Free Fall Apparatus

• Micro-magnet holds ball in start position

• Three contact pins ensure start position can be reproduced and act as contacts of a switch 

that opens when the ball is released, triggering the timing measurement

• When the ball strikes the contact plate, timer stops

• Drop height can be adjusted to a fraction of a millimeter

• Measurement read off a scale on the column

Specifications

• Height scale: 20 to 960mm • Scale divisions: 10mm

• Scale precision: 0.2mm • Balls: Steel, 16 mm dia.

• Dimensions: ~200 x 130 x 1000 mm3 • Weight: ~1.6kg