Product Description

Standard Penetrometer

For determining the consistency of grease, petroleum. Bitumen, tar, wax, food stuffs, rubber, cement, asphalt and pharmaceutical creams, etc. It has a base with levelling screws on which a vertical pillar is mounted. A head together with dial, plunger rod & cone (or needle) slides on the pillar and can be clamped at any desired height.

A rack, pinion and pointer assembly provides fine adjustment to the needle and the slipping clutch mechanism enables accurate measurements of penetration. The dial is graduated in 40 x 0.1 mm divisions. Easy reading is made possible by using a red needle against black graduated figures. Supplied complete with one 50 gms and 100 gms weight without cone or needle.