Gillmore Needle Apparatus – Cement Setting Time Tester

Accurate Set Analysis with the Gillmore Needle Apparatus

At Cantrol, we manufacture the Gillmore Needle Apparatus to provide a critical laboratory instrument for facilities requiring extreme accuracy, repeatability, and full compliance with international standards. Furthermore, we utilize a robust metal structure featuring an adjustable position support assembly to keep the components properly aligned. Specifically, our engineering team focuses on fabricating dual horizontal guide arms to ensure smooth, vertical needle paths during quality control inspections. Consequently, using this specialized hardware ensures your testing facility achieves reliable evaluation of cement paste workability and setting behavior.

Advanced Engineering for Standard Compliance

This professional setting time testing equipment is engineered to meet global standards, ensuring laboratories can confidently evaluate hydraulic cement characteristics. In the past, laboratories often struggled with misaligned guide systems that introduced unwanted friction and altered penetration depth results. However, we have developed this refined configuration to deliver flawless vertical alignment and zero-friction guidance for both penetration rods. Specifically, the base features an ample flat shelf to permit secure and precise positioning of the specimen plates. As a result, you can achieve exact determination of initial and final setting times without manual variance.

Consistency in the Gillmore Needle Apparatus

Because accurate material characterization requires perfectly calibrated mass and geometric dimensions, we verify the tolerances of every Gillmore Needle Apparatus we produce. Additionally, this testing framework is fully compliant with ASTM C266, ASTM C91, ASTM C141, ASTM C414, and AASHTO T154 test methods. Therefore, our customers receive an industrial tool that helps them maintain the high standards required for official material validation and hydration control. Moreover, this commitment to precision manufacturing guarantees that the steel weights and guide configurations maintain their factory accuracy throughout thousands of continuous laboratory testing cycles.

Efficient Workflow and Material Durability

We utilize a specialized manufacturing process for this consistency framework to ensure it withstands the humid, demanding environments of construction material laboratories. For this reason, the entire device weighs approximately 2.5 kg, striking the perfect balance between stable testing rigidity and desk portability. In addition, the stainless steel needle points are precision-machined with flat-end cylindrical shapes to prevent tips from dulling or corroding when contacting fresh paste mixes. Consequently, this premium engineering increases daily specimen throughput, which simplifies testing routines for modern quality control managers.

Trusting Your Gillmore Needle Apparatus

In conclusion, choosing Cantrol ensures your material testing facility utilizes the most durable Gillmore Needle Apparatus available on the market today. Indeed, our focus on precision-ground stainless steel tips, calibrated weights, and adjustable support mechanisms provides a dependable solution for predicting the on-site performance of cementitious materials. Ultimately, we provide a professional and cost-effective product for any laboratory dedicated to high-accuracy analysis of Portland cement, masonry cement, and hydraulic hydrated lime using a Gillmore Needle Apparatus.

Product Features

Dual Weighted Needles: The Gillmore Needle Apparatus includes two precisely calibrated weights to perform initial and final setting time determinations simultaneously.

Initial Set Componentry: Equipped with a standardized initial needle measuring 2.12 mm in diameter and precision weighted to exactly 113.4 grams.

Final Set Componentry: Features a heavy-duty final needle measuring 1.06 mm in diameter and precision weighted to exactly 453.6 grams.

Stainless Steel Tips: Fabricated with cylindrical, flat-end stainless steel needles machined to a standard length distance of 4.8 mm for clean penetration behavior.

Full Standard Alignment: Designed to conform perfectly with international laboratory requirements including ASTM C266, ASTM C91, ASTM C141, and AASHTO T154.

Adjustable Support Framework: Engineered with a specialized alignment device and adjustable horizontal guide arms to keep the rods in perfect vertical position.

Rigid Base Shelf: Constructed with an integrated flat shelf base to provide flat, wobble-free positioning for glass specimen plates during operation.