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PRIMA 100 LWD

PRIMA100 - The tool for unbound layers - The PRIMA100 LWD is the road buil-
ders’ tool. It is the perfect method for bearing capacity control of subsoil and
foundation layers – sub-base and base course.

Proper control of these layers prior to final paving is essential in order to ensure
the high and expected quality of your new road. If the bearing capacity of the
subsoil or foundation layers fails, the performance of the road fails. You will soon
experience rutting and cracking. The road becomes uncomfortable and will need
© 2010, Grontmij | Carl Bro A/S – HLr

repair much earlier than expected.

Other typical applications for the PRIMA100 include measurements on e.g.


foundations layers for truck terminals, industrial flooring and parking lots. One
special application is control of load transfer on industrial flooring using three
geophones.
PRIMA 100 LWD - Light Weight Deflectometer

PRIMA 100 reads out your results at once. Results are stored automatically The equipment
together with the GPS position. PRIMA100 applies wireless technology for data col- is delivered with a 100 mm and 300 mm
lection and is one-man operated. diameter loading plate, a 10 kg weight,
integrated load cell and electronic
Having the results from the PRIMA 100 box and a centre-mounted geophone.
allows you to simply move on to the next A portable PC or a PDA with a data col-
step. Alternatively you have the chance lection program installed is required.
of correcting failures at an early stage.
And it is much cheaper to correct at an
early stage than to repair at a late stage.
Unique PRIMA 100 features
Measuring applied stress is important
The PRIMA 100 is the only LWD utilising
the technique from the big traditional
FWDs with an integrated load cell. Con-
sequently the PRIMA 100 registers the
variation of the applied stress transferred
to different (sub)soils using the same
weight drop height. A variation that may
be substantial and therefore has to be ta-
ken into consideration to achieve reliable
E0 results and hence to make the correct
conclusions! PRIMA 100 with 2 extra geophones.

To understand this, imagine the following:


Place a thick wooden plate on your floor
Measuring of stress is important. The same drop
height can generate a stress at 96 kPa on eg. and alongside that place your mattress.
subsoil, while on subbase a stress of 122 kPa is Hit the wooden plate and the mattress
generated. This is due to the different charac- with your hand! Besides the fact that you
teristics of the materials and must be taken into
consideration.
hurt your hand when you hit the wooden
plate, you will also intuitively understand
the difference in energy transfer and hen- The PRIMA 100 method is
ce the difference in applied stress. Now, quicker than the isotope mea-
if you imagine that the wooden plate is suring method and requires no
a stiff soil and the mattress is a weak reference measurements
soil, you realise that you always need to
measure the applied stress. The equipment has no radioac-
tive sources requiring safety
This is the reason why this LWD genera- courses
tes reliable results.
PRIMA 100 applies wireless
Data presentation/documentation technology for data collection
After a measuring campaign or any time and is one-man operated
during a campaign, data can be seen on
the display. Either each individual drop Easy power supply Four ordi-
or the entire series of measuring points. nary AA batteries supply power
Data can be transferred to Excel or to electronics and display.
Word. This allows printing of data for
further interpretation or direct presen- Extension to three geophones is
tation in a report as documentation possible.
towards e.g. a client.
Trolley and transport box.

Grontmij | Carl Bro


Kokbjerg 5, DK-6000 Kolding
Tel. +45 8228 1400
www.pavement-consultants.com

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