Specifications :

• Capacity 500 Kn.
• It is a motorized, mechanical unit.
• It is used for testing 40mm x 40mm x 160mm mortar specimens for flexural strength by single point loading.
• The speed is adjusted so that the load increase on the specimen is between 4 to 6 kg/sec.
• A flexure test attachment for keeping the specimen in position is also supplied.
• This consists of two rollers 10mm. diameter and spaced 100mm apart, and a third roller of the same diameter equidistant from the first two and for transmitting the applied load to the opposite face of the prism.
• The unit is for operation on 230 Volts, single phase, 50 cycles A.C.supply.
• Loads are measured on a proving ring fitted with a sensitive dial gauge.