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Accelerated Curing Tank

The document describes various equipment used to test properties of materials like concrete, cement, soil and bitumen. This includes devices to measure workability, setting, strength, flow, moisture and other characteristics of materials. The equipment allows determining parameters through lab and field experiments to analyze material performance and specifications.

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Accelerated Curing Tank

The document describes various equipment used to test properties of materials like concrete, cement, soil and bitumen. This includes devices to measure workability, setting, strength, flow, moisture and other characteristics of materials. The equipment allows determining parameters through lab and field experiments to analyze material performance and specifications.

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The Accelerated Curing Tank is

constructed to perform hot


Accelerated Curing water curing of concrete
Tank sample to speed up curing,
and therefore strength
development.
An air entrainment meter is
used to measure the amount
Air Entrainment Meter of air that is trapped within
the mix.

Bleeding in fresh concrete


refers to the process where
Bleeding Of Freshly free water in the mix is
Mixed Concrete pushed upward to the surface
due to the settlement of
heavier solid particles such as
cement and water.
A mechanical lifting device is
used to raise the Water Tank
Buoyancy Balance thru the Frame height
immersing the specimen
suspended below the balance.
PCE Instruments' concrete
moisture meter products are
Cement meter used to determine absolute
Moisture moisture in different
construction and building
Meter
materials.
The Compacting Factor
Compaction Factor Apparatus is used to
Apparatus determine the compaction
factor of concrete with low,
medium and high workability.
Automatic Compression Test
Machines. Automatic
Compression Machines are
used to determine
Compression Testing compressive, splitting and
Machine- Automatic flexural strengths, usually
applied to materials of high
compression but low tensile
strength.
Lateral Extensometer is for
the determination of lateral
Lateral Extensometer extension of 150 mm
diameter x 300 mm high
cement concrete cylinders
while testing them in
compression.
L-Box Test Apparatus offers an
alternate method of
L box apparatus determining flow and passing
ability of self-consolidating
concrete (SCC) mixes.
It is designed for finding out
the deformation and strains
Longitudinal on 15cms. Diameter and 30
Compression meters CMS. High cement concrete
cylinders when subjected to
compressive loads.
Concrete Pocket
Penetrometer is a rugged,
lightweight unit using a
Pocket Concrete calibrated reaction spring for
Penetrometer resistance. It is used in
performing lab or field
evaluations of the initial set of
concrete mortar.
Concrete Poker Vibrator is a
construction tool used on
Poker Vibrator concrete pouring sites.

Prism Molds prepare samples


for use in Length Change
Prism Mold Apparatus in measuring
dimensional changes of cast
prisms due to alkali-silica
reactivity or other
The main objective of Vee-Bee
test is to determine the
Vee-Bee Consistometer workability of the freshly
mixed concrete.
The V Funnel apparatus is
used to determine the flow
V-funnel test time of freshly mixed self-
apparatus compacting concrete.

Concrete Vibrating Table is


used for consolidating fresh
Vibrating Table concrete when forming
cylinder and beam molds.

Used for the compaction of


concrete samples in a mold.
DLC Vibrating
Hammer

Volume Change Apparatus


consists of a two chamber,
reversible piston assembly
Volume Change mounted onto an enclosure
Apparatus which contains the flow
control valves and internal
fluid lines.
Used to sample cement in
bulk storage or bulk
Cement samplers shipments. It consists of two
brass concentric tubes with
slots.
Le Chatelier Specific Gravity
Flask is useful for specific
Le Chatelier flask gravity determinations of
hydraulic cement, sand, and
other fine materials.
Used for determining the
expansion of cement.
Le Chatelier moulds
The Liquid Limit Penetrometer
apparatus is used to
Liquid limit determine the moisture
penetrometers content at which clay soils
pass from a plastic to a liquid
state and it is also used for the
determination of undrained
shear strength.
Automatic Marshall Stability
Automatic Marshall Test Machine is used to
Stability Test Machine determine the maximum load
and flow values of bituminous
mixtures.
Pavement Core Drilling
Machine: This rugged,
Pavement Core compact and por table
Drilling Machine machine with vertical screw
feed, is used for pavement
core sampling where it is not
easy to get electrical power.
Centrifuge Extractor
Centrifuge Extractor (Motorized): Used for the
(Motorized) determination of bitumen
percentage in bituminous
mixtures.
Ductility Test Apparatus
Ductility Testing conducts ductility tests of
Apparatus bituminous materials to
measure the elongation of a
binder specimen before
failure.
Benkelman Beam is a simple
Benkelman Beam lever-arm device that
measures the deflection of
flexible pavements under the
action of moving wheel loads.
An experimental apparatus to
Behavior of Column allow students to investigate
and Struts Apparatus the deflection and stability of
struts (Behavior of columns).
An experimental apparatus to
Bending Stress in a investigate the stresses and
Beam with Data strains within a structure in
relation to bending loads.
Acquisition
An experimental apparatus to
investigate the relationships
Curved Bar Apparatus between load horizontal
with Data Acquisition deflection vertical deflection
and stability in commonly
used curved structures and
davits and to compare the
results with theoretical
values.
An experimental apparatus to
Deflection of Beams investigate deflection and
Apparatus stability of beam and
cantilever structures.

An experimental apparatus to
Deflection of Truss allow students to investigate
Apparatus the reactions and deflections
of a loaded rectangular portal.

An experimental apparatus to
Elastic Properties of investigate the practical
Deflected Beam plastic bending of beams.
Apparatus

An experimental apparatus to
Pin Join Truss create a wide selection of pin-
Apparatus Data jointed frameworks and then
investigate the effects
Acquisition resulting from applying
loading forces to them.
An experimental apparatus to
provide extended
Portal Frame investigations into realistic
Apparatus with Data structures including
determining the points of
Acquisition
failure of a loaded portal
frame and also identifying the
modes of failure.
An experimental apparatus to
investigate the principles of
Redundant Joint Truss redundancy and aspects of
Apparatus safety critical structures using
determinate and
indeterminate framed
structures.
A simply supported beam
Shear Force in a Beam apparatus to demonstrate and
Apparatus investigate the bending
moments and forces within a
structure.

An experimental apparatus to
Simple Suspension investigate a simple
Bridge Experiment suspension bridge structure,
and measure the cable
tension under various loads
An experimental apparatus to
investigate the important
Three Hinged Arch features of a three-pinned
Apparatus arch. The experiment
hardware fitted a Structures
Test Frame).
An experimental apparatus to
Unsymmetrical investigate deflection and
Bending Apparatus stability within a structure in
relation to beams with
unsymmetrical sections.
Aggregate crushing value test
Aggregate Crushing on coarse aggregates gives a
Value Apparatus relative measure of the
resistance of an aggregate
crushing under gradually
applied compressive load
Determine the impact value of
Aggregate Impact the road aggregates, Assess
Tester with Blow their suitability in road
construction on the basis of
Counter impact value.
Steel bar cutting machine is
used for rapidly cutting
Bar Cutting Machine various gauge steel wire.
Rebar bending machines are
usually used for accuracy of
Bar Bending Machine bending angles.

This radial bending machine


provides outstanding results
Radius Bending in applications involving large
Machine radii, arch segments, bends
over 90°, spirals, enclosed
shapes and many other
applications.
An inverted metallurgical
microscope would be used to
Metallurgical Inverted view larger parts, as the
Microscope objective lenses are located
beneath the stage and allow
for placing heavy mechanical
parts directly on the stage
above the objectives.
The Rockwell hardness tester
utilizes either a steel ball or a
Rockwell Hardness conical diamond known as a
Tester brale and indicates hardness
by determining the depth of
penetration of the indenter
under a known load.
Brinell hardness testing is
typically used in testing
Brinell Hardness aluminum and copper alloys
Tester (at lower forces) and steels
and cast irons at the higher
force ranges.
The Charpy impact test, also
known as the Charpy V-notch
Charpy Impact Tester test, is a high strain-rate test
that involves striking a
standard notched specimen
with a controlled weight
pendulum swung from a set
height.

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