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3.2 Equipment
3.2.1 Drope roads
The device is delivered with the corresponding drop rod.according to the selected variant. The other drop
rods can also be used if desired. To change the drop rod, you have to move to the maintenance position
(4.6).
Figure 11: drop rods
The drop rod for plaster has a weight of 100g ± 1g. It is adjusted to the length and weight of the immersion
cone for plaster (1.0305.01).
The drop rod for EN 196-3 as well for ASTM has a weight of 300g±1g. It is adjusted to the length and
weight of the needle for initial time of setting (1.0306.13 EN und 1.0303.01 ASTM).
The 1Kg drop rod consists of a 300g ± 1g drop rod plass an additional weight of 700gh, so that the total
weight is 1000g ± 1g (EN 480).
The EN 480 standard stipulates that the needle should be stopped 3mm above the glass plate. For this
purpose the 1 Kg drop rod has a 5 mm step on the holder. With this drop rod, there is also a hard stopper
delivered or already installed on the apparatous (buffer chapter 5.3).
When there is a desire to make measurements with an immersion cone and drop rod of 300g or 1000g, a
special immersion cone is required which is just as long and just as heavy as the needle for the initial time
of setting to ensure that the drop rod weight is 300g ± 1g or 1000 ± 1g.
Figure 12: immersion cone
1.0366.G-07
drop rod for plaster
1.0366-07
drop rod for EN196-3
1.0366.12
drop rod 1Kg for EN480
stopper
1.0366.G-11.T Immersion cone
Immersion cone for use with the
stainless steel drop rods
