Soil Cone Penetrometer

Product Description

The Sand Pouring Cylinder is used for determination of the dry density of compact, fine, medium grained soils and for layers not exceeding 50cm thickness. A circular hole is dug into the ground, all the soil from within it collected, weighed and dried and the whole back filled with a standard uniform sand or fine gravel poured from a calibrated container for calculating the volume of the hole. The complete apparatus consists of a Sand Pouring Cylinder fitted with Conical funnel and Shutter, Cylindrical Calibration Container, and a Metal tray with a central hole.

Specifications

• This apparatus is used for determination of the dry density of compaction.
• The sand pouring cylinder 115 mm Dia is fitted with conical funnel and shutter 3-liter capacity,
• Cylindrical calibrating container 100 mm Dia * 150 mm hit, a metal tray 300*300*40 mm with 100 mm central hole