MAIN DRILLING, SAMPLING AND FIELD TESTING FACILITIES
Drilling Rigs
The rigs allocated for ACES Amman are as follows:
§ Edeco (20) rotary rig, mounted on Mercedes truck 911, capacity 100m.
§ Edeco (80) rotary rig, mounted on Mercedes truck 1924, capacity 1150m.
§ Edeco (36) rotary rig, mounted on Mercedes LB 1217, capacity 600m.
§ Edeco (36) rotary rig, mounted on DKID ,capacity 600m.
§ Hand England-Drill Master 18 rotary rig, mounted on Land rover, capacity 150m.
§ Hand England-Drill Master 50 rotary rig, mounted on crawler, capacity 320 m.
§ Mobile Drill 31 rotary rig, mounted on Mercedes truck 911 capacity 76 m.
§ KSK rotary rig, mounted on Mercedes truck 911 capacity 200m.
§ Henwood rotary rig, mounted on Mercedes LB811 capacity 200m.
§ Taho rotary rig, mounted on Mercedes LK608, capacity 50m.
Offshore Geotechnical Investigation
§ Jack Up Drilling Pontoon (4 x 8m deck with extended legs up to 15m).
Geotechnical Investigation and field Testing
§ MENARD PRESSUREMETER SET (NFP 94-10) conforming with ASTM D4719-94.
§ EXPLOFOR SET (Data Logging System for Drilling Parameters).
§ PAGANI Static Cone Penetrometer TG 73-200 Self Anchoring & Self Propelled Type, Capacity 200KN
§ Field Vane Shear Test Apparatus - various dimensions.
§ Manual Dynamic Penetrometer (Mackintosh Probe) and (TRLL Probe)
§ Pocket Penetrometer
§ Pneumatic Borehole Packer for Permeability (Luegon)Testing in Boreholes
§ Electrical Earth Resistivity Meter.
§ Soil Thermal Resistivity Meter
§ Radio - Detection Meter.
§ Groundwater Monitoring Probes (Various Lengths).
§ Plate Bearing Testing Apparatus
§ Field CBR Testing Apparatus
§ Split Tube Triple Tube Core Barrels
§ Double Tube Core Barrels for Hard Soil and Rock Coring (Diferent 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 66m 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 & 4 inch diameter.
§ U 100 Sampling System with Heavy Duty Sliding 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
§ Full Wave Sonic Tool
§ Caliper Logging
§ Electrical Resistivity Meter
§ Pile Testing
§ PDI Sonic Pile Integrity Testing Device.
MAJOR LABORATORY TESTING FACILITIES
Soil and Aggregate
§ Direct Shear Test Apparatus
§ Point Load Test Apparatus
§ CBR Test Apparatus
§ Triaxial Compression Test Apparatus
§ Permeability Test (Constant & Falling Head) Apparatus
§ Los Angeles Abrasion Test Apparatus
§ Aggregate Impact Value Test Apparatus
§ Aggregate Crushing Value Test Apparatus
§ UTM for compresive strength of rock
§ 10% Fines Test Apparatus
§ Unconfined Compression Test Apparatus
§ Flakiness & Elongation Tests Apparatus
§ Apparatus For Specific Gravity Test, Atterberg Limits Tests (Casagrande & Cone Penetration), Grain Size Distribution Test, Speedy Moisture test, ....etc.
§ Thermal resistivity / conductivity
§ Sand Equivalent Apparatus
§ Nuclear gauge Apparatus for determination of Degree of compaction and moisture Content for soil
§ Thermal resistivity / conductivity
Concrete and Steel
§ Destructive Testing
§ Non-Destructive Testing
Destructive Testing
§ Concrete Compression Testing Machines
§ Compression frames for manholes cover, pipes and flexural testing of Kerbs
§ Steel Testing Machine
§ Pull-off Tester
§ Water penetration through concrete test apparatus.
§ Complete set-up for electrical measurement of concrete ability to resist Chloride Ion Penetration.
§ Various testing equipment, mixers, moulds and tools for sampling and testing of concrete.
§ Complete set of instruments to test the drying shrinkage of concrete.Vibro consistometer to test the workability of RCC.
§ Compressometer to test the elastic modulus and possion's ratio of concrete
§ Concrete cores sawing apparatus.
§ Aerometer.
§ Concrete Flexural Machine for concrete Beams
§ Initial and Final Setting.
Non-Destructive Testing
§ Electromagnetic Covermeters
§ Half Cell Potential Devices
§ Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Instruments.
§ A unique patented field system for measuring the rate of corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete and measuring of concrete resistivity
§ ambient temperature and relative humidity.
§ Rebound Hammers.
§ Coating Thickness Gauges.
§ Coating Holidays Detectors, Low Voltage.
§ Coating Holidays Detectors, High Voltage (Spark Tester).
§ Concrete Moisture Encounter to measure insitu concrete moisture.
§ Nuclear Moisture/Density Meters for soils & Asphalt testing.
§ Initial surface absorption of concrete test apparatus.
§ Crack Detection Microscope.
§ Biaxial Inclinometer System for Measurement of Lateral Displacement.
§ Strain Gauge Sensors & Data Logger for Monitoring Strain in Concrete & Rock.
§ Complete set of instruments for measuring the built-up temperatures in concrete ( with thermocomples).
§ Complete set of instruments to test the watertightness of water retaining structures.
Cement
§ Atomic Absorption Apparatus.
§ Flame Photometer.
§ Spectro Photometer.
§ Heat of Hydration Apparatus.
§ Blaine Air Permeability Apparatus.
§ Vicat Apparatus.
§ Le Chatelier Apparatus.
§ Complete set of instruments to test the compressive, flexural and tensile strengths of cement.
Asphalt
§ Extraction Apparatus.
§ Marshall Stability Apparatus.
§ Flash & Fire Point Apparatus.
§ Ductility Apparatus.
§ Penetration Apparatus.
§ Softening point apparatus.
§ Complete set of equipment to conduct asphalt mix designs.
§ Indentation of asphalt waterproofing membrane apparatus.
§ Cold pliability of asphalt waterproofing membrane apparatus.
§ Asphalt cores sawing apparatus.
Environmental Studies & Testing
§ Soil analysis such as PH, EC, NA, K, CA, CACO3, MG….etc
§ Water and waste water analysis (Microbiological and chemical analysis).
§ Environmental impact assessment studies.
§ Testing of soil samples.
§ Testing of water samples.
Other Testing Facilities
§ Load Cell Calibration 2000 Kn.
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