For roads and highways, GripTester MK2 offers an un-paralleled opportunity to measure continuous skid resistance for all classifications of roads giving you the comfort that your roads comply with all legislation while ensuring that acceptable levels of Skid Resistance are available to road users saving lives. Data collected by GripTester MK2 can easily be analysed or inserted into GIS and Pavement Management Systems for audit purposes.

GripTester MK2 is the world’s number one trailer-based continuous friction measuring equipment. Since it's first inception 30 years ago, GripTester is in operation worldwide being used everyday to make the world's airports and highways flow safely, reducing the risk of wet skidding incidents.

GripTester MK2 currently operates in all regions of the world; arctic, equatorial and temperate. The GripTester MK2’s light towbar pull and low centre of gravity ensure safe, stable operation on winter and summer runways. The unique Automatic Water Delivery System (AWS) provides a fully automated controlled delivery of water minimising water usage and safeguarding the accuracy of results.

Roads and Pavements - GripTester surveys are useful for testing road surfaces as they are durable, reliable and accurate. Results are unaffected by the naturally occurring road curvature and have excellent repeatability to ensure precision. Its versatility means that it can perform on all classes of roads and can be towed by a number of vehicles. It can even carry out tests in “Walk Mode” which is particularly useful in surveying pedestrianised areas, bridges and accident sites.

Ease of Use

Ease of Use GripTester MK2’s light weight, robust construction and reliable performance make it the most deployable friction tester in the world.

The Roadbase software is designed specifically for use on roads and highways. Designed by and with road Operations in mind, the software quickly and easily allows for the collection of skid resistance data as well as the input of investigatory levels. Roadbase generates easy to read reports as well as giving real time data displays to the operator during surveys. By outputting data in csv format, skid resistance data can be easily viewed.

GripTester MK2 also comes with software to allow for the easy conversion of data in shp files which allows the data to be overlaid onto a map. Data can also be converted into HMDF format for insertion into Pavement Management Systems.

* Entire network surveys

* Monitoring performance of individual routes

* Comparison of retextured sites (before and after restoration)

* Assessing surface friction after road reconstruction

* Measuring skid resistance at accident sites

It has also gained recognition from international organisations such as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the World Road Association (PIARC).

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