Moisture Tins Manufacturer,Supplier and Exporter in India

Moisture Tins (Product Code: SLE/CE/107) are small metal sample containers used to determine the moisture content of soil and other materials by weighing and oven drying in civil engineering and soil mechanics laboratories. Geotechnical labs, colleges and site laboratories use them in sets, choosing aluminium or stainless steel in five diameters from 25 mm to 100 mm. They are made by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), an OEM and technical educational equipment manufacturer, at its own factory in Ambala, India.

Specifications

What Is the Moisture Tin Used For?

Moisture content is one of the most frequently measured soil properties, and the oven-drying method depends on a clean, numbered container. The empty tin is weighed, the wet sample is added and weighed, and the tin goes into a drying oven until the mass stops changing. After cooling it is weighed again, and the water lost divided by the dry soil mass gives the moisture content as a percentage.

Students meet this step in liquid limit and plastic limit tests, compaction tests and field density work with core cutters. Mark each tin and record its empty mass before use; smaller 25 mm and 50 mm tins suit the few grams taken in limit tests, while 80 mm and 100 mm tins hold larger or coarser samples. Colleges usually buy them in quantity, as routine lab equipment for college soil laboratories in India, so that several groups can dry samples at the same time.

What to Specify When Ordering

• Diameter: 25, 50, 75, 80 or 100 mm (several sizes can be combined in one order).
• Material: aluminium or stainless steel.
• Quantity required for each size, based on the number of student groups or daily samples.
• Delivery location, for freight planning within India or for export.

OEM Manufacturer

Jain Scientific Equipments Private Limited, trading as ScienceLab, is the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) of these Moisture Tins. ScienceLab is the trading name of the company (CIN U29309HR2020PTC087597), and the tins are produced at its licensed factory at 449, HSIIDC Industrial Area, Saha, Ambala, Haryana (Factory Licence AMB-ONLINE-CHD-J-414).

Because the tins come straight from the manufacturer, soil laboratories, engineering colleges, dealers and importers in India and international markets can order mixed sizes factory-direct, and add matching tins to an existing set later — just ask us. More about the company is on the ScienceLab company profile.

Related Civil Engineering Lab Equipment

A moisture content determination also needs drying, weighing and cooling equipment, and moisture tins are used in several soil tests:

• Oven, 43 litre — dries the filled tins to constant mass.
• Compact Balance — weighs small tins before and after drying.
• Vacuum Desiccator — lets dried samples cool without picking up moisture from the air.
• Liquid limit devices (Casagrande) — a consistency-limit test whose samples go into moisture tins.
• Core cutters — field density sampling that also calls for a moisture content check.

See the full Civil Engineering Lab Equipment range for more soil testing apparatus.

Frequently Asked Questions

What sizes do the Moisture Tins come in?
Moisture Tins are available in 25 mm, 50 mm, 75 mm, 80 mm and 100 mm diameters, so a laboratory can match the tin to the sample quantity each soil test needs and keep several sizes on hand for different procedures.

What materials are the Moisture Tins made from?
Moisture Tins are made from aluminium or stainless steel. Aluminium tins are light to handle in large numbers, while stainless steel gives a harder-wearing option; state which material you prefer when you ask for a quotation.

How are Moisture Tins used to find soil moisture content?
Moisture Tins are weighed empty, weighed again with the wet sample, then oven dried until the mass is constant and reweighed after cooling. The water lost divided by the dry soil mass, multiplied by 100, gives the moisture content in percent.

Can Moisture Tins be used for materials other than soil?
Yes. Moisture Tins are intended for determining the moisture content of soil and other materials, so the same containers can be used for other granular samples that are dried and weighed in a civil engineering or materials laboratory.

Who manufactures the Moisture Tins?
The Moisture Tins are manufactured by Jain Scientific Equipments Pvt Ltd (ScienceLab), which makes them as the OEM at its own licensed factory at Saha, Ambala, Haryana, India, and supplies them factory-direct to laboratories, colleges, dealers and importers.

What should a quotation request for Moisture Tins include?
A quotation request for Moisture Tins should list the diameters needed, aluminium or stainless steel, the quantity for each size and the delivery location in India or abroad, so the manufacturer can quote a complete set in one reply.

Request a Quote

Send your Moisture Tins requirement through our contact page or add the item to the enquiry cart. You receive the quotation directly from the manufacturer, whether you need one size for a single lab or mixed sets for several institutions.

Last updated: 24 September 2026