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Gilson and Fritsch: Teaming Up to Make Sample Preparation Easy

December 18, 2025

<img loading="eager" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px; height: 100%; max-height: 515px;" alt="Gilson and Fritsch: Teaming Up to Make Sample Preparation Easy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2026/Jan/December_2-2025-Blog-hero.jpg" width="715" height="515" /> Gilson proudly offers a variety of Fritsch laboratory equipment for particle size reduction. Read this blog to learn about the Fritsch products available and how to choose the right instrument for your sample preparation needs.

Tags: Sample Dividing , Sample Prep , Sample Collecting

Soil Sampling & Visual Classification, Methods & Procedures

August 03, 2022

<div><a href="/blog/soil-sampling-and-visual-classification"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2022/august/soil-sampling-classification.jpg" alt="Soil Sampling and Visual Soil Classification" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /> </a></div><p>Performing geotechnical and engineering tests on soils in the field is a combination of necessity and practicality. In this two-part series, this first post looks at methods, procedures, and equipment needed for field sampling and visual classification of soils.</p>

Tags: Soil Testing , Geotechnical , Soil Sampling , Visual Classification , Sample Collecting , Testing Insights , Field Testing

Soil Sample Preparation: Saving Money in Your Geotechnical Lab

May 04, 2022

<div><a href="/blog/soil-sample-prepping"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2022/May/soil-sample-prep-hero.jpg" alt="Soil Sample Preparation" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /> </a></div><p>With a little thought and planning, you can avoid duplicating the equipment needed to perform many sample preparation tasks. Many ASTM and AASHTO soil tests performed follow similar techniques and use the same or similar equipment to set up samples for your soil testing.</p>

Tags: Resource Guide , Sample Prep , Sample Collecting , Field Testing , Soil Testing , Soil Mechanics , Geotechnical , Permeability Test , Consolidation , Triaxial Compression , Direct Shear Strength Test , Soil Cement , Unconfined Compressive Strength

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Concrete and Asphalt Core Drilling: When, Why, and How

August 06, 2021

<div><a href="/blog/the-core-drilling-method"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2021/August/concrete-asphalt-core-drilling715x396px.jpg" alt="Concrete and Asphalt Core Drilling: When, Why, and How" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /> </a></div><p>This blog post will focus on the core drilling method and the core sampling equipment. We discuss why and how core samples are taken from asphalt and concrete. Lastly, we touch on some of the different lab tests performed.</p>

Tags: Testing Insights , Resource Guide , Sample Collecting , Strength Testing , Asphalt Testing , Concrete Testing , Cylinder Testing , Core Sampling

How To Set Up A Field Lab For Construction Materials Testing: The Essentials

November 09, 2020

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/blog/equipment-needed-for-construction-field-testing-lab"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2020/November/basic-equipment-needed-for-a-field-testing-lab.jpg" alt="How to Set Up a Field Lab for Construction Materials Testing" width="100%" max-width:="" 715px="" /> </a></div><p>In this blog, it will discuss setting up and furnishing temporary field-testing labs with essential laboratory equipment. Field labs are generally limited to a few particular tests, but no matter the material, most require the same essentials to measure properties like size, weight, and moisture.</p>

Tags: How-To , Resource Guide , Equipment Selection Guide , Lab Equipment , General Lab , Field Testing , Sample Collecting

Sieve Analysis of Coarse Aggregate: Tips on Sample Collecting

May 16, 2016

<a href="/blog/coarse-aggregate-sampling-for-sieve-analysis"><img src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2016/may/sieve-sample collecting.jpg" alt="Sieve Analysis of Coarse Aggregate: From the Field to the Lab (Part 1)" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 700px;" /></a><p>In Part 1 of this thee-part series, we’ll cover sieve analysis of coarse aggregate, beginning from gathering samples at a job site, including tips and necessary equipment.</p>

Tags: Sample Prep , Sample Collecting , Sieve Analysis , Sieving , Coarse Aggregate , Aggregate Testing , Resource Guide , How-To , Particle Sizing , Testing Insights , Field Testing