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Dropping Ball Apparatus

Dropping Ball Apparatus

Standards: BS 4551-1, 6463-4

Used to measure the consistency of cement mortars, Dropping Ball Apparatus allows 25 mm diameter acrylic ball to fall freely from a standard height of 250 mm into a specimen of mortar contained into a brass ring mould, and the surface of which has been carefully prepared.
 
The depth of the ball penetration into the mortar gives the specimen consistency.

The instrument comprises a Dropping Device mounted on a Stand, Acrylic Ball, Ø 100 x 25 mm Mould. The base of the stand is machined. Chromed finishing.

Ball Penetration Measuring Device should be ordered separately. It formed by a tripod on which a dial gauge 30 x 0,01 mm is mounted. A device to adjust the height of the dial in relation to the tripod is also included. Chromed finishing.

 

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