Sand Testing Equipment

Sand Rammer

The Sand Rammer is used to prepare a standard AFS 2 in. x 2 in. (Metric 50 mm x 50 mm) cylindrical sand specimen for compression, shear, splitting, deformation and tensile tests.

Tube Filler Accessory

The Tube Filler Accessory assists in filling the specimen tube for compactability tests.

Sand Rammer Base

To ensure consistent and accurate readings, the Sand Rammer (Model 42100) needs to be isolated from vibration variations.

Sand Rammer Pedestal

The vibrations that are created when utilizing the Sand Rammer (Model 42100) can negatively affect the accuracy of test results in addition to disturbing other sensitive instruments on the same bench.

Rowell Flowability Tester

The Rowell Flowability Tester is used to determine the flowability of molding sand by testing the sands ability to tightly compact into deep pockets on pattern.

Transverse Core Box Strength Accessory

The Transverse Core Box Strength Accessory is used with the Sand Rammer to make standard transverse sand specimens bonded with air set or core oil type binders.

Hot Tensile Core Box Accessory

The Hot Tensile Core Box Accessory is used with the Sand Rammer to prepare standard tensile dog bone specimens bonded with air set or core oil type binders.

Tensile Core Box Accessory - 9 Cavity

The Tensile Core Box is used to make standard specimens for tensile strength testing using self-curing (air set) sands.

Transverse Core Box Accessory - 9 Cavity

The Transverse Core Box Accessory is used to make standard specimens for transverse strength testing using self-curing (air-set) sands.

Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine

The Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine determines the strength properties of clay and/or chemically bonded foundry sand specimens.

Cold Tensile Strength Accessory

This accessory is mounted on the Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine.

Splitting Strength Accessory

To determine the splitting strength of clay bonded molding sands in green or dry conditions, two specially designed circular clamps are attached to the Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine.

Green Deformation Accessory

This accessory measures the deformation of the green sand specimen after a compression test on the Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine.

Hot Shell Tensile Accessory

This accessory to the Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine is used to measure the hot tensile strength of shell sands.

High Compression Strength Accessory

This accessory is used with the Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine.

Core Transverse Strength Accessory

This accessory attaches to the Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine and holds the standard core sand transverse sand specimens for transverse strength testing.

Shell Transverse Strength Accessory

Attached to the Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine this accessory breaks shell/croning transverse specimens.

Cold Shell Tensile Strength Accessory

The Cold Shell Tensile Strength Accessory is used to determine tensile strength of shell/croning coated molding and core sands when mounted on the Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine.

Disk Transverse Accessory

This accessory to the Electronic Universal Sand Strength Machine breaks disc transverse specimens.

Digital Absolute Permmeter

The Digital Absolute Permmeter is a fully automatic system which measures the permeability of porous sand masses, both in compacted and loose states.

Shell Permeability Accessory

This accessory measures the permeability of shell sand samples.

Mold Permeability Accessory

This accessory measures the permeability of an actual production mold or core.

Base Permeability Accessory

This accessory to the Digital Absolute Permmeter tests the base permeability of dry sands.

Additional Permeability Accessory

This accessory to the Digital Absolute Permmeter tests the permeability of refractory coatings applied to cores and molds.

Laboratory Sifter

The Laboratory Sifter is used to determine the fineness of foundry sands.

Sand Testing Sieves

The Sand Testing Sieves are used with the Laboratory Sifter.

1/8" Microsplitter

The 1/8” Microsplitter is used to prepare a representative sample of unbonded foundry sands for sieve analysis testing.

1/2" Riffle Splitter

The ½” Riffle Splitter accessory is used to prepare a representative sample of unbonded foundry sands for sieve analysis testing.

Methylene Blue Clay Tester

The Methylene Blue Clay Tester is used to determine the amount of live bentonite clay present in a sand sample.

Ultrasonic Cleaner

The Ultrasonic Cleaner is used with the Methylene Blue Clay Tester to scrub a sand sample before the addition of methylene blue dye.

Test Pieces Blower

The Test Pieces Blower is used to make standard tensile, transverse (except cold box) and hot distortion test pieces.

Catalyst Vaporizer

The Catalst Vaporizer connects to the Test Piece Blower or the Modified Test Piece Blower in order to control the gassing and purging sequence of the test specimen via the included electronic cables and supply lines.

Cold Box Gassing Purging Device

The Cold Box Gassing/Purging Device attaches to the tooling of the Test Piece Blower and Modified Test Piece Blower in order to produce cold box (gas curred) test specimens.

Disk Transverse Accessory

Laboratory Muller

The Simpson Laboratory Muller is used to prepare mixtures of clay bonded foundry sands and other chemical processing applications that require the high intensity mulling action of the wheels.

Laboratory Core Sand Mixer

The Laboratory Core Sand Mixer is designed to mix liquid binders with sand that is common to all chemically bonded sand mixtures.

Wet Tensile Tester

The Wet Tensile Strength Tester determines tensile strength of the condensation zone that is created in all clay bonded molds during and after pouring.

Hot Distortion Tester

The Hot Distortion Tester measures the expansion and high temperature plastic performance of chemically bonded sands when suddenly heated by liquid metal.

High Temperature Compression Tester

The High Temperature Compression Tester is used to determine hot properties of molded sand with any type of binder (kaolinites, bentonites and chemical binders).

Hot Properties Rammer

The Hot Properties Rammer is used to make standard clay bonded sand specimens for the High Temperature Compression Tester.

Digital Balance

The Digital Balance offers a sand laboratory the speed and accuracy required to perform all weighing applications.

Rapid Sand Washer

The Rapid Sand Washer is used to prepare a sand sample for the AFS Clay Tester.

Mechanical Load Cell

The Mechanical Load Cell is used to calibrate loads on several pieces of Simpson sand testing equipment.

Muffle Furnace

The Muffle Furnace is used to calculate loss on ignition (LOI) and volatiles on both chemically and clay bonded foundry sands.

Drying Oven

The Drying Oven is used to prepare clay bonded molding sands for testing dry sand properties.

Moisture Analyzer

The Moisture Analyzer is used to determine the moisture content of green sand and other raw materials used within the foundry.

AFS Clay Tester

AFS clay is the percentage of particles with a diameter less than 20 microns in a foundry sand sample.

Permeability Standard

The Permeability Standard is used to verify and calibrate the Digital Absolute Permmeter.

Acid Demand Value ADV Test Kit

The Acid Demand Value (ADV) Test measures the amount of basic material present in the sand that is soluble in a dilute acid solution.

Analytical Balance

The Analytical Balance is a high precision weighing instrument necessary for several standard AFS or DIN tests requiring high accuracy measurements.

Friability Tester

The Friability Tester is used to determine the friability (surface integrity) of a clay bonded foundry molding sand by measuring the ability of compacted molding sand to resist abrasion or scuffing within the first few millimeters at the surface of a prepared mold.

Mold Hardness Tester B-Scale

The instrument is portable, lightweight and easy to operate.

Mold Hardness Tester B-Scale Advanced

The instrument is portable, lightweight and easy to operate.

Mold Hardness Tester C-Scale

The instrument is portable, lightweight and easy to operate.

Mold Hardness Tester C-Scale Advanced

The instrument is portable, lightweight and easy to operate.

Electronic Scratch Hardness Tester

The scratch hardness of a mold or core is determined using this instrument.

Desiccator-Accessories

Several different dissector options and accessories are available to control hygroscopic and other contamination during the cooling of samples after those samples have been heated in the Muffle Furnace.

Melt Point Tester

The test apparatus consists of a heated bar in which a temperature gradient is established so that the left end of the bar is cooler than the right.

Shatter Index Tester

This tester is designed to measure resistance to degeneration and plasticity of clay bonded sand upon impacting a target at a fixed velocity.

Digital Pneumatic Sand Squeezer

This instrument was designed to mimic the compressing action of an automatic molding machine in order to measure the effects the sand has upon its compactionabilities.

Pneumatic Ejector

The ejection of the test specimen can influence all next tests.

Transverse Core Box-Gas Cured

For the production of 3 transverse strength samples of gas-cured sand to determine deformation.

Transverse Core Box-Heat Cured

This accessory is used for manual or mechanical ((Labjet (Model PLS)) preparation of standard bars (1–3 per operation).

Sand Container-Normal Flow

For sand with normal and easy flowability

Sand Container-Easy Flow

For sand with normal and easy flowability.

Core Transverse Accessory

Transverse strength of resin-bonded sand is the strength most frequently measured.

Mold Strength Tester

For the determination of the degree of curing in the lower zones and determination of curing time, especially the strip time.

Universal Sand Strength Machine

For the determination of the compressive strength sD up to approx. 30 N/cm2. 230 V, 50 Hz.

Motorized Universal Sand Strength Machine

Electric motor instead of hand drive optional.

Mold Strength Tester

This electronic mold strength tester ensures a practically movement-free force measurement by means of an oscillating crystal-controlled sensor.

Gassing Head

This equipment controls gassing of test samples of gas-cured molding sand.

Gas Pressure Measuring Device

In order to accurately measure the gas pressure from foundry sands, this instrument can be used.

Gassing Device

This equipment controls gassing of test samples of gas-cured molding sand.

Scratch Hardness Tester

The hardness of the sand is determined by turning a milling head into cores and reading the penetration depth in mm.

Labjet

For the determination of the transverse strength of core sand, a standard sample specimen of reproducible quality must be made.

Methylene Blue Clay Tester-Mag Stirrer

For fast and complete removal of the clay coating and other material from the sand surface.

Twin-Transverse Shear Strength Accessory

This accessory measures the accuracy of the twin-transverse shear strength.

Splitting Strength Accessory

Serves to determine the splitting strength by simplified and approximate measuring, or green tensile strength (splitting strength x 0,637 = green tensile strength) of up to 15 N/cm2.

Temperature Controller

For regulation of temperature and time when preparing transverse strength bars.

Minilab

The Minilab is a multi-purpose instrument used to determine strength properties of clay and/or chemically bonded foundry sand specimens.

Cold Tensile Strength Accessory

The accessory is mounted to the Universal Sand Strength Machine (Model PFG) to measure the cold tensile strength of standard dog bone specimens prepared from cold box, core oil, hotbox/warmbox and nobake/air-set sands.

Clay Bonded Sand Laboratory (Basic)

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