The Minilab is a multi-purpose instrument used to determine strength properties of clay and/or chemically bonded foundry sand specimens.  This advanced technology may be used to create a 50mm x 50mm cylindrical test specimen and is capable of running many different sand strength tests with additional fixtures and accessories that are easy to connect to the instrument.  These tests include: Green Sand Compactability, Compression Strength, Splitting Strength, Twin-Transverse Shear Strength and additional tests.

Operation of this technology is automated.  After placing the sand specimen in the strength accessory, the operator selects the desired test.  A vertically-moving piston applies pressure on a sand specimen until failure.  The force data is then displayed on the digital panel.  The machine may be calibrated as necessary using spring forces and piston displacement.

(Note: the properties of Minilab sand specimens are different than those of rammed sand specimens.  The compressive strengths of rammed and squeezed sand cannot be compared on a 1:1 basis.)

Components Included:  Connecting Cable – PC 9 Pole, Specimen Tube 120mm, Ramming Pedestal Type F, Sand Chute Collection Base, Transverse Strength Attachment (Model PBV/M), Twin-Transverse Shear Strength Attachment (Model PQS/M)