REDUCING FIELD

SAMPLE
AGGREGATES
BY: MARL ERNEST C. MAMARIL
BSCE
REDUCING METHODS:

• MECHANICAL
SPLITTER
• QUARTERING
• MINIATURE
STOCKPILE
METHOD A:
(MECHANICAL SPLITTER)
• HAVE AN EVEN NUMBER OF EQUAL WIDTH CHUTES,
NOT LESS THAN EIGHT FOR COARSE AND COMBINED
AGGREGATES, AND TWELVE FOR FINE AGGREGATES.
• FOR COARSE AGGREGATES AND COMBINED
AGGREGATE, THE WIDTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHUTES
SHALL BE APPROXIMATELY TWICE THE LARGEST SIZE
PARTICLE IN THE SAMPLE TO BE REDUCED.
• FOR DRY FINE AGGREGATE IN WHICH THE ENTIRE
SAMPLE WILL PASS THE 9.5mm SIEVE, THE MINIMUM
WIDTH OF THE SHUTES SHALL BE ATLEAST 50%
LARGER THAN THE LARGEST PARTICLES IN THE
SAMPLE WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 20mm
SAMPLE PICTURES:
METHOD B:
(QUARTERING)
• FOR QUARTERING, PLACE THE ORIGINAL SAMPLE ON
CLEAN OR LEVEL SURFACE. MIX THE MATERIAL BY
TURNING THE ENTIRE SAMPLE WITH THE SHOVEL
ATLEAST THREE TIMES
• WITH THE LAST TURNING, SHOVEL THE SAMPLE INTO A
CONICAL PILE. FLATEN THE CONICAL PIKE TO A
UNIFORM THICKNESS AND DIAMETER.
• THE PILE-DIAMETER MUST BE FOUR TO EIGHT TIMES
THE THICKNESS. DIVIDE THE FLATEN PILE INTO FOUR
EQUAL QUARTERS AND REMOVE TWO DIAGONALLY
OPPOSITE QUARTERS.
SAMPLE METHOD
PICTURES:
METHOD C:
(MINIATURE STOCK PILE)
• FOR MINIATURE STOCKPILE, PLACE THE ORIGINAL
SAMPLE ON CLEAN LEVEL SURFACE. MIX THE
MATERIAL BY TURNING THE ENTIRE SAMPLE WITH THE
SHOVEL ATLEAST THREE TIMES.
• WITH THE LAST TURNING, SHOVEL THE SAMPLE INTO A
CONICAL PILE. FLATEN THE CONICAL PILE TO A
UNIFORM THICKNESS AND DIAMETER.
• OBTAIN A SAMPLE FOR EACH TEST TO BE PERFORMED
BY ATLEAST 5 INCRIMENTS OF MATERIAL AT RANDOM
LOCATION USING A SMMALL SCOOP OR SPOON.
SAMPLE METHOD
PICTURES:
GUIDELINES FOR EACH
METHODS:
MECHANICAL QUARTERING MINIATURE
SPLITTER METHOD METHOD STOCKPLIE METHOD

FINE AGGREGATES- FINE AGGREGATES- FINE AGGREGATES-

AIR DRY FREE MOISTURE ON FREE MOISTURE ON
THE PARTICLE THE PARTICLE
SURFACE SURFACE

COARSE COARSE NOT APPROPRIATE

AGGREGATES AGGREGATES FOR COARSE
AGGREGATES

COMBINED COMBINED NOT APPROPRIATE

AGGREGATES AGGREGATES W/ FINE AGGREGATES
FREE MOISTURE ON
THE PARTICLE
SURFACE