The new pile integrity
tester, the MIMP 16 of C.E.B.T.P.
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Measuring the length of a pile.
Measuring the stiffness of a pile.
Measuring the characteristic impedance
of a pile.
Getting to know the shape of a pile
(depending of settings).
The above is what the new pile
integrity tester of C.E.B.T.P. enables you to do very quickly
and very easily.
The MIMP 16 also allows you
to detect voids under concrete pavings, behind voussoirs
or behind cemented facade panels.
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The MIMP 16 is the most recently designed
material in the MIMP series of pile integrity testers.
It appeals to the hammer-geophone
technology to acquire data. This pulse method to control piles
is an original technology developed by C.E.B.T.P., which is now
used worldwide.
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Operating this is very simple.
It requires the pile to be fitted with any previous equipment.
The operator is to set a speed
sensor (geophone) on the pile top. A good vibrational bond
can be achieved by laying some silicone grease between the
geophone and the foundation.
The operator is to arise a
mechanical pulse by hitting the pile top with a hammer fitted
with a force sensor (in the impedance setting).
The force and speed signals
are then recorded.
The MIMP 16 can immediately
compute the pile length, its quasistatic stiffness and its
characteristic impedance.
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The results can be printed by connecting the
MIMP 16 to a printer.
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The data processing of course
involves the pulse response by searching for the background
echo, but it also involves the admittance curve, which
is the speed to force ratio plotted versus the frequency
(mobility).
The pile integrity tester
of the MIMP 16 has been designed to be very handy to use.
It only takes a while to learn how to get signals.
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A more in-depth treatment,
and above all an assistance to edit the report is made
possible by using the very powerful data processing IMPRO2
software, under Windows 95 or 98.
The signals recorded on the
MIMP 16 can indeed be quickly transferred to a P.C. or
to a laptop computer by a cable supplied with the MIMP
16.
The pile test results will
thus be stored, processed and printed very comfortably.
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In addition to its remarkable
performances, the MIMP 16 is small, light, battery operated
and shock resistant.
It comes to you fitted with
a shoulder strap allowing the operator to go from pile
to pile on the site.
The operator therefore only
handles the hammer and the geophone.
The MIMP 16 allows to test
many piles on a site, which makes the tests highly cost
effective.
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The MIMP 16 is available in the reflection
method version, as well as in the impedance or void detection
method.
The main charcteristics
of the MIMP 16 are :
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Totally portable and autonomous.
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Little cumbersome : 33 x
19 x 8 cm.
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Light : 3.2 kg.
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Waterproof IP 64 box.
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Large LCD 81/4 in screen,
in colour or B&W.
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Screen protected by an anti
shock transparent pane.
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Multiple power supplies :
- Quick charging in 7 hours on 110, 220 or
12 volt.
- Internal storage capacity : 1000 acquisitions.
- SENSOR geophone SM6 4.5 Hz type.
- PCB hammer 086 C20 hammer (impedance setting).
- Sensor connectors complying with the military
norms.
- Three sampling frequencies, that can be parametered
: 25 kHz, 50 kHz or 100 kHz.
- Document printing.
- Internal English software.
- Document printing can be parametered either
in English, in French or in Spanish (other alphabetic languages
are can be made available, upon request).
- Pile measurement results are transferable
to a table computer, for further processing and report editing
with the IMPRO2 software.
- This material complies with the specifications
of the ASTM D5882-96 American norm dealing with pile testing.
- This material complies with the NF P 94-160-2,
NF P 94-160-4 French norms dealing with pile testing.
The MIMP 16 can be delivered to you
in three method settings and two screen settings :
Methods :
option #1 : pile control by the reflection
method (echo method)
option #2 : pile control by the reflection
method
pile control by the impedance method (instrumented
hammer)
option #3 : pile control by the reflection
method
pile control by the impedance method (instrumented
hammer)
void detection under pavings, voussoirs,
large pipes.
Screen :
option #1: black and white screen.
option
#2 : colour screen.
The MIMP 16 is
delivered complete and ready for use with the following material
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- one MIMP 16 unit including
the pile integrity measurement software for the réflexion
method, the impedance method or the void detection method
(according to the option).
- one instrumented PCB
hammer (for the impedance and void detection methods)
- four hammer butt ends
(two mounted on the hammer and two as spare parts).
- one calibrated SENSOR
geophone.
- one battery charger and
mains power supply.
- one 12 V car cigar lighter
cable for charging or power supply.
- one data transfer cable
for the IMPRO2 software.
- one tube of silicone
grease for the geophone.
- one user's manual in
French and English.
- one case to carry and
protect the whole equipment.
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< Spare parts
and accessories of the MIMP 16>
<Analysis IMPRO2 software>
<Historical overview
of the pile integrity control by the reflection and impedance
methods>
<Theory about pile control by pulse methods>
<The different means
of controlling a foundation>
<Other
CEBTP materials>
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