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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

Factoring in Flowability of Granular Materials: Choosing the Best Lab Equipment

September 06, 2023

<div><a href="/blog/factoring-flowability"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2023/september/factoring-floability.jpg" alt="Factoring Flowability of Granular Materials" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /> </a></div><p>Every stage of sampling, dividing, and testing granular material is affected by its flow properties. Understanding a particular material and the unique factors that impact its flowability increases the efficiency and accuracy of your laboratory testing and can even help control your budget. In this article, we discuss what equipment is best suited for your testing application.</p>

Tags: Resource Guide , Equipment Selection Guide , Sample Prep , Lab Equipment , Aggregate Testing , Fine Aggregates , Coarse Aggregate , Sample Splitting , Sample Dividing

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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Sulfate Soundness Test: Estimating Aggregate Durability

March 02, 2022

<div><a href="/blog/soundness-of-aggregate-test"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2022/march/march-blog2022-hero.jpg" alt="Sulfate Soundness Test Procedure" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /> </a></div><p>Sulfate Soundness of Aggregate, procedures for this popular test method are straightforward. In this blog post, we will discuss why the soundness of aggregate is necessary, what the procedures are when using either magnesium or sodium sulfate, and what equipment is needed to perform the test.</p>

Tags: Aggregate Testing , Aggregate Properties , Aggregate Durability , Sulfate Soundness Test , Testing Insights , Sample Prep , ASTM C88 , AASHTO T 104

Sample Dividing Coarse Materials: Volume, Particle Size, and Fractions

September 08, 2021

<div><a href="/blog/sample-splitting-coarse-aggregate"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2021/September/sample-dividing-coarse-agg-sept-blog.jpg" alt="Sample Dividing Coarse Materials: Volume, Particle Size, and Fractions" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /></a></div><p>In this blog post, we focus on the specialty large volume splitters. These sample dividers you may not see every day. They have unique features that could solve a problem for you when sample dividing coarse aggregates.</p>

Tags: Sample Prep , Resource Guide , Equipment Selection Guide , Aggregate Testing , Coarse Aggregate , Sample Splitting , Sample Dividing

Concrete Cylinder Testing - From the Field to the Lab

June 09, 2021

<div><a href="/blog/concrete-cylinder-test"><img loading="eager" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2021/June/concrete-cylinder-testing.jpg" alt="Concrete Cylinder Testing" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /> </a></div><p>In this month's blog post we will focus on standard-cure cylinders made for compressive strength acceptance testing. Including the importance of cylinder testing, a quick guide on the procedure, and the equipment needed in the field and lab.</p>

Tags: Testing Insights , Sample Prep , Compressive Strength , Strength Testing , Concrete Testing , Concrete , Cylinder Testing

How to Select the Right Jaw Crusher

April 06, 2020

<div><a href="/blog/how-to-select-the-right-jaw-crusher"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/2020/April/buying-a-jaw-crusher.jpg" alt="What is a Jaw Crusher Article" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /> </a></div><p>The selection of the best jaw crusher for your application will naturally be governed by the particle size, volume, and properties of your bulk material, along with the desired particle size and quantity of the final sample. In this blog, we help you select the right jaw crusher for your testing application.</p>

Tags: Crushing , Aggregate Testing , Sample Prep , Equipment Selection Guide , Comparison Guide , General Lab , Lab Equipment

Streamlining Aggregate Gradation Tests: Tips and Tricks

May 16, 2019

<div><a href="/blog/streamlining-aggregate-gradation-tests-tips-and-tricks"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/aggregates/streamline-aggregate-tests.jpg" alt="Streamlining Aggregate Gradation Tests: Tips & Tricks" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 715px;" /> </a></div><p>Sieving for particle size distribution is the primary test requested for construction aggregate samples. Whether field samples are being tested to evaluate a new aggregate source or just coming in as part of day-to-day quality control of production, particle size distribution is a primary consideration. If processing and sieving is not handled efficiently, it creates a backlog.</p>

Tags: Aggregate Testing , Aggregate Gradation , Testing Insights , Wet Sieving , Sample Prep , Sample Splitting , Sample Dividing , Fine Aggregates , Coarse Aggregate , Sieving

Benefits of Accuracy and Efficiency Using The Spinning Riffler Method

May 17, 2017

<div><a href="/blog/spinning-rifflers-benefits-of-accuracy-and-efficiency"><img loading="lazy" src="/Content/Images/uploaded/blog/sampling-dividing/spinning-riffler-method.jpg" alt="Spinning Rifflers: The Benefits of Accuracy and Efficiency" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 700px;" /> </a></div><p>Do you know when a spinning riffler or rotary sample divider should be your go-to sample divider for the most accurate representative samples?</p>

Tags: General Lab , Aggregate Testing , Sample Prep , Sample Dividing , Sample Splitting , Lab Equipment , Comparison Guide , Equipment Selection Guide , Pharmaceutical