PENETROMETER APPARATUS

PENETROMETER APPARATUS AS per IP 49, 50 & 167 specifications and also as per IS 1448 (P: 92 and P: 93]. this apparatus is used for penetration test on a wide variety of materials such as greases, petroleum, bitumen, tar, wax, polish, food stuff, rubber asphalts and pharmaceutical creams. a given force is applied over a given period of time and the depression is made in the sample which is measured in tenth of a millimeter and expressed as penetration. it consists of a head support mounted on a vertical rod which can be adjusted for height. a rack and pinion and pointer assembly provides fine adjustment of needle tip to sample and incorporates a slipping clutch mechanism which makes reading of penetration and subsequent resetting a sample an accurate operation. the dial is graduated from 0-400 in one tenth milimeter subdivision Instrument is supplied with two sample  containers WITH CONTAINERS AND WEIGHTSHAVING PENETRATION NEEDLE.