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Common Equipment

This document lists and describes common equipment used for construction materials testing. It includes sieves and sieve shakers for separating materials by particle size, balances for measuring mass, a Casagrande liquid limit apparatus for determining moisture content, slump cones for measuring concrete workability, molds for preparing concrete specimens, a hydrometer for measuring liquid density, a universal testing machine for mechanical tests, concrete mixers, a Vicat apparatus for setting time tests, and electric ovens. The equipment is used to characterize properties of soils, aggregates, and concrete.

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Common Equipment

This document lists and describes common equipment used for construction materials testing. It includes sieves and sieve shakers for separating materials by particle size, balances for measuring mass, a Casagrande liquid limit apparatus for determining moisture content, slump cones for measuring concrete workability, molds for preparing concrete specimens, a hydrometer for measuring liquid density, a universal testing machine for mechanical tests, concrete mixers, a Vicat apparatus for setting time tests, and electric ovens. The equipment is used to characterize properties of soils, aggregates, and concrete.

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CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS & TESTING


COMMON EQUIPMENT USED

• SIEVE SET – a device for separating wanted elements from unwantedmaterials or


  for characterizing the particle size distribution of a sample
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED

• SIEVE SHAKER - used to shake a stack of test sieves which are placed in order
(largest aperture on the top and smallest on the bottom), so that materials get sifted
through according to particle sizes.
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED

BALANCE – measures the mass of construction materials


COMMON EQUIPMENT USED

• CASAGRANDE LIQUID LIMIT APPARATUS - used to determine the


moisture content at which clay soils pass from a plastic to a liquid state.
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED

• SLUMP CONE – a metal mold with a top diameter of 4”, a bottom diameter of 8”
and a height of 12”. It has a 2ft long bullet nosed metal.
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED
• VARIOUS MOULDS – used in preparation of concrete specimens
• CUBE MOULDS
- 150mm x 150mm x 150mm
- 100mm x 100mm x 100mm
- 70.6mm x 70.6mm x 70.6mm
• CYLINDER MOULDS
- 6” x 12”, 4” x 8”
• BEAM MOULDS
- 100mm x 100mm x 400mm
- 100mm x 100mm x 500mm
- 150mm x 150mm x 600mm
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED

• HYDROMETER – used to measure the specific gravity of liquids.


COMMON EQUIPMENT USED

• UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINE – designed that it is capable of exerting


tensile, compressive or traverse stress on a specimen. Further, it can also determine
ductility, cold bend and other properties.
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED

• CONCRETE MIXER – a device that homogeneously combines cement,


aggregates, and water to form concrete.
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED

•VICAT APPARATUS – used to find out consistency and initial and final setting
time of concrete.
 
COMMON EQUIPMENT USED

•ELECTRIC OVEN – ovens for high-forced volume thermal convection


applications. Typical sizes are from 1-32 cu. ft. with temperatures that can be over 340
degrees Celsius.

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