Bitumen extractor

Key Attributes.

This equipment is used to determine and check bitumen percentage in bituminous mix. It is used for a quantitative determination of bitumen in hot-mixed paving mixtures and pavement samples. Salient Features:

• The apparatus consists of a removable cast aluminium rotor bowl of capacity 1500 g, mounted on a vertical shaft.
  
• There is a filter paper disc, pressed in between the rotor bowl and cover plate by a knurled nut.
  
• The bowl assembly is enclosed in a housing mounted on a cast aluminium body.
  
• The bowl and shaft are rotated fast manually by enclosed gears in the cast body and handle.
  
• The gears operate in oil bath with splash lubrication.
  
• Solvent is introduced during the test through the holes in the cap of the housing.
  
• A drain is provided to collect dissolved bitumen coming out of the rotating bowl and getting collected in the housing.