Pizzi - Wire Displacement Sensors
The wire deformometer is usually used to monitor and measure movements in landslides by measuring two points distant from each other. The instrument is made from the protected sensor in a sturdy aluminum box, by a non-deformable wire constantly kept in tense by a tensioning device and a fixing device to fix the other end of the wire to the measuring point.
The instrument is composed of a sensor protected by a sturdy aluminum box, and a non-deformable wire constantly kept tense by a tensioning device and a fixture securing one end of the wire to the measuring point. The crackmeters or wire deformometers made by Pizzi Instruments are both with a potentiometric sensors and vibrating wire sensors. Pizzi Instruments offers both wire deformometers with potentiometric sensors or with vibrating wire sensorsThe choice of sensor depends on the specific requirements of the monitoring project and the type of application. If required by our customers, we are able to suggest the best solution for a specific application
Instruments with different wire lengths are available, depending on the specific requirements of the installation site. The wire deformometer, connected to an automatic acquisition system, allows real time monitoring and measuring of landslide ovements, together with the possibility of managing local and remote alarms if thresholds are exceeded. The wire deformometers can be read manually with our portable units (DEC 3000 and handheld unit Dec5 for vibrating wire sensors) or automatically with our dataloggers (CUM3000 or /and VW Brick 2 or VW Brick 8, or CRio VW, depending on sensor type). For specific needs and requests, we are able to develop and manufacture customized products with different characteristics from standard.
Typical applications include:
- Earthslides or rockslides
- Monitoring of large displacements and fractures
- Bridges and viaducts
- Dams
- Walls and diaphragms
- Galleries
- Excavations
- Poles
- Buildings
- Large measuring range
- Large distance between measuring points
- Rugged for outdoor applications
- Easy to use
- Automatable
- Built-in automatic monitoring systems
The instrument is made of a sturdy body containing both the sensor and the tensioning systemThe sensors used are both vibrating wire and potentiometric; for the latter converters are integrated into the body of the instrument for 4-20mA output or in voltage. The strain gauge wire, connected to an automatic acquisition system, allows real time measuring and monitoring of landslide movements with the possibility of managing local and remote alarms if thresholds are exceeded. Special wire hooking systems are available and produced on demand
- Fixing Kit of the wire
- Junction Boxes
- Multipolar cable
- DEC 5
- DEC 3000
- CUM 3000
- MUX
- Selection and Measure Box
- Measure Box
If you have any requests or questions about our instruments or if you have special needs that require different solutions from the standard, please contact us. Our team will provide all the necessary information and will be very happy to work with you to study, develop and customize instruments and solutions suitable for your specific needs. All information in our datasheet is subject to change without prior notice. Please check the datasheet/details carefully and contact Pizzi Instruments for further information