Ensure Your Density with Electric Non-Nuclear Gauges

While having a quality control plan in your paving construction processes is important, ensuring you're getting the most out of your asphalt density readings in a safe and sustainable way is key for forward-thinking companies.

Density gauges have been available for decades to help improve the quality and longevity of roadways, but you may not be getting the most out of this process if you’re still using a nuclear device. 

The PQI 380 Should Be In Your Team's Toolkit for Quality Control

“The PQI allows my compaction foremen to quickly and easily monitor the in-place density behind our rollers, much easier and faster than traditional nuclear density gauges, Shawn Hammer, QC Manager at Fisher Sand & Gravel said. “The ease of use, speed, accuracy and smaller footprint makes the user’s job much easier to perform.”

“We’ve tried a variety of density gauges both nuclear and non-nuclear. The PQI is more accurate and has the options for testing and data recording that are most useful to us,” David Hose, Vice President, Materials & Field Quality at Mathy Construction Company said. “We get faster and more reliable results with a PQI than we do nuclear gauges. Even before we have an offset we identify trends and lower-density segments and make faster corrections to our rolling patterns. They are safer, easier, lighter, faster and more accurate than nuclear gauges and allow us to make corrections before the mat is set up.

If your state or federal projects do not require a nuclear gauge you should seriously consider switching to non-nuclear. You will save time, test a larger portion of the mat and spot deficiencies before they become penalties. If you are required to use nuclear gauges I would recommend supplementing with a non-nuclear gauge. The PQI 380 is the best we’ve found.”

TransTech Systems PQI technology is also considered an environmentally preferable technology, which is a technology whose use is intended to mitigate or reverse the effects of human activity on the environment. 

At the end of the day, the ongoing costs of ownership of a PQI 380 is around $700 a year. Whether you use nuclear density gauges now or want to improve the QC processes of your asphalt paving, the introduction of the environmentally preferable, safe and easy-to-use PQI 380 non-nuclear asphalt density gauge can go a long way to supporting your business both commercially and technically.