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Ring Shear Pro Motorised Apparatus


RingShear Pro Motorised Apparatus

Part Number : VJT5600M-P
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The VJ Tech Ring Shear Motorised Pro is a torsional Bromhead style shear device, which produces accurate and repeatable test results to determine the residual shear strength of cohesive soils, which is particularly important when assessing slope stability.

The Instrument is supplied as a tabletop unit for stability and a Normal load is applied to the annular ring sample through a stepper motor whilst rotational shear displacement is applied to the sample by a separate stepper motor, through a fixed ratio gearbox.

This type of RingShear apparatus is widely used to determine the residual strength of soils as well as the interface residual friction angles between soils and piles. The ring-shaped soil specimens have a height of 5 mm. Tests are easily conducted, specimens are simple to form and both soil-soil and soil steel interface tests can be carried out with our Advanced csRING-SSI software module. 

Ring Shear Pro Motorised Apparatus

Features: 

  • Conforms to BS1377-7, BS EN ISO 17892-10: 2018 & ASTM D6467-13 (also ICP Method)
  • Bromhead style design
  • 10 kN Load Cell Included
  • Can be fitted with Horizontal Load Cells (or Load Rings if required)
  • USB or Ethernet Interface for computer control
  • Integrated 7" Touchscreen Display for standalone control
  • Test setup and control facilities
  • On-board data logging with large data storage (up to 14 million records) on internal SD card (16 Gb standard)
  • Data export via USB link for manipulation within Excel
  • High speed ARM processor
  • High speed sensor data conversion (24 bit, up to 5000 samples/sec)
  • Built-in live data table and graphs
  • Built-in auto protection for sensor limits
  • Non-volatile Memeory for sensitive data
  • Top cap assembly available for soil-steel interface testing

Detailed product specifications

Vertical Load 10 kN (2248 lbf)
Maximum Shear Stress
750 kPa
Speed Range
0.0001 degrees/min to 900 degrees/min (BS Standard)
Sample Diameter
100 mm OD, 70 mm ID
Sample Height
5 mm
Power 220-240VAC 50/60Hz 1ph
Dimensions (W x D x H) 850 x 400 x 590 mm
Weight 80 kg

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