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GDS ADVDPC
 
What is it?
 
The GDS Advanced Pressure/Volume Controller (ADVDPC) is a microprocessor-controlled screw pump for the precise regulation and measurement of fluid pressure and volume change. As a standard research device in commercial and teaching soil mechanics laboratories, it offers the highest level of accuracy, resolution and control. The ADVDPC may be used with water, oil or air.
 
Advanced pressure and volume controller
  Download full specification datasheet as pdf [106kb]
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What are its uses
 
In stand-alone mode, the ADVDPC is a constant pressure source which can replace traditional laboratory pressure sources such as mercury column, compressed air, pumped oil and dead weight devices. It is also a volume change gauge resolving to 1 cu mm.

Accordingly, the ADVDPC can be used in the geotechnical laboratory as a general-purpose source of water pressure as well as a volume change gauge. For example, the device is ideal as a back pressure source where it can also measure the change in volume of the test specimen.

For unsaturated soil testing, the fluid in the cylinder is air. Air pressure is precisely regulated under closed-loop control. In addition, air volume change is measured to 1 cu mm.

In addition, the instrument can be programmed through its own control panel to RAMP and CYCLE pressure or volume change linearly with respect to time. This means the device is also ideal for permeability testing by constant rate of flow or constant head.

Above all, the device has its own computer interface and can be controlled directly from a computer. Thus, the ADVDPC is the essential link between computer and test cell in GDS computer-controlled testing systems as well as in computer-controlled testing systems of your own devising.

 
 
 
 
 
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