THICKNESS/ PASSABILITY

Thickness Gauge 

EKE 241:

Thickness is one the basic physical properties used to control the quality of many geotextiles and geosynthetics,

This equipment in simple to operate and thickness of the geosynthetics/ reinforcing material can be measured with an accuracy of 0.002 mm for thickness upto  10 mm. Accuracy is 0.01 mm for thickness greater then 10 mm. Simple mechanism is provided to apply desired foot pressure varying from 1 to 10 kpa as per various international standards. Surface plate is grounded and is rust free to enable reproducible results.

Dry Sieve Test Apparatus

EKE 242:

Geotextile Test Equipment comprise non – wovens , wovens and multi layer composite material made up synthetic (Polypropylene , Polyester, etc) or natural (Jute, coir, textile, fibers) . They may be in the form of sheets or strips and are used the world over in a multitude of civil engineering construction end uses. In india too , their potential has begun to be realised. Several successful  trails have already been made and several are under way.

Soil retention is a predominant function of geotextiles in drainage and filtering applications. Pore size is the key parameter that controls the ability of the geotextile to retain the soil. The apparent opening size (AOS) also called the equivalent opening size (EOS) was developed by US Army Corps of Engineers for evaluating this property. AOS is the size of the holes in the geotextiles and it provides an index to the size of the largest opening through the geotextile, in conducting this test,  the geotextile fabric is placed (instead of a wire mesh) in a sieving rounded particle sizes for which 5% or less by weight, pass through the geotextile.
The AOS is defined as “Retained ON” size of that fraction expressed as a standard sieve number (size)
The test is widely used for relative comparison amongst the geotextiles, thus AOS is a means of correlating geotextile pore structure to an equivalent screen mesh size, this test is standardized by ASTM, ISO, IGS (international Geotesxtile Society)  
The apparatus consists of a 20 cm dia brass frame with clamp, a receiver and a lid.
Sieve Shaker and Glass Beads are to be ordered Separately

Essential Accessories:

EKE 24201: Rounded Beads , Made of Glass, Size 0.85 mm (Passing 1 mm and retained at 0.85mm)
EKE 24202: Rounded Beads , Made of Glass, Size 0.425 mm (Passing 0.85 mm and retained at 0.425mm)
EKE 24203: Rounded Beads , Made of Glass, Size 0.25 mm (Passing 0.425 mm and retained at 0.25mm)
EKE 24204: Rounded Beads , Made of Glass, Size 0.18 mm (Passing 0.25 mm and retained at 0.18mm)
EKE 24205: Rounded Beads , Made of Glass, Size 0.15 mm (Passing 0.18 mm and retained at 0.15mm)
EKE 24206: Rounded Beads , Made of Glass, Size 0.075 mm (Passing 0.15 mm and retained at 0.075mm)
EKE 054-1: Sieve Shaker

Sieve Shaker Motorised
EKE 054-1:

To make the process of sieving easier and quicker, electrically operated mechanical sieves shaker. Are offered for dry sieving.
The mechanical sieve shaker effect a more elaborate and standardized sieving action to produce accurate results and eliminate personal errors involved in manual sieving  on the basis of experienced gained in the production of these sieve shakers for more than thirty years , considerable improvement has been made in the  design and performance of these units. These sieve shakers are properly used in not only soil laboratories but also in a number of industries where sieving is required such as for ores, refectory materials , minor aggregates , pigments powered coal , soap , cement roofing materials , plastic mo0ulding powders and pharmaceuticals. 
The new design is compact and lightweight and can be mounted on a bench top. This eliminates the use of concrete foundation Noise has been reduced considerably in the new model. A digital timer adjustable from 0-99 minutes is incorporated as an integral part of the equipments. 
The sieve shaker can carry upto 8 sieves. It is driven by a ¼ HP geared motor. The sieve table is inclined from the vertical axis and the direction of inclination changes progressively in the clockwise direction. In addition to the gyratory motion of the table, there is a tapping motion of the table; there is a tapping motion as well. 

Operating on 220 V, Single phase  50 Hz, AC Supply