System for Drilling
Parameters).
• Field Vane Shear Test Apparatus - various dimensions.
• Manual Dynamic Penetrometer (Mackintosh Probe) and (TRLL
Probe)
• Pneumatic Borehole Packer for Permeability (Luegon)Testing
in Boreholes
• Electrical Earth Resistivity Meter.
• 20 Tonnes, Self-Anchoring, Self Propelled Static
(Dutch) Electrical Cone Penetrometer CPTU).
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20 Tonnes, Truck Mounted, Self Propelled Static (Dutch)
Cone Penetrometer CPT
• Soil Thermal Resistivity Meter.
• Plate Bearing Testing Apparatus
• Field CBR Testing Apparatus
• Split Tube Triple Tube Core Barrels
• Double Tube Core Barrels for Hard Soil and Rock Coring
(Deferent sizes: SWF, HWF, 412, TNW, NWF).
• Wireline Core Barrels (HQ3 Triple Tube Core Barrels,
89mm outside and 61mm inside diameter; and HQ Double
Tube Core Barrel, 89mm OD and 66mm ID).
• Pneumatic down the Hole Hammers with various
diameters.
• Split Barrel Tubes with Cone accessory for Standard
Penetration Test (SPT) Open & Solid Cones.
• Thin Wall Tubes for Soil Sampling (shelby tubes) 3
inch diameter.
• U 100 Sampling System with Heavy Duty Siding Hammer
for obtaining 4 inch soil samples.
• Piston samplers 3 inch diameter.
• Drilling Rods with various diameters and lengths.
• Auger Rods with various diameters and lengths.
• Hollow Stem-Augers
• Hand Augers
• Portable Auger Machine
• Casing with various outside diameters and lengths.
• Water and Mud Pumps with various capacities.
• Air Compressors with various capacities.
• Grouting Machine Type Putzmeister; Piston Pumping;
Flow Rate 200 l/min. (for water); maximum pressure 1000
kpa; Electrical Power (3 phase).
• Grouting Machine Type Putzmeister; Screw Pumping; Flow
Rate 300 l/min. (for water); maximum pressure 200 kpa,
Diesel Power.
GEOPHYSICAL TESTING FACILITIES
•
Full Wave
Sonic Tool
• Caliper Logging
MAJOR LABORATORY SOIL & AGGREGATE TESTING FACILITIES
• Direct Shear Test
• Point Load Test
• CBR Test
• Unconfined Compression Test
• Odometer/Consolidation Test
• Triaxial Compression Test
• Permeability Test (Constant & Falling Head)
• Los Angeles Abrasion Test
• Aggregate Impact Value
• Aggregate Crushing Value
• 10% Fines
• Flakiness & Elongation
• Specific Gravity, Atterberg Limits (Casagrande & Cone
Penetration App.)Grain Size Analysis, Speedy Moisture
Content, etc.
CONCRETE AND STEEL TESTING FACILITIES
A) DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
• Concrete Compression Testing Machines
• Compression frames for manholes cover, pipes and
flexural testing
• Steel Testing Machine
• Pull-off Tester
• Water Impermeability testing apparatus, according
to DIN 1048.
• Complete set-up for electrical measurement of
concrete ability to resist Chloride Ion Penetration,
AASHTO T-277 (ASTM C 1202).
• Various testing equipment, mixers, moulds and
tools for sampling and testing of concrete.
B) NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
• Electromagnetic Cover meters
• Half Cell Potential Devices
• Ultrasonic Instrument for non-destructive testing
of concrete.
• A unique patented field system for measuring the
rate of corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete
and measuring of concrete resistively ambient
temperature and relative humidity.
• Coating Thickness Gauges
• Pinhole Detector (Coating Holidays Detectors)
• Concrete Moisture Encounter to measure insitu
concrete moisture
• Nuclear Moisture/Density Meter for soils & Asphalt
testing
• Initial Surface Absorption
• Crack Detection Microscope
• Biaxial Inclinometer System for Measurement
Lateral Displacement
• Strain Gauge Sensors & Data Logger for Monitoring
Strain in Concrete & Rock.
ASPHALT TESTING FACILITIES
• Extraction Apparatus
• Marshall Stability Apparatus
• Flash & Fire Point Apparatus
• Ductility Apparatus
• Penetration Apparatus
CEMENT TESTING FACILITIES
• Flame Photometer
• Spectro Photometer
• Heat of Hydration App.
• Blaine Air Permeability App.
• Vicat App.
• Le Chatelier App.
PILE TESTING FACILITIES
• Sonic Pile Integrity Testing devices.
• Pile Dynamic Load Testing
• Pile Instrumentation
• Cross hole Sonic Testing
• Caliper Logging
OTHER TESTING FACILITIES
Fully equipped laboratories for physical,
mechanical, chemical, electrical & thermal testing
of soils, concrete, aggregate, bitumen, cement,
water, steel, etc…All available equipment complies
with the requirements of the British Standards (BS),
American Standards (ASTM) and/or the German
Standards (DIN).
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