The Light Weight Deflectometer takes over India

TERRATEST’s Light Weight Deflectometer is now already for the third time at “bc-Bauma India 2014”, India’s largest construction trade fair. From 15 to 18/12/2014 TERRATEST presents itself with its own booth in the German Pavillion in Hall 3.

“TERRATEST 5000 BLU” is the first Light Weight Deflectometer with Bluetooth technology and Android app. “Today, at the first day of the trade fair, we have already had very promising conversations with road construction authorities and civil engineering companies,” says Frank G. Schulz, CEO of the TERRATEST GmbH. “Our potential clients are deeply impressed by the Bluetooth technology of our Light Weight Deflectometer. The possibility to control TERRATEST’s Light Weight Deflectometer with an Android smartphone or a tablet is also met with great interest. We expect the Indian market to hold promising growth rates for our devices in the near future,” adds Schulz.

TERRATEST has delivered a variety of Light Weight Deflectometers to road construction and civil engineering companies as well as universities in India within the last years.

Goldbeck group relies on TERRATEST’s Light Weight Deflectometer

The GOLDBECK group, headquartered in Bielefeld, Germany, is one of the leading enterprises in Germany’s commercial and communal engineering sector. In 2012/13 the company had 3,300 employees and generated an annual turnover of EUR 1,300 million.

“For more than a year we have now been using four of the Light Weight Deflectometers TERRATEST 5000 BLU on our construction sites across Germany. The Light Weight Deflectometer for the dynamic plate load test supports our site managers in optimising the internal quality controls in the field of compaction work”, says Michael Ruland, coordinator for the execution of civil engineering works at GOLDBECK GmbH. 

“We are highly impressed by the Bluetooth technology of the Light Weight Deflectometer; no wire gets in the way of the test. Its quick connection setup, the reliable data transfer, and the particularly powerful rechargeable battery amaze us daily. Other important criteria that made us choose TERRATEST’s Light Weight Deflectometer were its good price, the user-friendly PC software, and the customer-friendly service. The delivery of every device was accompanied by a comprehensive on-site training for our site managers”, adds Ruland.

Deutsche Reihenhaus AG relies on TERRATEST Light Weight Deflectometer

Up to now, more than 5000 families have found a new home thanks to Deutsche Reihenhaus AG. The company builds high-quality terrace houses on a turnkey basis all over Germany. Frequently, whole neighbourhoods are given a completely new atmosphere. Naturally, quality assurance takes top priority with such construction projects. In order to make self-monitoring even more efficient, Deutsche Reihenhaus AG has now invested in TERRATEST’s leading-edge measurement technology.

“We are highly impressed by the Light Weight Deflectometer TERRATEST 5000 BLU”, says Alexander Schmidt-Saraceni. “Its handling is simply brilliant. Thanks to its Bluetooth control system, it has an enormous advantage over traditional cable devices”, adds Schmidt-Saraceni. “We use TERRATEST’s Light Drop Weight primarily for testing the compaction quality before casting the foundation.” 

Deutsche Reihenhaus AG documents the highest quality standards with the help of the Light Weight Deflectometer TERRATEST 5000 BLU.

Light Weight Deflectometer – New Video on Youtube

A little while ago we put up a new product video about the Light Weight Deflectometer TERRATEST 5000 BLU on our Youtube channel. In 3:18 minutesyou will find out all about the world’s first wireless Light Weight Deflectometer with Bluetooth technology and voice navigation – click here. The video demonstrates impressively the advantages of a wireless device in practice. 

“The cable connection of the Light Weight Deflectometer used to be its Achilles’ heel. We replaced it with a Bluetooth connection, creating a tremendous practical advantage”, says Frank Schulz, TERRATEST’s general manager. “The user no longer has to rewire the device for every test; no wire gets in the way while working”, explains Schulz.

Many users know what it means to bend down and rewire the Light Weight Deflectometer, which has a lifetime of more than 10 years, every time you want to conduct a test. The wireless signal range of 10 metres makes the Light Weight Deflectometer TERRATEST 5000 BLU a perfect test instrument for utility line construction, since the measurement electronics can easily be placed outside of the trench.

The light falling weight deflectometer with new Software

Provide compaction analysis with the light falling weight deflectometer yourself. Precise, quick and easy on your construction sites. Likewise, you can establish the associated documents easily and quickly with the new software TERRATEST 2.0.

With this software, your self-control is thus to the full extent. Both individual protocols and the statistical analysis of the measurements done by light falling weight deflectometer can be established by the PC software TERRATEST 2.0 in a breath. For instance, to meet your compaction analysis with the contractual terms in earthworks and civil engineering with the light falling weight deflectometer. Your compaction works are thus executed demonstrably and professionally.

TERRATEST Light Weight Deflectometer learns to speak

TERRATEST brings the first Light Weight Deflectometers which can speak on the market. The Light Weight Deflectometers, TERRATEST 5000 BLU guide the operator with audio instruction during the test.

Apart from Bluetooth, printer, GPS-System and high performance battery, there is another feature which makes the operation of the Light Weight Deflectometers more easily. By new purchasing one of our TERRATEST devices, you gain a huge advantage.

The untrained operators will quickly get the support of the audio instructions of the Light Weight Deflectometers. At the end of the compaction tests even the final result is announced. The volume is adjustable at the testing electronics and can be even heard on the construction site. Easier could not be more!

One year "Ni hao China"

The Light Weight Deflectometer of TERRATEST has been operated in China for many years. It represents outstanding projects, notably the construction of the high-speed railway Beijing-Shanghai. It is now the time to introduce TERRATEST dealers in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong the innovative features and comfortable handling of the new Light Falling Weight Deflectometer “TERRATEST 5000BLU” with Bluetooth technology, VOICE NAVIGATION and duration measurement mode. In addition, the special color “China Red” painted CARRELLO was perceived as extremely customer-friendly transport system for the 35kg heavy equipment.

“I am convinced that my customers would very much appreciate the comprehensive concept of TERRATEST 5000BLU, the ultra-fast structure of the bluetooth mechanism and the user-friendly software as extra plus.” CEO XIU FU LEI HKD Instruments Ltd. from Hong Kong. It was just logical that the demonstration device changed hands at that time and place.

In China, Light Drop Weight Tester from TERRATEST for the dynamic plate pressure method has been used in road construction for many years. A large number of TERRATEST devices has for example been used in the construction of the high-speed railway between Beijing and shanghai.