Humboldt Manufacturing - Testing Equipment for Construction Materials

The Electrical Density Gauge (EDG) is a non-nuclear alternative for nuclear gauges in determining the physical properties of compacted soils used in road beds and foundations. The EDG is a portable, battery-powered instrument capable of being used anywhere in the world without the problems associated with nuclear safety.

The EDG measures and displays the wet and dry density, gravimetric moisture content and percent compaction. Easy-to-use, the EDG can be used as a construction aid to monitor day-to-day compaction operations by providing performance and measurement results highly comparable to those achieved with traditional methods, including nuclear gauge, sand-cone and oven drying methods.

The EDG's accuracy is achieved using point-to-point radio frequency, measuring directly between electrodes driven into the soil, ensuring positive measurements through the soil at full depth of electrodes. No need to make sure the soil is homogeneous or to rely on radio frequency "waves" to penetrate soil materials from the surface. For the contractor the advantages of using the EDG is that it does not require a highly trained or licensed technician, is easy to learn which enables anyone to be trained and is simple to use that measurements are fast and can be done at greater intervals for a more thorough evaluation.

H-4114 Electrical Density Gauge Data Sheet

See product listing in the Humboldt Online Store