Designed to test 100mm, 150mm and 200mm cubes and cylinders up to 320mm long Fully compliant with BS EN 12390-4 in terms of Force measurement & the stringent stability, alignment & restraint requirements of the Load Frame.
Technical Specification and Data
Frame
- Rigid 4 column construction
- All bearing surfaces mechanically machined
- Safety Guard – front opening only
Cylinder
- Single acting
- One piece construction
Piston
- Hardened and micro finished
- Ground bearing surface
- Piston stroke limited by end-switches
- Piston protection made of sheet steel – against dirt
Platens
- Machined on all sides
- Both faces hardened and ground
Strain Test Execution
- Spherically seated upper platen to allow an inclination of up to 3°
- All transmission surfaces are additionally polished
- Ball seat meets EN stability test
- Oil filled ball seat
- Additional calibration certificate for the Strain test included
Safety Guard
- CE certified
- Electrical safety switch ensures machine only operates when guard is closed
Frame Specification
- Maximum test load 5000kN
- Piston stroke 50mm
- Hardness of platens 55HRC
- Test chamber height 340mm
- Measuring range 100 - 5000kN
- Display range 0 - 5000kN
- Electronic load measurement pressure transducer
- Suitable for testing
- 150 x 150 x 150mm cubes
- 200 x 200 x 200mm cubes
- 150 x 300mm cylinder samples
Hydraulic Power Pack
- Hydraulic multi-piston pump
- Feedback control
- Pressure limit valve
- Pressure transducer
- LCD graphics controller
Digital Measurement and Electronic Control
- Adjustable loading rate between 0.5 kN/s - 25 kN/s
- Automatic unloading at specimen failure including high pressure filter
- Load measurement digital display for correct pressure transducer values
- Micro-processor controlled
- Safety circuit with switch from unpressurised flow and integrated piston back-travel time
- Closed loop automatic test procedure
- Piston approach until pre-load is reached
- Zero point correction
- Peak value reset
- Loading
- Break recognition
- Unloading
- Peak value transfer
Digital Display
- LCD 2 colour monitor
- 16 Bit processor technology
- 1 measuring range, resolution 60.000 digits
- Automatic zero point correction
- Strength display in n/mm² or mPa
- Adjustable display in kN, ton
- Peak value memory and reset key
- Pace control, actual speed display in kN/s
- Code protected calibration / linearisation
- Interface to recall peak value
- Storage for 500 test results
- (break load, load speed, specimen’s number, tester number, date)
- Output to PC
- Software included
Weight: Approximately 3500kg
Power Supply: 220V 50Hz
Power consumption: 3kW
