Infrastructure

Laboratory core drilling machine.
Laboratory rock sample cutting machine.
Laboratory rock sample grinder.
Stiff loading frame by MTS with a capacity of 160 ton or 1600kN in compression.
Sphearically seated loading platens.
Electronic microconsole for test control (displacement and load control testing).
Strain gage and extensometer subsystems.
External load cell by Maywood.
Integrated system of digital data recording with a 16bit resolution connected to all testing systems for real time data acquisition and processing.
Loading frame with a capacity of 50kN in compression by Triscan.
Triaxial loading cylinder with a maximum lateral pressure of 14MPa by Wykeham Farrance.