FORCE LABORATORY

Dedicated to providing an efficient , dependable and accurate service FT Laboratories provides a team of engineers and technicians to meet your force and load testing needs. FTs engineers have many years of experience carrying out tests for Government and private clients In conjunction with our calibration laboratory all load and force instruments are calibrated and traceable to international standards. In addition load cells can be replaced and replaced.
Multi-jack Load Test

TESTS Test Static load test (single or multi-jack) Application To determine: Settlement under load characteristics Residual settlement Proof load To determine: Load / settlement characteristics of soil Bearing capacity To determine: Proof load Material Applied to: Piles: group or single (H, precast, cast-inplace) Barrettes Test to 46,000kN

Plate load test

Soil

Pull-out test

Lift-off test

Bearing test
Mass Calibration

Compression test

To determine: Proof load Residual load Shimming requirement To determine: Bearing capacity To determine: Proof load

Typically applied to: Soil nail Anchor bolt Dowel bar Steel mesh / boulder fence Typically applied to: Rock anchors with or without load cells

Typically applied to: Bridge bearings Typically applied to: Manhole / gully covers

Related Services Service Load cell repair & replacement Rock anchor monitoring Description Repair, replacement and calibration of load cells. Monitoring, serviceability check and repair/replacement of cabling.

FT Laboratories Ltd., P.O. Box No. 830, Fanling Post Office, Hong Kong. Tel: +852 2758 4861, Fax: +852 2758 8962. www.ft.com.hk