Pundit®

Portable Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Testing

Constantly Innovating

New

1996 2009 2010 2011 2013 2017

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Inspection Objectives

As-built verification Integrity assessment Material characterization

Contractors and Engineering offices Geologists and

engineering offices educational institutes

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UPV Technology

Good concrete quality Poor concrete quality

5000 m/s 3000 m/s

Void - 3500 m/s

Crack - 3500 m/s

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Technology

54 kHz for concrete quality Exponential for special surfaces

(e.g. round, uneven, rough)

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Industry Pain Points

Incomplete offering Difficult to use Poor consistency

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Pundit UPV Portfolio

Pundit Lab Pundit Lab+ Pundit 200

Quality, crack depth, E-modulus, data logging

Compressive strength

On-site, waveforms, scanning

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Pundit Probes

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Concrete Transducer Portfolio

24 kHz 54 kHz 150 kHz

Mass concrete Most applications Small objects

< 15 m 0.5 – 7 m 0.5 – 1 m

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Specialist Transducer Portfolio

54 kHz 250 kHz 500 kHz 40 kHz

Exponential Shear wave

New

Rough surfaces Cores Small samples E-modulus

Concrete Refractory bricks Ceramics Concrete

Rock + Wood Fine grained rock Very fine grained rock Rock

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Dry-Point Shear Wave Transducer for
E-Modulus

Automatic triggering

No couplant required

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Why Measure E-Modulus?

Concrete Rock

Resistance to deformation Classification of rock cores

from loading ASTM + ISRM

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E-Modulus Determination from UPV

Easy to measure:
P-Wave
m/s

E-Modulus
GPa

Difficult to measure:
S-Wave
m/s

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Current Solutions

Messy Two persons (manual trigger)

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Dry-Point Shear Wave Transducer

Clean One person (automatic trigger)

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Superior Measurement Results

Proceq dry-point
Standard S-wave transducer
shear wave transducer

Main point 1
Automatic trigger Subjective trigger, difficult interpretation
Main point 2
Consistent and repeatable results Inconsistent results

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 Pundit Platforms

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Pundit Platforms

Pundit Lab / Lab+ Pundit 200

Main point 1
Main point 2
Optimized for laboratory Optimized for site

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Pundit Lab

Waveform on PC /
oscilloscope

USB-powered
device

Third party remote

control e.g. for in-
line inspection or
supervisor control

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Pundit Lab Icon-Based Screen

Parameter settings

Pulse velocity measurement Crack depth measurement

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Pundit 200 Touchscreen

Rugged IP54

High resolution

UPV and Pulse

Echo

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Full Control of Test Parameters

Complete
parameter
overview

Live signal
strength
adjustment

Full triggering control

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Spotlight: Compressive Strength

Custom curves

Correlate to UPV

Combine UPV
with rebound
number
(SONREB)

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Spotlight: Area Scanning

Thickness
variations

Quality variations

Clear display of
results

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Spotlight: Strength Development

Concrete curing

Verification of
mix design

Programmable
intervals

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Spotlight: Concrete Cracking

Crack depth

Simple procedure

Instant results

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Report Generation in Link Software

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Global Standards Conformity

JCSE
EN GOST
JGJ

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Pundit®

Pundit®
Since 1972

Complete offering Ease of use Trusted

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Product Pricing

Pundit Lab Pundit Lab+ Pundit 200

Lab optimized

Site optimized

Compressive strength +
SONREB

Area and line scans

Compatibility with pulse echo

and array transducers

Purchase (CHF) 3,910 4,450 6,150

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Probe Pricing

New

24 kHz 54 kHz 54 kHz 150 kHz 250 kHz 500 kHz 40 kHz

P-wave S-wave

CHF 920 CHF 920 CHF 1,500 CHF 920 CHF 920 CHF 2,210 CHF 2,025

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 Pundit®
Portable Ultrasonic
Pulse Velocity Testing

Pricing is subject to change. Features are subject to change. Tablet or

smartphone not included in offerings. Additional fee may apply. General terms
and conditions of sale and rental apply, see: www.proceq.com/service

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