Beam Apparatus
Product Code : LSK-MTE-10510
Beam Apparatus (SKU LSK-MTE-10510) is a versatile beam bending frame that supports test beams on simple, built-in and sinking supports, applies point loads and measures support reactions and deflections. It covers most beam-bending topics in civil and mechanical engineering degree and diploma laboratories. Science Lab Supplies manufactures the frame, load-cell supports and fittings in Saha, Ambala, India, at Plot 448, HSIIDC Industrial Area, and the apparatus is priced from that factory for colleges, tender contractors and distributors.
Specifications
The table records each component of the beam frame. In short, an upper cross-member with graduated scales and two lower members bolted to T-legs carry three sliding load cells with digital readout, a cantilever-support pillar, and three digital indicators on magnetic carriers that read deflection along the beam.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| SKU | LSK-MTE-10510 |
| Upper cross-member | Carries the graduated scales |
| Lower members | Two, bolted to T-legs to form a rigid assembly |
| Support types | Simple, built-in and sinking |
| Load cells | Three, with direct digital readout |
| Knife edges | Hardened steel, adjustable for initial level or a sinking support |
| Rigid support | Locking pins convert each load cell |
| Built-in end | Rigid cantilever-support pillar with clamping arrangement |
| Support positioning | Load cells and pillar slide along the lower members and clamp anywhere |
| Deflection | Three digital indicators |
| Indicator mounting | Magnetic carriers sliding along the upper cross-member |
| Position cursors | On indicators, carriers, load cells and weight hangers |
| Loading | Four weight hangers and a set of weights |
| Test beams | Five, in three thicknesses and three materials |
| Optional beams | Pack of ten: compound, channel and non-uniform beams of various materials |
| Data connection | Sockets and cables for the optional Versatile Data Acquisition System |
| Manufacturer | Science Lab Supplies, Saha, Ambala, Haryana |
| Country of origin | India |
Applications and Experiments for the Beam Apparatus
Experiments range from finding the elastic modulus of beams in different materials to studies of continuous beams under any loading. Knife edges can be raised or lowered to simulate a sinking support, and every indicator, carrier, load cell and hanger has a cursor on the scale for accurate positioning.
- B.E./B.Tech civil: support reactions and deflections of simply supported, propped and continuous beams; the Laboratory Slotted Masses, 2.5 kg (500 g hanger plus four 500 g discs) can be priced on the same quotation.
- Mechanical engineering: elastic modulus of beams of different materials, with beam thickness measured on a Digital Micrometer.
- Structural analysis: effect of a sinking support and of built-in (fixed) ends.
- Diploma engineering: verifying beam deflection formulae.
Standard Scope of Supply
Supplied with the main frame on T-legs, three load cells with knife edges and locking pins, the cantilever-support pillar, three digital indicators on magnetic carriers, four weight hangers with weights, and five test beams in three thicknesses and three materials. The ten-beam pack and data acquisition system are optional.
Packing, MOQ and Lead Time
You can ask us to price one apparatus or several for parallel student groups. Our reply sets out packing, delivery time and price for the quantity, and the extra beam pack or other engineering lab equipment in India from this range can be added to the same quotation.
As the holder of an Importer-Exporter Code, Science Lab Supplies is a registered exporter that can ship to buyers in Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, Peru, Egypt and Iraq. Beam-lab requirements can be sent through the contact page or stored in the enquiry cart, and supply against tenders is outlined on the lab tender page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many test beams are included?
Five test beams in three thicknesses and three different materials come as standard. An optional pack of ten beams adds compound, channel and non-uniform beams of various materials.
How is a sinking support simulated?
Each load cell has a hardened steel knife edge that can be adjusted to set the initial level or to simulate a sinking support. Locking pins convert a load cell into a rigid support when needed.
Does Science Lab Supplies manufacture the Beam Apparatus?
The T-leg frame, sliding supports and indicator carriers are all made at the Science Lab Supplies works in Saha, Ambala, and the factory itself answers each enquiry with its own quotation.
Can built-in beam ends be tested?
Yes. The rigid cantilever-support pillar has a sturdy clamping arrangement that holds the beam when built-in end conditions are required, and it slides along the lower members to any position.
Related Beam, Strain and Stiffness Apparatus
These apparatus approach beams and stiffness from other directions: unsymmetrical sections, a simpler knife-edge frame, beam tests on a testing machine, strain gauge measurement and physics-lab bending set-ups. Adding them builds a structures laboratory that covers deflection, stress and strain on one quotation.
- Unsymmetrical Cantilever — cross-piece at the free end for finding the shear centre.
- Stiffness - Bending and Torsion — vernier gauge supplied for measuring specimen dimensions.
- Beam And Leaf Spring — testing machine applies a compressive bending force to the test beam.
- Strain Gauge Trainer — quarter, half and full-bridge connections compared on each structure.
- Digital Strain Display — programmable display with internal make-up resistors for half bridges.
- Bending of Beam Apparatus, Koenig’s Method — brass beam resting on the knife edges of two heavy table clamps.
- Cantilever Apparatus — steel bar marked with lines 5 cm apart along its length.
Browse the full Material Testing Equipment range, the Applied Mechanics range for physics bending apparatus, or all engineering laboratory equipment.
Last updated: 22 October 2026
