Hardened and rectified, Ø 216x40 mm, complete with distance piece 20 mm high.
Weight: kg 11.3 + kg 3
This simple and low-cost solution is recommended for easier use of the High Stability Compression Testing Machines and the compression machines equipped with lower platen Ø 287 mm to make lifting operations easier.
It consists of replacing the heavy lower compression platen having Ø 287 mm (weight 30.3 kg) with a smaller platen having only Ø 216 mm by 40 mm height (weight 11.3 kg), together with the 20 mm high distance piece (included).
This test solution allows much easier removal and positioning of the lower compression plate when the distance pieces have to be fitted in and out, based on the specimen size the user needs to test (cube 100 or 150 mm or cylinder 150x300 mm or 160x320 mm diameter).
This solution is not valid only when a cube specimen 200 mm side has to be tested. In this case, the lower compression platen 287 mm diameter must be foreseen to cover the full surface of the 200 mm cube specimen.
