Quick answer. This listing, CE-0001 onwards, serves four laboratories - surveying, concrete and cement, soil mechanics and highway materials - and the decision that matters is buying in the order the tests run: classify, then test. A strength result on a soil that has not been classified cannot be interpreted, so the sieves and sieve shaker, liquid limit apparatus and moisture and density apparatus come before the direct shear, triaxial, consolidation and CBR machines. They are also the cheapest and most used items. Buy the slow, expensive strength tests against your syllabus and expected sample throughput rather than for completeness.
About thirty items, coded CE-0001 onwards, and they belong to four separate laboratories that a civil engineering department runs. Surveying: digital level, auto level, digital and laser theodolites and total stations. Concrete and cement: precision cube moulds, a concrete vibrator, a concrete mixer, a cement mortar mixer, a Vicat apparatus and a concrete penetration test apparatus. Soil mechanics: liquid limit apparatus, soil sieves and a sieve shaker, moisture and density apparatus, consolidation equipment, direct shear, unconfined compression and triaxial compression machines, and a digital CBR test machine. Highway and aggregate materials: a Los Angeles abrasion machine, a Marshall stability testing machine and a Cleveland flash point tester for bitumen. A brick cutter, a tensile strength tester, a digital impact test machine and a Rockwell hardness tester complete the listing.
Three notes on our catalogue data. The first record in this listing is a marketing phrase rather than a product, and we are removing it. One total station record is a duplicate of another, distinguished only by the words "type-2". And the Marshall stability machine has the name of the test misspelled - it is the Marshall method, which is the term you are probably searching for. The Rockwell hardness tester and the impact machine are metals instruments rather than civil ones and also appear in our universal testing machines listing; they are perfectly usable here, but if metals testing is your subject, ask for that listing. Quote the code and the full product name together and have both confirmed on the proforma invoice.
This is the sequence that governs a soils and materials laboratory, and the order in which the equipment should be bought.
A strength result on a soil that has not been classified cannot be interpreted. Shear strength, consolidation behaviour and CBR all depend on what the material is and on how much water it holds, so the classification tests - grading by sieve, liquid and plastic limits, moisture content and density - come first both in the method and in the purchase order. They are also the cheapest equipment in the listing and the most used.
| Stage | Equipment here | Why it comes first |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Identify and classify | Soil sieves and sieve shaker, liquid limit apparatus, moisture and density apparatus | Every later result is reported against the classification. A laboratory that owns a triaxial machine and no sieves has the sequence backwards |
| 2. Compact and condition | Moisture and density apparatus, and the compaction and curing provisions discussed below | Strength depends on density and moisture content, so a specimen prepared differently is a different material |
| 3. Measure strength and deformation | Direct shear, unconfined compression, triaxial, consolidation, CBR | These are the expensive, slow tests. Buy them against the syllabus and the expected sample throughput rather than for completeness |
The triaxial machine is what separates a serious soil mechanics laboratory from a teaching one, and it is routinely under-specified because buyers price the load frame and not the system. A working triaxial test needs: the cell itself, in the specimen size your standard names; a load frame with a controllable rate of strain; a cell pressure system and a back pressure system, each regulated and measurable; pore pressure measurement; volume change measurement; and a supply of de-aired water.
Two things follow from that, and they should shape the purchase. Saturation matters as much as loading - trapped air in a specimen makes a pore pressure measurement meaningless, which is why de-aired water and a saturation stage are part of the method rather than refinements. And these tests are slow: a consolidated drained test on a clay runs for days, not hours, so a single cell is a bottleneck in both teaching and consultancy. Ask how many cells the pressure system can serve, whether the frame is multi-speed, and whether data logging is available - a test that runs for three days cannot be read by hand.
For the consolidation equipment ask the same kind of question: how many oedometer units, what loading arrangement - lever arm with weights or a self-contained loader - and how settlement is measured and recorded over the days the test takes.
Cube moulds are precision items, not boxes. The dimensional tolerance and the flatness of the faces are specified by the standard, because a specimen that is not a true cube with plane parallel faces fails early and reports a strength lower than the concrete actually has. Ask for the tolerance the moulds are made to, whether they are machined steel or cast iron, whether a certificate is supplied, and how they are to be checked in service - moulds wear and distort, and an old mould quietly lowers every result taken from it.
And the provision most often missing from a quotation: curing. Standard compressive strength is measured on specimens cured in water at a controlled temperature for a specified age. Without a curing tank with temperature control, a twenty-eight day result is not a standard result and cannot be compared with a specification or with anyone else. There is no curing tank in this listing - ask us to quote one with the moulds, along with the compression testing machine, which is listed in our universal testing machines range and should be specified with a rate of loading that matches your standard.
Two practical points on the mixing equipment. A concrete mixer and a cement mortar mixer are different machines to different standards - the mortar mixer is a specified laboratory mixer for standard mortar, not a small concrete mixer. And cement is more hazardous than it looks: wet cement is strongly alkaline and causes burns on prolonged skin contact, and dry cement dust is a respiratory irritant, so gloves, eye protection and dust control belong with this equipment and should be in the laboratory rules from the first session.
The Los Angeles abrasion machine gives the aggregate abrasion value and is the noisiest machine in this listing by a wide margin - a steel drum with a charge of steel spheres, rotating for hundreds of revolutions. Ask for the noise level, plan where it stands accordingly, and ask what the steel charge consists of and whether spares are available, since the spheres wear and the method specifies them.
The Marshall stability machine tests compacted bituminous mixes, and the test is temperature-sensitive: specimens are brought to a specified temperature in a water bath before testing, and a Marshall result taken at the wrong temperature is not comparable with anything. Ask whether the water bath, the compaction hammer and the moulds are included, because the machine alone cannot run the method. The Cleveland flash point tester alongside it is the correct instrument for the flash point of bitumen - the same instrument family appears in our oil and petroleum testing listing, where the flash point safety and method questions are set out in full.
A total station is a system too. Ask what comes with it: tripod, prisms and prism poles, a battery and charger with spare batteries, a data format and the software to download it, and a carrying case. Ask about the angular and distance accuracy, the reflectorless range if that matters to you, and what the collimation and vertical index checks are and how often they should be done - a total station that has not been checked is an instrument with an unknown constant error, and teaching the check is itself part of the syllabus.
For the levels and theodolites, the same logic applies at a lower price: staves, tripods, a two-peg test procedure for the level and a face-left-face-right routine for the theodolite. For a teaching department, buying several simple instruments usually teaches more than buying one expensive one, because surveying is learned by doing it in groups and a single total station leaves a class watching.
The standard each item is built to; for soils, specimen sizes and whether cells, oedometers and rings suit your standard; pressure systems, de-aired water provision, pore pressure and volume change measurement, and the number of cells served; loading rates and whether they are adjustable; data logging options and software licence terms; for concrete, mould tolerance and certificate, and whether a curing tank is included or extra; for Marshall, whether bath, hammer and moulds are included; for surveying, accessories, accuracies, battery life, data format and software, and the field check procedures; calibration certificates, traceability and recalibration intervals; services at the position, including water and drainage; noise, mass, footprint and floor loading; consumables and spares with prices - sieves, filter papers, rubber membranes, porous stones, steel charge, moulds; and the warranty, commissioning and local service position. For any certification stated here, contact us for the latest copies of the relevant certificates before you tender on it.
Related ranges: universal testing machines for compression, flexure and the hardness and impact machines, machines for structures and strength of materials apparatus including trusses and beams, hydraulics and fluid mechanics trainers for the water side of civil engineering, and oil and petroleum testing for bitumen testing. The full set is listed under engineering apparatus. For a quotation, tell us the destination country, the standards you work to, whether the laboratory is for teaching or for commercial testing, and your expected sample throughput - a teaching laboratory and a consultancy laboratory need different equipment from this page.
The classification equipment: soil sieves and the sieve shaker, the liquid limit apparatus, and the moisture and density apparatus. Shear strength, consolidation behaviour and CBR all depend on what the material is and how much water it holds, so every later result is reported against the classification - a laboratory that owns a triaxial machine and no sieves has the sequence backwards. Next comes compaction and conditioning, because a specimen prepared differently is a different material. The strength machines - direct shear, unconfined compression, triaxial, consolidation and the digital CBR machine - come last, bought against syllabus and throughput.
More than the load frame, which is why triaxial testing is routinely under-specified. A working test needs the cell in the specimen size your standard names, a load frame with a controllable rate of strain, regulated and measurable cell pressure and back pressure systems, pore pressure measurement, volume change measurement and a supply of de-aired water. Saturation matters as much as loading, because trapped air makes a pore pressure reading meaningless. These tests are also slow - a consolidated drained test on a clay runs for days - so ask how many cells the pressure system serves and whether data logging is available.
Often because of the mould or the curing. Cube moulds are precision items: the dimensional tolerance and face flatness are specified, and a specimen that is not a true cube with plane parallel faces fails early and reports lower strength than the concrete has. Ask the tolerance, whether the moulds are machined steel or cast iron, whether a certificate is supplied and how to check them in service, since moulds wear and distort. Standard strength also needs water curing at a controlled temperature for a specified age. There is no curing tank in this listing, so ask for one with the moulds, plus a compression testing machine.
Cement is more hazardous than it looks: wet cement is strongly alkaline and causes burns on prolonged skin contact, and dry cement dust is a respiratory irritant. Gloves, eye protection and dust control belong with this equipment and in the laboratory rules from the first session. Note also that the concrete mixer and the cement mortar mixer are different machines to different standards - the mortar mixer is a specified laboratory mixer for standard mortar, not a small concrete mixer - so buy the one your test method names, or both if you run both tests.
The Los Angeles abrasion machine is the noisiest machine in this listing by a wide margin - a steel drum with a charge of steel spheres rotating for hundreds of revolutions - so ask its noise level and plan where it stands, and ask what the steel charge consists of and whether spares are available, since the spheres wear. The Marshall stability machine cannot run the method alone: ask whether the water bath, compaction hammer and moulds are included, because a result taken at the wrong temperature is not comparable. The Cleveland tester is the correct instrument for the flash point of bitumen.
Usually not. Surveying is learned by doing it in groups, and a single total station leaves a class watching, so several levels and theodolites often teach more than one expensive instrument. Whichever you buy, ask what comes with it - tripod, prisms and poles, batteries and charger, data format, software and case - the angular and distance accuracy, and the field checks: collimation and vertical index for a total station, the two-peg test for a level, face-left-face-right for a theodolite. An unchecked instrument carries an unknown constant error, and teaching the check is part of the syllabus.
Ray Export is a manufacturer and exporter of laboratory, scientific and educational equipment based at Plot No. 449, HSIIDC Industrial Area, Saha, Ambala, Haryana 133104, India. Enquiries: [email protected], +91-9817319615.
Written by Palak Mall, Senior Content Writer. Technically reviewed by Arvind Kumar, Lab Equipment Specialist, 12+ years in laboratory and testing instrumentation. Last updated: 17 October 2026.
Specifications - specimen sizes, pressure systems and cells served, loading rates, data logging, mould tolerance, accessories, accuracies and field check procedures - are confirmed in writing on the quotation. For calibration certificates, standards or approvals, contact us for the latest copies of the relevant certificates. No price is quoted on this page. Listing notes: the first record in this listing is a marketing phrase rather than a product and is being removed; one total station record duplicates another, distinguished only by the words type-2; the Marshall stability machine has the test name misspelled; and the Rockwell hardness tester and impact machine are metals instruments that also appear in the universal testing machines listing.
Tensile Strength Tester We are Leading Supplier of Tensile Strength Tester in India. We also bulk supply Tensile Strength Tester for laboratory tensors. Technical Specifications : tension power : 500 N Resolution of beam displacement : 0.01 mm Beam speed : adjustable from 0.1 to 500 mm/min Valid testing space : 800 mm Working environment : Temperature : 10 ~ 30, humidity less than 80% Technical Specifications: Capacity of Tester with accuracy of 100g : 250 Kgf. and 500 Kgf. Capacity of Tester with an accuracy of 10g: 20 Kgf, 50 Kgf, and 100 Kgf S Type Load Cell fixed with Top Grip Traverse Speed: 300 & 100mm /min. Grip Separation: 1000 mm Grip Separation: 25 mm Top Grip is fixed and Bottom Grip is Movable Type. Elongation measurement by Steel Scale and Digital Counter Meter Both. Digital Display of Load and Elongation. Peak value of the last test can be read. User-friendly key panel with a switch of zero setting and peak value of last test Motor: 1/2 HP single phase 220V 50 Hz. ( for Capacity up to 100 Kgf ) Motor: 1 HP single phase 220 V 50 Hz ( for Capacity up to 500 Kgf) Power: 220 VAC 50 Hz. Safety device by the limit switch to protect from over traverse. .
Sieve Shaker We are Leading Supplier of Sieve Shaker in India. We also bulk supply Sieve Shaker for laboratory tensors. Application The high-frequency sieve shaker is used for graded analysis of non-cohesive and dry grain substance. Technical Specifications of the High-Frequency Sieve Shaker Shaking frequency: 2500/min. Shaking method: up and down Shaking amplitude: 1.5mm Time setting: 0–60min. selectable Motor power: 25W Sieve size: Ø200 x 50mm (9pieces) or Ø300 x 75mm (7pieces) sieve opening: 20–0.75mm Power supply: 220V 50Hz .
Concrete Vibrator Machine With Nozzle
We are Leading Supplier of Concrete Vibrator Machine With Nozzle in
India. We also bulk supply Concrete Vibrator Machine With
Nozzle for laboratory tensers.
Technical Specifications :
Cylinder Mould : ( Ø150 x 300 mm), (
Ø100 x 200mm ) and ( Ø150 x 150 mm )
capacity
Split cube mould : 15 kg
Quarter cube mould : 150 x 150 x 150 mm of 16 kg
Concrete cube mould : 150 x 150 x 150 mm of 16 kg
Cement Mortar Mould : 70.7 x 70.7 x 70.7 mm (cast iron), 50 x 50 x 50
mm ( steel production )
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Vicat Apparatus We are Leading Supplier of Vicat Apparatus in India. We also bulk supply Vicat Apparatus for laboratory tensors. Features For determination of normal consistency of hydraulic cement, gypsum plaster and lime Setting time of cement, gypsum plaster and gypsum concrete Specifications The apparatus consists of the following: A frame with a vertically moving bearing rod Mould in the form of the frustum of a cone 70 mm bottom dia. 60 mm top dia. and 40 mm high with base plate NeePlunger 10 mm Dia. x 50 mm long Plunger 19 mm Dia. x 44.4 mm long Plunger 12.5 mm Dia. x 25 mm long One brass weight .
Concrete Mixer Machine We are Leading Supplier of Concrete Mixer Machine in India. We also bulk supply Concrete Mixer Machine for laboratory tensors. Features : The machine is motorized system, effective & good closing to clean & less dust for easy maintenance. The essential facility is mixing of fresh concrete for laboratory test samples are through & consistent. Must be easy To operate by front pedal Technical Specifications: Input volume: 96 L Mix Yield: 60 L Mixing time: 45 sec. Speed of the mixing shaft: 45 RPM Motor power: 3.2KW This facilitates mixing and discharge. Blades are provided inside the vessel to mix the material thoroughly. The large pulley wheel facilitates manual rotation of the drum during the power failure. The drum, pulley wheel, and motor, etc, are mounted on a steel frame in these laboratory concrete mixer.The concrete mixer is fitted with ½ HP motor. Suitable for Operation on 220V, Single Phase, 50Hz, AC Supply. .
Cement Mortar Mixer We are Leading Supplier of Cement Mortar Mixer in India. We also bulk supply Cement Mortar Mixer for laboratory tensors. Technical Specifications: The equipment of Cement Mortar strength fit the standard ISO 679: 1989 cement strength test way. It’s construct also Rotation of low speed : 140 ±5 rotate/min High speed : 285 ±10 rotate / min Revolution low speed : 62 ± 5 rotate / min High speed : 125 ±10 rotate / min Voltage : AC 380 V Power of motor : 0.370 / 0.55 KW 8/4P Specification: The apparatus consists of an epicyclic type stainless steel paddle imparting both planetary and revolving motion, by means of gears. It has two speeds of 140 + 5 r.p.m. and 285 + 10 r.p.m. with planetary motions of approximately 62 r.p.m. + 5 r.p.m. and 125 r.p.m.+/-10 r.p.m. respectively. The stand of the mixer has the arrangement to raise or lower the bowl. Complete with stainless steel bowl of about six liters capacity. Suitable for operation on 230 volts, 50 cycles, single phase, A.C. supply .
Features:
Triplex Consolidation Apparatus (Middle pressure)
Used for compression test of soil, to determine the relationship
between deformation and compression of the soil, to calculate the unit
settlement, compression index, resilient index as well as consolidation
coefficient of the soil and etc.
Technical Specifications :
Size of specimen : Ø61.8 x 40 mm
Axial load : 5 ~ 7 KN
Side pressure : 0 KPa ~ 1200 KPa
Axial displacement : 0-12 mm
Working temperature : 20±5ºC –
30±5ºC
Relative moisture : <85%
Relative Error of the proving ring : <1%
Relative Error of the height : ±2%
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Direct Shear Test Machine We are Leading Supplier of Direct Shear Test Machine in India. We also bulk supply Direct Shear Test Machine for laboratory tensors. Direct Shear Test Machine Features : The Equipment is designed to test resisting shear strength of soil specimen. The facility of the machine to test four specimen under different vertical pressure The electric strain direct shear testing apparatus is used to test the resisting shear strength of soil specimen. Technical Specifications : Area of soil sample : 30 cm2 Lever ratio : 1:12 Vertical loading : 50, 100, 200, 300, 400 KPa Horizontal loading : 1.2 KN Shear rate : 5, 2.4, 1.5, 1, 0.8, 0.02, 0.01 mm/min Specimen size : 30cm2 The working table is made of : Stainless steel Pushing mechanism : Stepping Motor High Precision & Low Noise Control system : MCU Speed : Variable Display system : LCD / LED Power Supply : 220 ~ 240 VAC, 50~60 Hz .
Unconfined Compression Test Machine We are Leading Supplier of Unconfined Compression Test Machine in India. We also bulk supply Unconfined Compression Test Machine for laboratory tensors. Unconfined Compression Test Machine Features : The electric strain unconfined compression tester is used to determine un-confined compression strength of cohesive and semi-cohesive soils. The test is used to supply information needed for the design and construction of civil engineering structures. Technical Specifications of the Electric Strain Unconfined Compression Tester Lift plate journey per revolution of the wheel : 0.2 mm stroke of the lift plate : 30 mm Lifting speed : 1.8mm/min ±15% axial load : 0.6 KN Diameter of the cylinder : Ф39.1 .
Triaxial Compression Test Machine
We are Leading Supplier of Triaxial Compression Test Machine in
India. We also bulk supply Triaxial Compression Test Machine
for laboratory tensers.
Technical Specifications :
Capacity : 40 ~ 100 KN
Type : Triaxial System
Application : Measuring soil strength, analyzing soil stability and
providing data for construction projects. Perform UU, CU and CD Triaxial
tests
Specimen size : φ61.8 x 125, Ф 101 x 220 mm
axial load : 70 ~ 100 KN
Lift speed range (mm/min) : 0.003, 0.006, 0.008, 0.012, 0.020,
0.030, 0.040, 0.050, 0.060, 0.070, 0.080, 0.090, 00, 0.400, 0.500,
0.600, 0.700, 0.800, 0.900, 1.000
Stroke : 45 ~ 55 mm
confining pressure : 2 – 3 Mpa
back pressure : 0.6 – 1.5 MPa
Pore Water pressure : 0 – 2 MPa
Volume change range : 0 – 50 ml
Minimum division : 0.1 ml
Axial displacement range : 0 – 30
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