IPC Global was formed in 1981 and it is recognised as being one of the leaders within the materials testing industry. They specialise in the development. distribution and design of materials testing technologies. They provide a wide range of technology for testing soil, rock, asphalt and a number of other construction materials.

Every day, IPC systems enhance research, quality assurance and control with regard to road pavement design, civil engineering, construction and manufacturing. IPC systems and technology are employed in more than 50 nations around the world and conform to international standards including ASTM, ISO and AASHTO.

The IPC product range is growing continuously and there have been a number of new additions for this year. New and improved soil testing equipment are available in the form of cyclic triaxial machines which may be used to test soil as well as other unbound materials. The system performs saturation, isotropic, resilient modulus as well as dynamic modulus testing.

Additionally, there are a range oftechnologies designed for asphalt testing. The IPC AMPT(asphalt mixture performance tester) is a completely integrated system. It was created specifically to perform tests developed under NCHRP 9-19 as well as 9-29. The most important feature of this type of testing equipment is the chamber in which the sample is confined and analysed. It relies on a modified geotechnical triaxial cell which also functions as an environmental chamber. This means that the sample can be seen all the time without the need for any special lighting.

For the most up-to-date ranges of liquefaction and asphalt testing apparatus go to the IPC Global website. It has the entire product range and also performance and technical data on all of the machines they produce.