Abstract:
An apparatus for automatically determining the compression strength of spheroidal materials comprises an electromagnet having a vertically moving element and adjustment means to provide an air gap, a power winding for exciting the moving element magnetically coupled to a control winding which generates a pulse stopping the exciting current to the power winding when the spheroidal material breaks and means for amplifiying and detecting the pulse generated by the control winding and correlating the value of the excitation current with the compression strength of the sample.