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Testing machines and systems for building materials

Testing machines and systems for building materials
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Testing machines and systems for building materials

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Zwick Roell AG Overview
Zwick Roell AG is a prominent company in materials testing, with a rich history. It has expanded through mergers, forming a group that includes Zwick, Toni Technik, Indentec Ltd., and Acmel Labo. The company provides a variety of testing systems for building materials, certified by DIN EN ISO 9001 for quality.
Modern Building Materials
Modern building materials include natural and artificial minerals, plastics, wood, and metals. These materials undergo mechanical stress during production and use, necessitating careful testing to ensure building reliability and safety, guided by standards and guidelines.
Standards and Testing Machines
The document outlines essential test standards for building materials and the corresponding testing machines, focusing on strength and deformation, with specific requirements for materials like binders and concrete.
Concrete Testing
Concrete testing is crucial due to its brittleness and strength demands. The document emphasizes specimen shapes, test load distribution, and measures for accurate results, such as high rigidity of load frames and precise load application speeds.
Testing Machines for Building Materials
Zwick Roell offers universal testing machines for various test jobs, including strength testing machines for mineral building materials like mortar, cement, and concrete. These machines meet standardized test requirements and allow quick method changes.
Additional Sections
The document covers high-frequency testing machines, specimen preparation, compression and bending testing machines, testing software (testXpert®), specimen grips, extensometers, modernization, and services by Zwick Roell AG.
Testing Machines and Procedures
  • Fatigue Testing: Machines require minimal energy and short test times, capable of 2 million load changes at 200 Hz.
  • Customization: Machines can be modified or combined for specific applications, such as clamping scales by Zwick.
  • Universal Software: testXpert® software offers a user-friendly interface and comprehensive test management.
Materials and Tests
  • Concrete and Binders: Includes compressive and bending strength tests, dynamic testing, and chemical stability assessments.
  • Ceramic Materials: Tests for hardness, surface adhesion, compressive and bending strength, and chemical stability.
  • Special Building Materials: Tests for tensile, compressive, and bending strength, including for porous concrete and natural stones.
Standards and Devices
  • Standards: References international standards like ISO, DIN, and ASTM for testing procedures.
  • Devices: Includes Automatic VICAT Needle Apparatus, Le Chatelier Water Bath, and Automatic Blaine Apparatus.
High-Frequency Testing Machines
  • Vibrophore Series: Suitable for testing reinforcement bars and steel tendons, offering low energy consumption and high test frequencies.
  • Advantages: Resonance drive reduces energy use, no need for additional cooling, and maintenance-free operation.
Conclusion
The document outlines the comprehensive capabilities of testing machines for various construction materials, emphasizing efficiency, adaptability, and compliance with international standards.
Specifications
Specifications for clamping reinforcement bars include maximum test load (50/400 kN), preload force (ca. 520 kN), and press capacity (ca. 840 kN). The ToniMIX mortar mixer features automatic sand and water supply, high precision mixing, and robust construction.
Testing Procedures
Describes the use of automatic needle testers for determining the setting behavior of binders, emphasizing automated testing's economic importance and underwater tests' reproducibility. The ToniCAL calorimeter measures the setting heat of hydraulic materials.
Standards and Norms
References standards such as EN and ASTM for testing procedures, mentioning DIN 51 302-2 for compression testing machines and DIN EN ISO 7500-1 for load cell measurement ranges.
Recommendations
Recommends using ToniTROL for efficient compression and bending tests, highlighting features like easy operation and test speed control. Suggests using ToniDAT for data transmission between testing devices and PCs.
Equipment and Tools
Lists various testing machines and systems, including ToniNORM load frames, ToniTROL measurement and control systems, and ToniPRAX testing machine combinations, emphasizing modularity and adaptability.
Key Data from Tables
Includes tables with specifications for load frames, powerboxes, and transducers, detailing maximum loads, working pressures, and measurement capabilities, highlighting precise control and measurement for accurate testing results.
Testing Systems and Machines
  • ToniPRAX: A single-purpose system for standard tests with a capacity of 300 kN, suitable for prisms and cubes.
  • ToniNORM: A modular system for versatile laboratory applications, with capacities ranging from 200 kN to 1,000 kN.
  • ToniCOMP V: Designed for large series testing, includes sample centering and waste disposal features.
  • ToniFLEX: A high-end, multi-purpose system with flexible working areas, ideal for research and development.
Compression Testing Systems
  • ToniTOP: Designed for high-demand testing in research labs, offering high accuracy and dynamic measurement capabilities.
  • ToniPACT and ToniNORM: Compact frame machines for quality control, with various load capacities and configurations.
Load Frames and Testing Machines
  • ToniFLEX and ToniVERSAL: Load frames with adjustable crossheads, offering flexibility and a wide range of applications.
  • Strong Floors: Used for testing large components under high static loads, requiring custom project planning.
Materials Testing Machines
  • Used for determining strength and deformation behavior through various tests (tensile, compression, bending, shear, torsion).
  • Machines are categorized into BasicLine, Standard Line, and Allround Line, each offering different capabilities and expansion options.
Measurement and Control Systems
  • BasicLine: Offers high availability and reliability, can operate without a PC.
  • testControl: Provides advanced technical performance, available in Stand Alone and PC variants.
Load Frames
  • Available in single-column and two-column designs, suitable for various testing needs and configurations.
  • Floor-standing models offer additional features like multiple working areas and hybrid drive systems.
Conclusion
The document outlines a comprehensive range of testing systems and machines, highlighting their specifications, applications, and technological features. It emphasizes the flexibility and adaptability of these systems to meet diverse testing requirements in materials research and quality control.
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Testing systems Testing Machines and Systemsfor building materials > BP 441 2.0604.102

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Headquarters of Zwick Roell AG and Zwick GmbH & Co. KG at Ulm, Germany > Toni Technik GmbH at Berlin, Germany 3 >

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Specimen shapesand dimensions Concrete has a heterogeneousstructure, which requires large specimens. These are either cubes with an equal length of edges of 100, 150, 200 or 300 mm or > Modern building materials consistof many different raw materials as for example natural and artificial minerals, plastics, wood or metals and they are offered in various types of products: as powder, masses, bulk goods, foils, plates, stones and form elements or prefabricated components, as for example wall elements, supports, stairs, etc. They are used for the preparation of foundations, walls and ceilings, for...

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Specimen after the test with nonuniform (top) and uniform (bottom) stress distribution In this way the test data dispersionscan be reduced to values below 1% and the actual strength of the concrete can finally be determined. The type of load application used is revealed on the specimens break graphs.A so-called strain cylinder test iscarried out to test and to prove the efficiency of these measures. This test has been developed particularly for compression testing machines for concrete (max. test load > 1200 kN ). It is part of the European test standards resp. of the national supplementary sheets....

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TaskTesting means or test methodAcmelToni Zwick LaboTechnik Specimen preparationMixer, specimen shapes, bench jolters, - - Storing in humid and wet atmosphere Specimen characterizationParticle size distrib. curve, grinding fineness - Blaine value, particle size determ. with laser Determination ofVicat test, calorimeter - the setting Determination of the climatic and CDF installation, climatic chamber- - chemical stability determination of strength Compressive and bending testing machines,- ( ) and deformationstrong floors and special testing machines -- Dynamic testing machines -- Determination...

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Type of ceramicsProperties to be determinedToniZwick Technik Special ceramics Oxide ceramicsPowder characterization, bending and shear strength, Youngմs modulus, impact resistance, dynamic behaviour Non-oxide ceramicsPowder characterization, bending and shear strength, Youngմs modulus Glass ceramicsPowder characterization, bending and shear strength, Youngմs modulus CompositesPowder characterization, bending and shear strength, Youngմs modulus > Type of specialProperties to be determinedToniZwick building materialTechnik Porous concrete, incl.Tensile, compressive and bending strength reinforced...

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ContentsTest standardTest means / test devicePage Test devices: Construction, test devices test, accuracies ԕTensile, compression and bendingISO 7500-1, ASTM D 76, testing machineASTM E 4, EN 10002-4, DIN 51220, DIN 51 233 Concrete testing - Strain cylinder testEN 12390-4, DIN 51302-2 for compression testing machines Sampling and preparation ՕProduction of standard specimenDIN EN 196Mortar mixer15 Storage of standard specimenDIN EN 196 Test methods Building materials in general ՕLongitudinal and transversal strain testDIN 18 555-4Compression testing machine17 on building materialsdeformation...

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ContentsTest standardTest means / test devicePage Dynamic fatique testBS 4449, DIN 488-1...7,High-frequency testing machine14 EN 10080 ՕTest of steel wires for the reinforc. of concreteDIN 696High-frequency testing machine Bending test on welded wire meshBS 4483, BS 4461,Materials testing machine BS 4482 ՕBond classification of deformes barsBS 4482, BS 4449Materials testing machine24 Determination of the shearing force at breakDIN EN 1737Materials testing machine24 of welded knots of welded wire mesh or reinforced cages ՕDetermination of the strength of weldISO 10287Materials testing machine24...

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ContentsTest standardTest means / test devicePage Determination of the vertical tensile strengthDIN 52365, DIN EN 319Materials testing machine24 on chipboards, fiberbords and cement-glued chipboards ՕDetermination of the parallelDIN EN 320Materials testing machine24 screw pull-out resistance on fibre boards Determination ofDIN 52366, DIN EN 311Materials testing machine24 lift-off strength ՕMechanical properties of fibre platesASTM D 1037Materials testing machine24 and chipboards Thermal insulating materials Thermal insulating material for the building trade,EN 826, ASTM C 165Materials testing...

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Device to determine the stability of cement which may change when expanding during hydration. For this purpose up to 16 specimen bars can be stored in a bath of boiling water or water vapor. The heating cycle e.g. heating up to 100ֺC within 30 min and keeping this temperature constant for more than 3 h is regulated automatically and with a high accuracy (accurate to 0.1ֺC). Setting time and setting temperature may vary according to the requirements in question.Easy and safe handling. > Device to determine theconcentration of free lime in cement or cement clinker. For this purpose the conductivity...

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Max. test load, kN50/400Max. preload forceof clamping jaws, kNca. 520Max. press capacity of clamping jaws, kN ca. 840 > Series/TypeHFP 50 HFP 100-250HFP 400 Load frame nominal force, kN50100 - 250400 Range of frequency, Hz35 to 30035 to 30035 to 300 Max. force amplitude, kN 25ѱ 50 - 125 200 Frequency steps555 Max. power consumption, kVA555 > Vibrophore HFP 400 Specimen before clamping Specimens of reinforcement bars withclamping jaws 14 size="-1">

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With this control system, the oilsupply to the cylinder is controlled. The servovalve is always under pressure. The higher losses of power for some applications requires an oil cooling. Each load frame connected to a common Powerbox needs its own servo valve adapted to the corresponding power requirementand directly located at the cylinder. The advantages of this type of control are, for example, minimum reaction times and high control accuracies, which are particularly needed for research and develop- ment tasks. All the corresponding units are integrated in one working table. This table is...

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