Stone Solutions > Equipments for Testing Stones
EL-200 - Determination of Uniaxial Compressive Strenght
Purpose: To assess the compressive strength of natural or artificial stone.
Procedure:Test specimens are laid and centered on the plate of the testing
press. An uniformly distributed load is applied and increased continuously until
failure occurs.
Standard: EN 1926
EL-220 - Determination of the flexural strenght
Purpose:To assess the flexural strength of the stone under concentrated load.
Procedure:The test specimen is placed over two rollers and then progressively
loaded in the middle until failure occurs. The breaking load is measured, and
the flexural strength is automatically calculated.
Standard: EN 12372
EL-210 - Determination of Abrasion Resistance
Purpose: To assess the abrasion resistance of stone.
Procedure:The face of the specimen that will be exposed in use is abraded with an abrasive material under standard conditions.
Standard: EN 14157
EL-230 - Determination of the breaking load at dowel
Hole Purpose: To assess the breaking load around a dowel hole.
Procedure:A force is applied perpendicular to the face of a specimen through
a dowel previously placed in a hole filled on its sides, and the breaking load of
the specimen is measured.
Standard: EN 13364