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The electronic version of the Fractometer II consists of an electronic and a measurement unit. The values of bending fracture strength and compression strength are determined electronically.
They can be saved and processed with the corresponding IML software P-Tools Pro. A cable connects the measurement unit with the electronic unit containing the electronic control, the printer and the power supply.
The corresponding Fractometer table makes possible a quick determination and comparison of the wood quality. This way, you can evaluate the stability and wood characteristics of a tree. The given values are only standard values. The tree must always be seen as a whole.
Application fields:
- Measurement of the fracture and compression strength of wood cores
- Evaluation of decayed wood by determination stiffness and fractures strength
- Detection of decay and lignin destruction
- Brown rot is indicated by small bending angles and low
fracture strength
- At early stages of decay lignin destruction is indicated by
large bending angles and a rather normal fracture strength
(some types of whit rot)
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