Accurately determining the onset and end of setting, as well as assessing consistency, are fundamental metrological steps for evaluating the workability and compliance of cements, mortars, lime, and plaster. The CTRMAT store offers manual, semi-automatic, and fully automated measurement systems that strictly comply with European and international standards (NF, EN, ASTM):

• Vicat Apparatus (Manual & Automatic): Reference instruments for measuring normal consistency and setting times by means of penetration with a calibrated needle, in accordance with standards NF EN 196-3 and ASTM C191.
• Gillmore Systems: Gillmore needle apparatus for determining the setting time of hydraulic cement in accordance with the requirements of ASTM C266.
• Consistency of Mortars & Plasters: Penetration probes, consistency plungers, and standard cones for analyzing the workability of construction binders.
• Standard Accessories: Vicat truncated cone molds, setting needles (1 mm and 1.13 mm), consistency probes (10 mm), glass base plates, and temperature-controlled curing chambers.