Face® Dipstick® Floor Profiler (Measuring F-Numbers - Concrete Flatness & Levelness Measurement) (02:26)

The Dipstick® Floor Profiler (Dipstick.com) -- its uses, features and benefits -- are presented in this video from its manufacturer, Face® Construction Technologies of Norfolk, Virginia USA. 

The Dipstick® Profiler is:

by far the most accurate and most specified profiler in the world;

by far the least expensive profiler to buy and own – because it never needs recalibration – which saves many thousands of dollars over the life of the instrument;

the only profiler that instantly produces reports, graphs, line surveys and 3D surface studies;

the only profiler that measures Fmin (for defined traffic floors) at no extra charge;

the Fastest Way to the Right Answer™ – just as fast as any other profiler when they are used according to their instructions; and the profiler that measures the most flatness/levelness indices, using the most extensive standard software package in the industry.

The best performance and the lowest cost are two reasons that Dipstick is used and specified in 63 countries by clients including the world’s biggest company and retailer, the World Bank, the World Road Association… and it was selected for the construction of the world’s tallest building.

It’s been more than 30 years since the invention of the Dipstick by a team of Face® Companies engineers and developers and its introduction at the 1982 World of Concrete. Ever since, the Dipstick has been the gold standard for the measurement of concrete floor and pavement profiles.

Dipstick measures far more flatness/levelness indices than any other profiler:

Face Floor Profile Numbers (“F-Numbers” – FF and FL – ASTM E1155);

Fmin (the only profiler that measures Fmin at no extra charge);

TR-34 Free Movement (FM); TR-34 Defined Movement (DM);

Gap under Sliding Unleveled Straightedge and Gap under Rolling Straightedge;

DIN 18202;

plus Joint Profiles; Joint Movement under Load; Thickness of Toppings, Fills and Coatings; Construction Forms; International Roughness Index (IRI); ASTM E1926-08; AASHTO R 41; Rut Depth; Slab Upheaval, etc.; and

it’s the only profiler that instantly produces reports, graphs, line surveys and 3D surface studies.

The Dipstick is used in 63 countries on six continents to measure concrete floor flatness and levelness. Clients include the world^s biggest company and retailer, the World Bank and the World Road Association... and the Dipstick was used in the construction of the world^s tallest building.

It measures F-Numbers (FF and FL) in accordance with ASTM E1155; Fmin (at no extra charge, unlike other profilers); TR-34 Free Movement (FM); TR-34 Defined Movement (DM); Gap under Sliding Unleveled Straightedge; Gap under Rolling Straightedge; DIN 18202; non-destructive measurement of the thickness of toppings, fills & coatings; joint profiles in accordance with ASTM E1155; joint movement under load; and it produces 3D topographic maps / analyses of floor surfaces.

In addition to measuring concrete floor tolerances, Dipstick is used on roads, pavements, bridge decks, runways, etc. (see The Dipstick Road Profiler video on YouTube)

Testing labs, building owners, developers, contractors, universities, research institutions and government agencies choose the Dipstick because it is the most accurate and most repeatable flatness/levelness measuring instrument on the market.

This video concentrates on the use of the Dipstick in measuring concrete flatness and levelness for slabs on grade and elevated slabs.

Visit The Flat Floor Library™ at Dipstick.com for more information on F-Numbers, other concrete floor tolerances, concrete floor profiling and helpful documents on flat concrete floors and concrete floor measurement standards and specifications.