
Novatest S.r.l.
Manual for Multichannel Ultrasonic Pile Integrity Tester
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2) Remain the test system and test parameters unchanged in
test;
3) Concrete in test area shall be clean and smooth, use
grinding wheel to rub down or high strength fast setting
mortar to trowel the surface if necessary. Troweled
mortar must cohere well with concrete.
4) High frequency transducer shall be selected if the
conditions for reading precision for head wave amplitude
have been satisfied.
5) Transducer shall keep close contact with concrete test
surface through couplant, no silt or air is allowed in
coupling layer.
6) Transmission pathway of ultrasonic parallel to
reinforcement bar axis nearby shall be avoided in test, if
not, the shortest distance between connection line of two
transducers and this reinforcement bar shall not be less than
1/6 distance in ultrasonic test.
7) Find out the reason for any suspected data in test, double
check, verify or retest with more test points if necessary.
2. Test preparation
1) Power on instrument, select “uncompacted area and
cavitations test” in startup interface to enter into ultrasonic
defect detection test;