Biopdi: materials testing equipment
Universal testing machine from 200 N to 1,000 kN
Eight frames, from benchtop portable to floor-standing, designed and manufactured by Biopdi in São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Soil and pavement testing
The soil laboratory
to the same standard.
Test presses for geotechnics and pavement engineering in manual and automatic electric versions, compliant with Brazilian ABNT and DNIT standards and ASTM.
Direct shear
Electric direct shear apparatus
Automatic testing with touchscreen and continuous force and displacement acquisition.
- Capacity
- 10 kN
- Speed
- 0.0001 to 20 mm/min
- Shear boxes
- 60 and 100 mm
- Standard
- ASTM D3080
Triaxial testing system
Static (UU, CU, CD) and dynamic for resilient modulus.
CBR and Marshall test press
Manual or automatic electric, with Marshall accessories.
Consolidation (oedometer)
Lever-arm oedometer or 50 kN electric oedometer with load control.
What the universal testing machine tests
One machine, dozens of standards.
Grips, platens and fixtures change the test.
- Tensile
- Compression
- Flexural
- Bend ISO 5173
- Shear ASTM C273
- Pull-out
- Cupping
- Peel adhesion ASTM D3330
- Friction ASTM D1894
- Microtensile
- Stepwise cyclic
- Clip-on extensometer
- Long-travel
- COD clip gauge
Retrofit and maintenance
Your old universal testing machine can test again.
Diagnosis and modernization of electromechanical and servo-hydraulic machines of any brand, which can include the BioLab software.
Request a diagnosisTechnical articles
- Universal testing machine: what it is, how it works and typesMechanical testing
- Stress-strain curve: how to read the diagram, key points, formulas and the true stress-strain curveMechanical testing
- CBR test and the California Bearing RatioSoils
- Triaxial test: what it is, UU, CU and CD types, calculations and standardsSoils
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