Product Description

The unit confirms to IS2720. It has a hand operated horizontal loading system for shearing the specimen. Hangers are provided for creating normal stress.

• Shear box assembly, 60 mm square, complete with a U-bracket, guide pins and spacing screws, made of brass.
• Gripper assembly consisting of two plain grid plates, two perforated grid plates, one base plate and one loading pad, all made of brass.
• Two porous stones, each 6 mm thick, fitting the shear box
• Shear box housing of brass, complete with two ball roller strips.
• Loading unit with normal loading of 8 kg/cm2 on 60 mm square specimen.
• Specimen cutter for a specimen size of 60 mm x 60 mm x 25 mm.
• Set of weights to give a normal stress upto 3 kg/cm2 through lever, comprising 4 of 0.05 kg/cm2, 1 of 0.1 kg/cm2, 1 of 0.2 kg/cm2, 3 of 0.5 kg/cm2 and 1 of 1 kg/cm2.

It is provided with a turret type gear box to get 12 different constant rates of strain i.e 1.25, 0.625, 0.25, 0.125, 0.05, 0.025, 0.01, 0.005, 0.002, 0.001, 0.0004, and 0.0002 mm/min. and arrangements to carry out residual shear strength tests. Suitable for operation with 220V, 50 hz, single- phase supply.

Proving Ring (Integral) capacity 200 kg (2 kN) (Tension/Compression) Dial Gauge 0.01 mm x 25 mm range for measuring strain and consolidation. (Two gauges are required).