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News Release from: Hydramotion | Subject: MicroLance portable moisture meter
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 September 2006
Hydramotion moisture meter saves time at
quarry
The MicroLance portable moisture meter from Hydramotion is proving its worth for Australian quarrying firm Daracon Quarries.
The MicroLance portable moisture meter from Hydramotion is proving its worth for Australian quarrying firm Daracon Quarries Daracon Quarries is an integral part of the Daracon Group, a family business wholly owned by directors David and Susan Mingay
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 1 Feb 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The group now employs over 500 people and is a major provider of civil engineering, construction and related services in the region of Newcastle, New South Wales.
Established in 1987, Daracon Quarries currently operates three gravel quarries using the latest technology in mobile track-mounted crushing and screening plants as well as two mobile Aran pugmills for the stabilising or wet mixing of road-base material.
When Daracon Quarries needed a quick and accurate way of measuring the moisture content of bound pavement material (a blend of quarried aggregate and cementitious binding agents such as fly ash and lime), the MicroLance provided an immediate solution.
The MicroLance probe is simply inserted into the material and an instant readout of the moisture content or temperature at its tip is shown on the large-digit LCD display unit mounted on the shaft.
The instrument can calculate a bulk average from readings taken at up to ten different points.
"It saves us a lot of time," commented Bob Murphy, Systems Coordinator for Daracon.
"Prior to using the MicroLance we had to use an oven or hotplate on site at the pugmill, or use a nuclear density/moisture gauge and then carry out confirmatory tests back at the laboratory". Request a free brochure from Hydramotion ...
"With the MicroLance, we are able to ascertain immediately what the moisture content is of a particular product type.".
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