Soil Mechanics

Soil Mechanics

Shear Testing Equipment

Shear testing machine is used to measure the shear strength properties of soil. Our testing equipment ranges from manual direct/residual shear machines to the automatic electromechanical direct/shear machine, SHEARMATIC EmS. Also, take a look at the Large Shear Box machine, ideal for soil samples and other materials with large particles. Do you need to obtain residual shear strength by applying a shearing action for a large displacement of the soil sample? The ring Shear machine, also known as Broomhead Apparatus, is what you need. Meanwhile, the Laboratory Vane test apparatus offers a rapid method of determining soft soil shear strength, when an immediate value is required.

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Automatic Shear Testing Machine SHEARMATIC EmS

Fully automatic direct/residual shear machine

Shear Boxes

Round or square shear boxes manufactured from brass

Direct and Residual Shear Testing Machine AUTOSHEAR

Direct/residual shear machine with built-in data acquisition.

Direct and Residual Shear Testing Machine DIGISHEAR

Manual/electronic direct/residual shear machine

Ring Shear Testing Machine - TORSHEAR EmS

Fully automatic ring shear testing machine used for residual shear test

Large Shear Testing Machine - SHEARMATIC 300

Used for testing soil and other materials that contain large particles of up to 20 mm.

Laboratory Vane Apparatus

Used as a quick method for measuring shear strength of cohesive soils.

Consolidation Bench for Shear Boxes

Used to apply a constant load on a sample placed on a shear box to reduce the testing time.

Shear box accessories

The sample cutter and the extrusion dolly, necessary during the specimen preparation operations

Slotted Steel Weights

Used for consolidation (oedometers), shear testing machines and other applications.