Sample preparation facilities

Floor mounted core drill.
Portable core drill.
Two Saws, with 650mm and 230mm diameter blade sizes, for cutting large and small specimens. The small saw can be used with a range of cutting lubricants.
Saw with automatic feeder and vacuum mount for preparing thin sections. This saw has a fume extraction hood so that a range of cutting lubricants can safely be used.
Drying cabinets and ovens.
Vacuum impregnation unit, for impregnating test samples with epoxy or dye.
Grinder/polisher, for preparing polished surfaces of materials.
Automatic thin section preparation system, for preparing polished thin sections of a range of materials, including stone, concrete, soil, wafers, etc.
Hand drills, for drilling dust samples from blocks.
Profile grinder, with the capability to obtain dust samples of concrete and rock, at an increment of 0.25mm from an area of 70mm diameter.