Earth Products China Limited won the bid of the Geocomp - LoadTrac II Load frame Machine at Northwest University!
LoadTrac-II is a versatile and intelligent system composed of a load frame and a computer with monitor. The load frame houses a high speed, precision micro stepper motor that moves the load platen and thereby applies a vertical load to the soil specimen. An embedded control board with a dedicated CPU uses readings from the force and displacement transducers to determine what signals should be sent to the stepper motor. The control board is capable of applying a new vertical load increment within one second and accurately maintaining that load while monitoring the displacement.
