Ductility Testing Apparatus

Ductility Testing Machine is defined as the distance in cms to which a standard briquette of bitumen can be stretched before the thread breaks. The briquette is stretched at a rate of 50 mm /min. /2.5 mm per minute at a temperature of 27ºC /0.5ºC.The apparatus consists of the water bath with a thermostatic heater and a circulating pump to maintain uniform water temperature One half of the briquette molds is fixed on a fixed plate in the water bath, the other half of the briquette mold is fixed to a carrier which slides over a rotating the threaded shaft with a clutch. The motor and gears to rotate the shaft are housed in a cabinet fixed above the other end of the bath. A pointer fixed to the carrier moves over a scale graduated from 0-110 cm x 1 mm fixed on the bath with 0 (Zero) of the scale towards the fixed plates side. The rotating shaft has 2 speeds of travel for the bracket, 5 cm/min and 1 cm/min. selected by a clutch. Water bath inside is aluminum/ S. steel, it is an insulated water bath Water bath is provided with a drain. A heater with thermostatic control is fixed inside the water bath. Control switches for motor pump heater and indicator lamps are fixed at a convenient place on the water bath. Complete with three briquette molds and one base plate, steel all made of brass operates on 230V A.C. supply single phase.