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Ring and Ball Apparatus

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Ring and ball apparatus is meant for determining soft point of bitumen. Using various scientific principles it is also used in petroleum industry, construction projects, paint industry etc.
The ring & ball apparatus is used to determine the temperature at which a sample of bituminous material loaded by a steel ball of 9.5 mm diameter, drops a specified distance when heated under specified conditions. It is used to determine softening point of bitumen.

Salient Features

The important features and specification of ring & ball apparatus are :

The apparatus has a steel bracket with a sliding plate support.
There are two holes of 10 mm diameter in the plate support where a ring & ball guide can be kept.
There is a central hole on the plate support for inserting thermometer.
The apparatus is provided with electrical heating options, with a heater and energy regulator, which can operate on 220 V 50 Hz, single phase AC supply.
The apparatus is supplied with a heat resistant glass beaker, a hand stirrer and two steel balls of 9.5 mm diameter.

Besides this, there is an electrically operated Ring & Ball apparatus, which is supplied with an additional thermoplastic hot plate, which is suitable for operation at 230 V AC supply.

Applications

Some of the areas where the Ring and Ball Apparatus finds application are :

Asphalt & Bitumen Industry
Petroleum Industry
Calibration Laboratories & Test Houses
Construction Industry
Research & Development
Oil & Gas Plants
Paint Industry

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