OMAN POLES LLC

Release Date: 10.12.2014

Process/Function: Inspection

DOC No: OP/INS-WI 07

Slump Test (Conformed standard EN 12350-2: 1999)

Procedure of slump test:
1. Dampen the mold and base plate and place the mold o the horizontal base
plate/surface.
2. During filling of the mold hold it firmly against the base plate/surface by clamping in
the place, or by standing on the two foot piece.
3. Fill the mold in three layers, each approximately one-third of the height of the mold
when compacted.
4. Compact each layers with 25 strokes of the tamping rod.
5. Uniformly distribute the strokes over the cross-section of layers. For the bottom layers
this will necessitate inclining the rod slightly and positioning approximately half the
strokes spirally toward the center.
6. Compact the second layer and the top layer each throughout its depth, so that the
strokes just penetrate into the immediately underlying layer.
7. In filling and compacting the top layer, heap the concrete above the mold before
tamping is started.
8. If the tamping operation of the top layer results in subsidence of the concrete below
the top edge of the mold, add more concrete to keep excess above the top of the mold
at all times.
9. After the top layer has been compacted, strike off the surface of the concrete by means
of a sawing and rolling motion of the compacting rod
10. Remove spilled concrete from the base plate/surface.
11. Remove the mold from the concrete by raising it carefully in a vertical direction.
12. Perform the operation of raising the mold in 5s to 10s, by a steady upward lift, with no
lateral or torsional motion being imparted to the concrete.
13. Carry out the entire operating from the start of the filling to the removal of the mould
with interruption and complete it within 150 s.
14. Immediately after removal of the mold, measure and record the slump (h) by
determining the difference between the height of the mold and that of the highest
point of the slumped test specimen.