Laboratory & Equipment

Tripod assemblies with pulley and hoisting/lowering arrangements

4 sets

Casing pipes of 100 mm, 150 mm and 200 mm diameter

Boring equipment: 100 mm diameter post-hole augers with extension rods and iron and wooden clamps

Drill rods of A-rod stiffness, each 1.5 m long, for depths of up to 50 m

Centring guide to keep drill rods vertical

Drive weight assembly comprising (a) guide rods with driving head (3 nos.) and (b) 65 kg hammers (3 nos.)

Thin-walled sampling tubes of 38, 60, 75 and 100 mm diameter

approximately 5 dozen

Split-spoon samplers

50 mm cones for the Dynamic Cone Penetration Test

6 nos.

Grooved steel plates of various sizes for the Plate Load Test

Hydraulic jack and pump of 25-ton capacity

Dial gauges, datum bar and dial gauge stands

Packing columns of various sizes

Kentledge arrangements for reaction loading

Earth resistivity test apparatus

Miscellaneous items including measuring tapes, trowels, spades, pickaxes, sealing wax, observation sheets, polythene bags, pipe wrenches, chain wrenches, drill rod clamps, and jute and steel ropes

Consolidation apparatus with complete assembly

Triaxial shear testing apparatus, comprising two triaxial cells (complete with all components), a motorised loading system with 8 speeds, foot pumps for generating cell pressure, and a self-compensating mercury control device for applying and maintaining constant cell pressure

Unconfined compressive strength apparatus with complete assembly

Electrical direct shear test apparatus

Variable head permeability apparatus

Constant head permeability apparatus

Proving rings with dial gauges of various capacities

Universal sample extractors

Split moulds for collecting samples from sample extractors

Grain size distribution apparatus (hydrometer and pipette methods)

IS sieves: 100 mm, 80 mm, 63 mm, 50 mm, 26.5 mm, 22.4 mm, 19 mm, 13.2 mm, 11.2 mm, 6.7 mm, 5.6 mm, 4.75 mm, 2.8 mm, 2.36 mm, 1.18 mm, 600 µm, 300 µm, 212 µm, 180 µm, 150 µm, 94 µm and 75 µm, with lid and pan

Motorised sieve shaker

Liquid limit apparatus with grooving tools (motorised and hand-operated)

Plastic limit test apparatus

Shrinkage limit apparatus set

Standard Proctor compaction test apparatus

Modified Proctor compaction test apparatus

Proctor needle (spring type)

Relative density test apparatus

CBR test apparatus for unsoaked and soaked conditions, for the design of flexible road pavements

40 nos.

Core cutters with dolly for dry bulk density (DBD)

15 nos.

Sand replacement apparatus for in-situ density

Pycnometer and specific gravity density bottles

Sampling tins for moisture and sand content

Pinhole test apparatus

Double hydrometer test apparatus

Crumb test apparatus

Glassware and chemicals for testing exchangeable ions and the presence of deleterious salts in soil (such as SO₄, Cl and CO₃)

Chemical reagents for analysing the suitability of water for curing and construction purposes

Determination of chlorpyrifos content by the Kjeldahl method

Vicat apparatus with plunger and needles for consistency and setting time of cement

Le Chatelier apparatus for soundness of cement

Blaine air permeability apparatus for specific surface area of cement

IS sieve for fineness by dry sieving

Standard sand for casting 3-inch cubes

Cube moulds in various numbers

Mechanical/hydraulic compressive strength testing machine of 100-ton capacity

200-ton digital electronic compression testing machine for compressive strength

Chemicals and glassware for chemical analysis of cement-sand mortar and cement concrete samples

Concrete mix design apparatus

Bitumen test apparatus: (a) penetration test, (b) softening point test (ring and ball method), (c) bitumen extractor, (d) ductility test, (e) viscosity, etc.

Aggregate test apparatus: (a) crushing value, (b) impact test, (c) flakiness and elongation test, (d) soundness, (e) stripping value, (f) water absorption, (g) specific gravity, (h) ten percent fines value, etc.

Marshall test apparatus mould

Testing kit for paving asphalts as per IS requirements

Testing kit for bituminous emulsions as per IS requirements

Marshall stability test apparatus for the design of asphaltic concrete and Dense Bituminous Macadam mixes as per MoRTH/IRC requirements

Testing apparatus for the design of granular sub-base and wet mix as per MoRTH/IRC requirements

Test apparatus for determining the relative degree of field compaction of road sub-grade

Modulus of sub-grade reaction (k-value) test apparatus as per IS requirements

Benkelman beam apparatus for deflection tests on existing pavements, for strengthening or overlay design as per IS code

Universal Testing Machine for physical tests on steel bars and other MS sections

Chemical analysis of steel samples and other MS sections

Apparatus for testing the thickness of anodic coating on aluminium sections

Apparatus for testing GI barbed wire

Apparatus for testing GI sheets

Flush door / MDF / shutter test apparatus

Plywood shutter test apparatus

Testing apparatus for marble, Kota stone and sandstone

Apparatus for testing terrazzo tiles and chequered tiles

Apparatus for testing glazed tiles

Apparatus for testing waterproofing compounds

Hydrostatic pressure test apparatus

Drying ovens with thermostatic control, and a muffle furnace

Electronic/digital balances

Physical balances with analytical weight boxes of 100 g and 2000 g

Two balances of 5 kg capacity each, with weights ranging from 50 g to 5 kg

Hot plates

Miscellaneous apparatus including cylinders, trowels, spatulas, saws, spanners, files, cube moulds, wash bottles and desiccators