TILE FLEXURE TESTING MACHINE:

AS PER IS: 654, 1257 & 1706.

Introduction:

It is essential to determine the flexural strength of manmade cement concrete Tiles for effective quality control.  Standard size tiles, wet or dry is loaded in the mid – span using rollers of specified dimensions and their average breaking loads found out.  The loading is by using lever arm, and lead shots. 

General Description and Specifications:

• Unit for finding flexural strength of clay roofing tiles and Cement Concrete flooring tiles.
• Flexural load is applied on the tiles using lead shots.
• The machine consists of a stand on which two 40 mm dia bearing rollers or 12 mm dia rollers are placed at centre distance of 150 mm, 200 mm, 250 mm, or 270 mm as the case may be.
• The third upper roller applies centrally flexural load by means of lever arrangement.
• Lead shot contained in an upper vessel start flowing into lower container at a rate of 45 to 55 kg per minute or 200 kg per minute there by, starting loading the specimen.
• Arrangement is made such that loading automatically stops when specimen breaks.
• Supplied without lead shots.

Accessory: Lead shots supplied in packs of 20 kgs.