PROCEQ, a leading manufacturer of high-quality portable test equipment for concrete properties, metal hardness, and paper hardness applications, has recently launched the Pundit Lab+ ultrasonic pulse velocity instrument.

The product is part of Proceq’s successful Pundit family of portable ultrasonic test instruments for the non-destructive testing of concrete quality.

“Pundit Lab provides exceptional versatility for a pulse velocity test instrument, offering not only the traditional transit time and pulse velocity measurement, but also path length measurement, perpendicular crack depth measurement and surface velocity measurement,” says a spokesman for the Switzerland-based company.

The instrument also includes an integrated waveform display for manual triggering.

“This feature set has been extended in Pundit Lab+ to include on-site applications requested by customers. The new features provide compressive strength estimation, compressive strength estimation in combination with a rebound hammer value (Sonreb method), a real-time stamp for all measurements, a review list allowing readings to be checked on site without a computer and an integrated gain stage that makes an external amplifier redundant,” the spokesman adds.

The transducer range has also been improved and extended to include shear wave transducers for testing Poisson’s ratio and modulus of elasticity, exponential transducers for rough surfaces and higher frequency transducers up to 500 kHz for rock and ceramics testing.

Full remote control is possible with the Windows-based software Pundit Link or via third-party software. This provides the user with online data acquisition and data logging functionality.

As with all Proceq products, sales and full service support is available from Proceq’s global locations in Asia, the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Russia. The Pundit Lab+ comes with a 24-month warranty on all electronic parts. When purchasing the instrument, the buyer is also offered the possibility to purchase extended warranty coverage.

Founded in 1954, the company’s strong research and development team continues to create products that set industry standards for portable test equipment.

The company invented the original Schmidt concrete hammer, the world’s first and most widely used portable test equipment for concrete strength properties. The latest generation of portable test hammers, the SilverSchmidt ST/PC combines the best of the Original Schmidt with state-of-the-art technology.

With the launch of the Profoscope, Proceq introduced a portable rebar detector and cover meter with a mid-point feature that is unique in the market for portable test equipment. Canin+, claimed to be the fastest portable corrosion analysing instrument, is suited for assessments of corrosion potentials on large areas. The ultrasonic test instrument Pundit Lab successfully round off Proceq’s concrete portfolio for portable concrete test equipment.

With the launch of the famous Equotip in 1975, the inventor of the Leeb rebound method (one of the four most used methods for testing metal hardness) revolutionised the market for portable non-destructive metal hardness test equipment. Proceq is now offering a comprehensive selection of hardness testers for all kinds and sizes of metals.

Since 1994, Proceq has been certified to ISO 9001 standards that guarantee the quality of processes, products and services. To provide its international customers with local support, Proceq continually increases its presence through worldwide subsidiaries and through a global network of agents and partners.

For customers in the Middle East, the company has a subsidiary – Proceq Middle East – based at the Sharjah Airport International Free (Saif) Zone.