Servohydraulic Press

Description:

• Stiff servohydraulically controlled press for acoustic emission (AE) measurements on triaxially stress rocks.

Specifications:

• Sample size: 50 x 100 mm
• Temperature: < 25°C
• Confining Pressure: < 200 MPa (fluid)
• Axial load: < 4600 kN
• Stiffness (frame): 11 MN/mm
• Strain rate range: 10^-6 to 10^-2 s^-1

Features:

• Fast reacting servocontrolled hydraulic loading
• On-line AE-analysis
• Full AE-waveform storage
• High spatial resolution of AE-hypocenters by use of 10 piezoelectric sensors

Contact persons:

• Sergei Stanchits
• Arno Zang