DIGIPLUS – Touchscreen readout and Data Acquisition Unit for compression machines
The DIGIPLUS is a versatile, high-resolution digital readout unit designed for laboratories that already possess a manual testing frame but wish to upgrade to digital accuracy. Unlike the fully automated consoles in the Automax or Wizard lines, the DIGIPLUS acts as a precision data acquisition system, providing clear, digital monitoring of load and pressure without controlling the hydraulic flow itself.
Key Performance Features
- Precision Digital Monitoring: Replaces traditional analog gauges with a high-contrast graphic display, providing real-time readings of both the applied load and the loading rate to help operators maintain manual compliance.
- Dual-Channel Versatility: Features two independent analog channels, allowing the unit to be connected to two separate testing frames (e.g., a compression frame and a flexural frame) and switched via the keypad.
- Enhanced Data Integrity: Eliminates the parallax errors and guesswork associated with mechanical dials, ensuring that the peak load is captured accurately and held on the display for recording.
- User-Friendly Interface: Built with a simple 5-key membrane keyboard for quick taring, unit conversion (kN, lb, kg), and accessing the internal memory of test results.
Technical Specifications
- High-Resolution Acquisition: Provides an effective resolution of 132,000 points, ensuring sensitive detection of load changes even at the lower end of the machine’s scale.
- Standards Compliance: Designed to facilitate testing in accordance with ASTM C39, EN 12390-3, and other international standards by providing the precision required for Class 1 (or Class A) calibration.
- Data Storage & Connectivity: Equipped with a permanent internal memory for storing up to 1,000 test results, which can be transferred to a PC or printer via the RS232 serial port.
- Scalable Calibration: Features a linear calibration procedure with up to 10 points, allowing for extremely high accuracy across the entire measuring range of the connected load cells or pressure transducers.
- Loading Control: Utilizes a precise oil-flow motor-pump system to maintain the constant loading rate required by international standards.
- Compact & Robust Housing: Encased in a durable, industrial-grade cabinet that can be easily mounted directly onto existing hydraulic power units or laboratory walls.