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Tunnel Boring Machine Cutter Wear & Tear Testing System

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Intelligent Runway Safety Status Awareness & Monitoring System

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Physical Model For Multi-Dimensional Loading System

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200 Ton Damper Loading Testing System

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Retrofitting 4000-Ton Multi-Functional Structure Testing System

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Retrofitting 2400-Ton Rubber Bearing Compression-Shear Testing System

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Control System Upgrading For 2000-Ton Pressure Testing Machine

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Tunnel Ring Segment Loading Test System

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6 Degree-of-freedom Swing Platform

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Case Studies - Popwil

Tunnel Boring Machine Cutter Wear & Tear Testing System

Main Function:

Simulate the actual working conditions of tunnel boring machine cutters to study the rock-breaking mechanism and the wear resistance of the cutter.

Main Specifications:

  • Maximum test force of vertical (Z direction) actuator: 1000kN
  • Maximum test force of lateral (X direction) actuator: 100kN
  • Maximum test force of longitudinal (Y direction) actuator: 200kN

User: Tongji University, Shenyang Heavy Industry

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Intelligent Runway Safety Status Awareness & Monitoring System

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Physical Model For Multi-Dimensional Loading System

Main Function:

The physical model multi-dimensional loading system can apply vertical and horizontal loads and bending moment loads independently, as well as a combination of the mentioned loads.

Main Specifications:

  • Maximum vertical load: 10kN;
    Maximum operating frequency: 1Hz
  • Maximum horizontal load: 5kN;
    Maximum operating frequency: 1Hz
  • Maximum bending moment: 1kNm

User: Tongji University

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200 Ton Damper Loading Testing System

Main Function:

The damper loading frame adopts a horizontal four-column gapless space structure. The test space can be adjusted steplessly by moving the crossbeam. The crossbeam is fixed into position by hydraulic lock.

Main Specifications:

  • Spatial adjustment range: 1000mm - 4000mm
  • Column spacing: 900mm x 600mm
  • Maximum static loading force: ± 2500kN
  • Maximum dynamic loading force: ± 1000kN

User: Huaqiao University

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Retrofitting 4000-Ton Multi-Functional Structure Testing System

Retrofit works:

Improve the stability and test accuracy of the original 4000-ton multi-functional testing machine.
the joint control with the 6000-ton test machine to upgrade the existing 4000-ton multi-function loader (test machine) controller:

  • Improving the stability and test accuracy of the original 4000-ton multi-functional testing machine.
  • Controller and hydraulic hardware upgrade
  • Controller upgrade to include control over another 6000-ton testing machine

Main Specifications:

  • The upgraded 4-channel controller improves the force and displacement control over existing 40,000kN vertical actuator, 4,000kN horizontal actuator, and the two 2,000kN vertical actuators on both sides of the system.
  • A digital communication interface with the 60,000kN controller to simultaneously control both testing machines.
  • Control of crossbeam lifting console is upgraded to touch screen.

User: Beijing University of Technology

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Retrofitting 2400-Ton Rubber Bearing Compression-Shear Testing System

Retrofit works:

Hydraulic and control system was fitted to the bare compression frame.

  • Providing hydraulic hardline connection from the hydraulic power station to the compression frame.
  • Design and fabrication of hydraulic fluid circuit, manifold block, horizontal actuator, accumulators etc.
  • Controller upgrade to improve stability and accuracy of testing results.

Main Specifications:

  • Vertical loading: 24,000kN
  • Horizontal loading: ± 500kN
  • Horizontal displacement: ± 300mm
  • Maximum horizontal speed: 600mm/s

User: renowned rubber bearing manufacturer

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Control System Upgrading For 2000-Ton Pressure Testing Machine

Retrofit works:

The original 2000-ton long-column press was retrofitted to perform force and displacement control in accordance with internationally standard test methods. The retrofitted machine was also able to complete stress-strain test of confined concrete at low and high strain rates.

New hardware such as controller, displacement sensors, hydraulic pressure sensors, etc were provided.

User: Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture

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Tunnel Ring Segment Loading Test System

Main Functions:

  • Tunnel ring segment reliability testing

Main Specifications:

  • Five actuators of 2,000kN each acting in the vertical direction (Y-axis)
  • Five actuators of 2,000kN each acting in the horizontal direction (X-axis)
  • Two actuators acting in the Z-direction providing boundary condition for the tunnel ring segment
  • System is designed for short tunnel segment made up of 5 ring segments of diamater 7.6m, and width 1.6m each.
    (System can be customized according to test requirement)
  • System is designed for testing based on three different scenarios.

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Scenario 3

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Heavy Duty Six Degrees of Freedom Swing Platform for Offshore Wind Power Operation and Maintenance Equipment

A proof of concept dual six DOF platform designed and manufactured by Popwil was officially accepted by the Ocean College of Zhejiang University in September 2019. That pave the way for a new joint research and development contract with a marine engineering company to design and manufacture heavy duty six degree of freedom sea state simulating platform.

The heavy-duty 6-DOF swing platform is designed to testing other 6-DOF swing platforms which will be installed on the offshore wind power operation and maintenance ships which can work under degree 5 state of the sea on the Douglas sea scale. After test, qualified platform will be installed on ship to balance the ship movement due to the wave, and build a bridge from the ship to the offshore wind power tower or other offshore platform. The function of the bridge is to transfer people and goods with a six-degree-of-freedom wave compensation function. It is widely used in offshore wind power, offshore oil prospecting and military-civilian integration docking and rescue operations.

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