Dynatest 995-2 Specifications 2010 1

DYNATEST CONSULTING, INC.

38284 Abruzzi Drive
Westland, MI 48185 USA
Telephone +1 734 729-0400
FAX +1 734 729-0401

Webpage: www.dynatest.com
E-mail: mi@dynatest.com

Pavement Engineering Specialists
and Equipment







TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

Dynatest 995-2 TIRE TRACTION AND PAVEMENT
FRICTION TESTER




Dynatest Consulting, Inc.
38284 Abruzzi Drive
Westland, Michigan 48185
USA
mi@dynatest.com







Dynatest 995-2 Technical Specification 2
1.0 Introduction
1.1 The 995-2 Tire and Pavement Friction Tester is manufactured by
Dynatest Consulting, Inc., a subsidiary of Dynatest International
A/S. The system consists of a truck-trailer combination designed
to test skid and slip friction resistance of tires or pavements. Tire
traction testing is done in accordance with the tire manufacturers
wheel load rating for various types and sizes of tires. Test trailer
wheel loads can be changed to meet specifications of different tire
sizes. Minimum wheel loads that can be applied to a tire are de-
termined by the overall weight of the trailer. The 995-2 has a
minimum wheel load of approximately 275 kg (600 lbs). Starting
with the actual trailer weight, additional weights can be added up
to the rated capacity of the trailer 900 kg (2000 lbs). Weights are
added in increments of 11 kg (25 lbs) and 23 kg (50 lbs). Weights
of 11 kg (25 lbs) are usually lead pellets in a canvas bag and 23 kg
(50 lbs) weights are steel blocks.

1.2 The Dynatest 995-2 will test tires in accordance with SAE J 345
Wet or Dry Pavement Passenger Car Tire Peak and Locked
Wheel Braking Traction. Both peak and locked wheel sliding
traction force is measured, displayed and recorded. The system is
capable of testing with either or both wheels locked at speeds of
up to 128 km/hr (80 mph) and is capable of making slip friction
measurements down to 3.2 km/hr (2 mph) during the lock-up cy-
cle.

1.3 The 995-2 two-wheel trailer will test tires requiring up to 900 kg
(2,000 pounds) per wheel load.


2.0 General
2.1 The system consists of a standard highway vehicle 4,545 kg
(10,000 lb.) minimum GVWR, 4-door extended cab pick-up truck
and test trailer. The system is instrumented with a computer for
processing, recording, display and printing of traction data.

2.2 The Dynatest 995-2 is easily operated by one person (driver). An
additional front seat and rear seat are provided for an observer or
operator if desired. The driver needs only to bring the Traction
Tester to the desired speed of 3 to 128 km/hr (2 to 80 mph) and

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press the hand held start button. All test functions such as lower-
ing the water nozzle, water application, test wheel lock-up and re-
lease are automatic and sequentially controlled by the computer.
All test functions can also be manually controlled by the operator
if desired.

2.3 The Dynatest 995-2 performs automatic calibration verification
and self-diagnostics at startup.


3.0 Towing Vehicle
3.1 The Towing vehicle will be a new one ton heavy duty truck of the
latest model year available with a minimum 4,545 kg (10,000 lbs)
GVW and a minimum towing capacity of 2,267 kg (5,000 lbs).

3.2 The truck will be a four-door crew cab model and will include, but
not be limited to :
3.2.1 Automatic Transmission
3.2.2 Power windows, door locks, brakes
3.2.3 Bucket seats
3.2.4 Heavy duty suspension and towing package
3.2.5 Privacy glass
3.2.6 Air conditioning

3.3 Most major manufacturers can be used for tow vehicles. Special
vehicles also available.


4.0 Tire Test Specifications
4.1 The Dynatest 995-2 will meet the specifications and perform the
following tests:

4.2 SAE J345A wet or dry pavement for peak and locked wheel brak-
ing traction.

4.3 ASTM F408 Standard Test Method for Tires for Wet Traction in
Straight-Ahead Braking, Using a Towed Trailer.


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4.4 ASTM E1337 Standard Test Method for Determining Longitudi-
nal Peak Using a Standard Reference Test Tire.

4.5 ASTM E274 Standard Test Method for Skid Resistance of a
Paved Surface using a Full Scale Tire.

4.6 GMW15208 (Dec. 2006) Tire Braking Traction

4.7 ECE and R1222 Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of
tires with regard to Rolling Sound Emissions and to Adhesion on
Wet Surfaces.

4.8 The Dynatest 995-2 Tire Traction Tester performs the ASTM
F408 method of braking traction of tires designed for passenger
cars or light trucks. This type of braking traction measurement is
applicable to conditions wherein the vehicle is traveling straight
ahead on a wet, paved surface.

4.9 Dynatest 995-2 Tire Traction Tester test values will be US Cus-
tomary units or SI units (metric) as selected by the operator.

4.10 The Dynatest 995-2 Tire Traction Tester measurements are con-
ducted on tires mounted on a trailer. Brakes are applied at one or
both test tires (requires dual sided system) and locked and held
locked for a user selectable period of up to 1.5 seconds at speeds
ranging from 32 km/h to 128 km/h (20 to 80 mph). Recommend-
ed speeds are 32, 64, and 96 km/h (20, 40, and 60, mph).

4.11 The Dynatest 995-2 Tire Traction System includes the tow vehi-
cle, with a laptop computer, system electronics, all software pro-
grams and the self-watering system. The watering system is dis-
pensed by two positive displacement water pumps and a precision
nozzle 355 mm (14 inches) wide assuring the correct amount of
water at all speeds.

4.12 The two positive displacement pumps are user selectable to allow
one or both pumps to be operated at any time.

4.13 The dual pumps allow both water film depths of 0.5 mm and 1.0
mm across the nozzle.

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4.14 The trailer frame is manufactured with 304 Stainless steel and
other non corrosive materials.

4.15 The trailer is equipped with two hydraulic jacks, controlled either
in the vehicle or at the trailer, to allow changing of tires.

4.16 The trailer has both amanual leveling system and a self leveling
system initiated by the operator to level the trailer prior to any
tests, or after changes in the loading of the trailer. Trailer may be
leveled from inside or outside the vehicle. A manual override is
also provided.

4.17 The trailer has a digital readout of the load on the test wheel, visi-
ble from the trailer to allow operators to determine.

4.18 The quantity of water applied at 32 km/h (20 mph) shall be 300
ml/min per mm of width (2 gal/min per inch of width) of wetted
surface. The rate of application at speeds of 64 and 96 km/h (40
and 60 mph) shall be 600 and 900 ml/min per cm of width (4.0
and 6.0 gal/min per inch of width) of wetted surface respectively.

4.19 The dual pumps allow the water flow to be doubled for those test-
ing with a 1.0 mm water depth requirement.

4.20 The following inputs will be simultaneously sampled: (a)Tractive
Force, (b)Vertical Force, (c)Test Wheel Speeds and (d) Vehicle
Speed.

4.21 The Dynatest 995-2 will do sequential tests using control tires and
test tires. Tests will be recorded, displayed, stored on the hard
drive for down loading to the printer or USB drive.

4.22 Calculations of traction coefficients shall be in accordance with
ASTM F408.

4.23 The system shall display numerical values for friction coefficient,
(peak traction and slide values) and will graph curves for individ-
ual tests.


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4.24 The system shall perform composite overlays of a sequence of
graph tests and will display a graph composite curve for up to 10
tests.


5.0 Vehicle Instrumentation Additions
5.1 Dash mounted digital speed display for accurate test speed moni-
toring and recording.

5.2 Operator/driver console with remote hand switch to start the au-
tomatic test.

5.2.1 Laptop Computer
5.2.2 Color graphics Inkjet printer.


6.0 Vehicle Hardware Additions
6.1 Aluminum water tank, 945 liter (250 gallon). The tank will have
internal baffle plates to reduce water motion. Alternative tank siz-
es available depending on tow vehicle.

6.2 The water tank is equipped with an audible alarm to warn the op-
erator during filling when the tank is full.

6.3 Electrical power supply for 115 VAC computer and printer opera-
tion

6.4 Air compressor with filter and accumulator for operation of the air
over hydraulic trailer brake system.

6.5 Water pump, positive displacement to provide the correct volume
and thickness of water over the entire operating range of speed.


7.0 Trailer Assembly
7.1 The two-wheel trailer will have parallelogram suspension, air
springs, heavy-duty shocks and power disk brakes.


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7.2 The trailer will have adjustable air ride suspension to allow ad-
justment for trailer wheel loading and leveling.

7.3 Weight baskets will be included to allow changing of wheel loads
from approximately 275 kg (600 pounds) minimum (the actual
weight of the trailer) to 910 kg (2000 pounds) maximum wheel
loads. The weight baskets will accept both 23 kg (50 pound) steel
weights and 11 kg (25 pound) lead pellet bags.

7.4 A Digital encoder (distance and speed measuring tachometer) is
mounted on each trailer wheel spindle to provide accurate speed
and distance of both the wheel under test and the free rolling
wheel.

7.5 A two-axis force transducer is installed at one or both trailer test
wheels. The two axes force transducers provide direct measure-
ment of the horizontal tractive friction force of pavement-tire
braking and the dynamic vertical load on each wheel during test-
ing.

7.6 The trailer includes two built in hydraulic lift jacks, with complete
hydraulic system, including crossover check valves for maximum
security, during raising/lowering the trailer for fast tire changing.
The automatic jacks are controlled by a switch on the trailer.

7.7 A laminar flow water nozzle is located in front of either the left,
right or both test wheels. The nozzles provide a uniform thickness
of water across the path of the test tire over the full range of test
speeds. The 355 mm (14 inch) wide water nozzles provide 600 ml
per minute (4 gallons per minute), per unit of wetted width (40
gallons per minute) at 40 miles per hour; 0.5 mm of water film
thickness. The nozzles can be automatically or manually lowered
and raised during testing. By turning on the second pump 1.0 mm
of water film thickness can be applied.

7.8 The trailer will include air over hydraulic disk brakes. The trailer
brakes are capable of locking the left, the right, or both wheels on
dual sided systems. Lockup time from the time of automatic ap-
plication to lockup and release (cycle time) is adjustable but will

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not exceed five seconds in accordance with ASTM E274 specifi-
cation.


8.0 Skid Number Reporting
8.1 The system will calculate, display, store, and copy to disk and/or
printer:
8.1.1 Locked Wheel Skid Number (SN) in real time.
8.1.2 Graph friction curves, starting with brake application, peak
slip friction, wheel lockup and wheel release.
8.1.3 Display Peak Slip curves.
8.1.4 Graph up to 10 tests in a composite overlay and graph a
composite average of the sequence of 10 tests.


9.0 Software Description
9.1 The software shall be Windows based software running in a Win-
dows XP environment. The software shall have on-line Help func-
tions. The software shall have five primary selections. All selec-
tions shall be mouse and hot-key selectable. The software shall be
capable of operating in both Metric and US Standard units.

9.2 The software shall ensure that calibration must be performed prior
to testing by locking out the test section of the software until field
calibration has been completed.

9.3 The software shall allow for testing in either a time or distance
mode.

9.3.1 System Diagnostics: This section of the software shall al-
low for diagnostics of all digital encoders, analog devices,
and analog to digital encoders and timers in the system.

9.3.2 System Settings: This section of the software shall allow
the operator to select and configure all devices on the sys-
tem including selection of test type, test watering, test cy-
cling, test cycle times, measurement units, data display op-
tions and formats, data storage and printer options. The
software shall provide for on board printing of the test data

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both during the testing sequence and after testing is com-
plete.

9.3.3 System Calibration: The software shall allow the op-
erator to calibrate the force transducer(s), distance encod-
ers, flow meters and temperature sensors on the system.
The screens shall provide details on the values determined
by the calibration system.

9.3.4 Test Information: The software shall provide test infor-
mation templates which are customizable by the user.
The software shall allow multiple templates to be stored
and recalled from the test screen. All information shall be
stored with the test data.

9.3.5 Test Screen: The software shall allow for the real
time display of speed, PBC, SN, water tank volume, num-
ber of tests since water fill up, air, pavement and surface
temperature sensor output, test cycle completion, test data
values such as SN average, minimum, maximum and
standard deviation, traction values and load values from
the two axis transducer. The software shall allow the user
to select what data is displayed during the test sequence.


10.0 Trailer Weight Limits
10.1 The Dynatest 995-2 trailer has a stainless steel frame with a total
weight of 727 kg (1,600 pounds).

10.2 This would allow a minimum load of approximately 275 kg (600
pounds), per wheel and represents the trailer weight only without
added weights.

10.3 The Dynatest 995-2 will accept loads of up to 910 kg (2,000
pounds) per wheel by adding weight blocks to the trailer weight
baskets.


11.0 Trailer Rim Sizes

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11.1 The Dynatest 995-2 will accept rim sizes of 254 mm to 432 mm
(10 inches to 17 inches). Rim size is limited by tire size.

11.2 Test rims may be supplied by the buyer.

11.3 The trailer will ship complete with two ASTM-E501 ribbed con-
trol tires mounted on 15 x 6 J J rims.

11.4 The trailer is equipped with wheel spindles to accept rim mounts
of 5 wheel studs on 121 mm (4.75 inch) bolt hole circle diameters.

12.0 Wheel Adapters
12.1 Wheel adapter plates can be provided as an option to permit
mounting of various rim sizes and bolt hole patterns to the stand-
ard trailer spindle.

13.0 System Warranty
13.1 The system warranty will be one year from the date of acceptance.

14.0 Vehicle Warranty
14.1 The vehicle will be warranted by the vehicle manufacturer.

15.0 Manuals
15.1 Two sets of System operation and maintenance manuals will be
supplied.
15.2 Two sets of vehicle maintenance and repair manuals will be sup-
plied.
15.3 Two sets of system drawings and schematics will be supplied.
15.4 All manuals will be in the English language.

16.0 Training, Sellers Location
16.1 Three days training in operation and maintenance, at the sellers
Westland, Michigan, USA. Transportation and lodging will be
at the buyers expense.

17.0 Optional Training, Buyers Location
17.1 Three days training in operation and maintenance will be per-
formed at the buyers location. Price includes round trip airfare,
meals and lodging.

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18.0 System Options
18.1 Buyer Supplied Vehicle: Buyer may supply vehicle subject to
specification review. Vehicle may be drop shipped to the
Dynatest factory.

18.2 Dual Sided Transducer and Water: The system can be equipped
with two transducers and dual sided water systems to allow for
dual sided testing.

18.3 GPS: The system can be equipped with a Trimble DGPS sys-
tem. GPS coordinates are stored with the test data.

18.4 Blocking bar and software to provide Dual simultaneous brak-
ing.