More on Wireless Concrete Temperature Monitoring
Wake created the HardTrack solution to provide wireless communicates with temperature sensors buried in the concrete. The system furnishes information in real time using the HTC Gateway or your choice of a handheld device or Windows Tablet. HardTrack provides real time monitoring of the current temperature and strength of the concrete during the hydration process.
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Using Concrete Maturity (ASTM C1074) to determine the fitness and strength of the concrete is preferable in the industry. By using HardTrack, there is no longer a need for all the wires. Simply use HardTrack wireless sensors to gather temperature data in a very efficient and cost effective method.
The Wireless Maturity Monitor includes a HTC Gateway for real time monitoring or your choice of a handheld or Windows Tablet, providing the ability to monitor the concrete temperature wirelessly.
1. Place and position the temperature sensor at points within the concrete project that require monitoring. 2. Bury the logger or just the probe within the concrete. 3. Using the HTC Gateway will automatically read the temperatures within the concrete.It is as easy as that!
Enhancing the Collection and Processing of Maturity and Hardness Data
The HardTrack Concrete Maturity (ASTM C1074) Monitoring System provides a major change in the process of collecting temperature data at several locations within a concrete project. HardTrack eliminates the need for probes and wires attached to external devices. It is the convenience and simplicity of the system that allows contractors, engineering firms, and testing facilities to gather raw temperature data. Finally the raw temperature data provides the information to determine optimum concrete strength, curing rates, and documented quality control data for the project. Furthermore, collecting and processing data with HardTrack in addition to utilizing the maturing method of determining the strength of concrete is an accepted method of testing and analyzing the hydration process. Unsatisfactory early-age temperatures can lead to an unsatisfactory concrete structure in the long run. In addition, monitoring the early rate of strength gain allows for adjustments in the curing procedures during construction.
Some of the advantages in using the HardTrack product are:
- Accelerated opening times. Opening times are accelerated, for example: from 3 days to 25 hours.
- Early form-work removal.
- Elimination of guesswork and dependence upon cylinders
- Accelerated pre-stressed release times.
- Determination of sawing times for joints. By sawing when the concrete is strong enough, but not too strong, the contractor can optimize time and equipment wear.
- Implementing the maturity method of in-situ strength greatly reduces cylinders. In addition, cylinders aren’t transported to perform compression tests; this saves time, money, and eliminates safety concerns
- The in-situ readings provide true temperatures of the concrete at that location. Therefore, there is no longer a need to rely on the conditions of the concrete in a cylinder because temperature sensors detect strength, and weakness, in several locations within the structure.
- Raw temperature data is available at all times during the hydration process using HardTrack. Therefore, contractors know if the concrete is hydrating at a rate that is too fast and at a temperature too high or low. This real time information at several locations allows the contractor to take corrective action.
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