| The 14th
European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
was attended by GDS in September 2007. Through out the week the GDS
stand welcomed old friends and new faces alike. GDS was represented
by Jerry Sutton throughout the conference with flying visits paid by
Karl Snelling and Dr Patrick Hooker. Conferences are an important
feature of life at GDS as they give us an opportunity to meet up
with old friends but also to talk to researchers who are at the
forefront of geotechnical research. These interactions allow us to
maintain our position at the cutting edge of geotechnical
engineering laboratory research. The
exhibition in Madrid also provided GDS with an opportunity to launch
our new “Entry level” range of products. The ethos behind the entry
level range is to make GDS products more accessible to commercial
and teaching laboratories as well as our core customers in the
advanced research market. The first of which, the
Enterprise level digital
pressure controller (or ELDPC), was on display and demonstrated.
The ELDPC is designed to replace existing manual laboratory pressure
systems that use either mercury or are compressed air driven. The
ELDPC provides a small, standalone and user friendly pressure source
with volume change measurement than can also constitute the first
step towards laboratory automation.
Please keep an eye open on our future news bulletins as more
products will be added to the entry level range over the next year. |
