Light lower compression platen, hardened and rectified, dia. 216 x 40 mm, to test cubes 100, 150mm and cylinders up to dia. 160x320mm, complete with a distance piece, 20mm high, to reach the total useful height of 60 mm.
Weight: kg 11.3 + kg 3
For an easier use of the High Stability Compression Testing Machines to test cube specimens 100 and 150 mm side and cylinders up to dia. 160x320mm, a simple and low cost solution is recommended.
It consists of replacing the heavy lower compression platen having dia. 287 mm by 60 mm height (weight 30.3 kg) with a smaller platen having only dia. 216 mm by 40 mm height (weight 11.3 kg), together with the suitable 20 mm high distance piece.
This test solution allows a much easier removal and positioning of the lower compression platen 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 150x300mm or 160x320mm dia.)
This solution is not valid only when a cube specimen 200mm side has to be tested. In this case the lower compression platen 287mm diameter must be foreseen to cover the full surface of the 200mm cube specimen.
