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impact SL815 User Manual

Pilcon hand vane tester

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Pilcon Hand Vane Tester
SL815
Impact Test Equipment Ltd
www.impact-test.co.uk & www.impact-test.com
User Guide
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  • Page 1 Pilcon Hand Vane Tester SL815 Impact Test Equipment Ltd www.impact-test.co.uk & www.impact-test.com User Guide User Guide...
  • Page 2 Impact Test Equipment Ltd. Building 21 Stevenston Ind. Est. Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3LR T: 01294 602626 F: 01294 461168 E: sales@impact-test.co.uk Test Equipment Web Site www.impact-test.co.uk Test Sieves & Accessories Web Site www.impact-test.com...
  • Page 3: Standard Supply

    Pilcon Hand Vane Tester DIRECT READING HAND VANE TESTER FOR QUICK AND ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF SHEAR STRENGTH OF COHESIVE SOILS The unit has recently been adapted to show on the is an accurate The Pilcon Hand Vane Tester and portable instrument for the determination of dial a conversion factor to S.S.
  • Page 4 SHIPPING SPECIFICATION Transport case size Le ngth: 330mm (13") Width: 260mm (10 1/2") He ight: 85mm (3 1/2") Total We ight: 1.7kg (3 3/41b.) (without extension rods) Rods: 300mm 0.1 kg 1 metre 0.5kg...
  • Page 5 ENGINEER'S NOTEBOOK use of the in-situ vane device for graph. determining the undrained shear strength or saturated clay has been known since 1918. but it was not unlit A direct­ ufccr development work o{ the 1940's that it was generally accepted r�ading u.
  • Page 6 t"' 300 ----------, - --,-. , ----,.-----,_ me• 42.5:0:; c••SO ID/1'1 II 11te I Jllff � >< '; 1. 2 � "' x ..--;;-..- , � , : "-l-" J 1.l m c. •l2 !,S; c•ll20 lll/$CI It - x - i--x ,.,.
  • Page 7 OPERA TING INSTRUCTION FOR PILCON DIRECT READING HAND VANE TESTER Remove plastic cover from instrument and screw in position the required vane spindle, or if taking tests at greater depths than 150mm fit in the requisite number of extension rods. The point is to be rotated clockwise until it comes to rest against the 'dog plate' .
  • Page 8 TO CONVERT k Pa TO lbf/ft2 Multiply by 20.8854 TO CONVERT k Pa TO kgf/cm Multiply by. 0102 lbf/f2 kgf/cm 20.89 41.77 62.66 83.54 104.4 125.3 146.2 167.1 188.0 208.9 .3 3 1044 1149 1253 1358 1462 1566 1671 1775 1880 1984 1.02...
  • Page 11 PART NO. ?ESCRIPTION: ASSY N0.19-01-01 --+ SH �!' R VANE TESTER -i--- - - -l_ S _ S _ U _ E _ N _ O _ . _ A ___ _ _ _ _ 19-01-01 ---- - - - - �...