This automatic unit from Controls Group uses no solvent so there are no fumes, making it extremely safe for the operator. The test takes only 40 minutes.
The 97th Transportation Research Board meeting was held in Washington from 7-11 January this year. Nearly 13,800 visitors from 70 countries attended the event that covers all things transport-related.
“We’ve had a big increase in visitors from Asian countries in the last two years, particularly from China,” said TRB's director of communications Lisa Berardi Marflak. Controls Group, celebrating its 50th year in business, was one of the exhibitors there, showcasing four testing systems: the AsphaltQube, the
Testing equipment specialist CONTROLS Group is celebrating its 50 years of supplying testing technology for the civil engineering industry.
Controls was founded in October 1968 by Umberto Granelli who is still operative today. What started as a business pioneering the development of compression machines has developed into a leader in testing equipment for the Construction Industry.
Pasquale Di Iorio, CONTROLS Group’s president and shareholder and CEO from 1996 to 2017 said, “We want to mark this 50th Anni
US and European asphalt paving needs are different, but some firms are bridging that gap, reports Mike Woof. With a clear differentiation between the US and European asphalt paving markets, manufacturers from the latter are now developing machines aimed at the former. The US and European markets for paving machines have developed along very different lines. North American pavers are designed for high throughputs and high paving rates, having been designed to meet a need to build roads over long distances wi
This month’s round-up looks at new equipment from a number of manufacturers and a new bitumen testing service in the UK from global player Intertek - Kristina Smith reports
CONTROLS GROUP has unveiled new machines from each of its specialist divisions, including a new triaxial tester from its soil mechanics arm Wykham Farrance; an E-modulus tester from its concrete testing division; and an asphalt binder analyser from PAVELAB SYSTEMS, its asphalt division.
TRITECH is the result of 50 years of developm
