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Rock preparation facility

Facility:

Rock preparation facility

Staff:

Robbie Goodhue, Cora McKenna, and Gary O’Sullivan

Location

Unit 36B, Trinity Technology And Enterprise Centre (TTEC), Pearce Street.

Samples

Bulk uncrushed samples can be reduced in size in stages, and powdered in contamination free media

Equipment

  • Retsch BB200 Jaw crusher
  • Retsch PM100 Planetary Ball mill with agate grinding pot
  • Siebtecknik TEMA Mill TS100 x2 with steel, tungsten carbide and agate grinding media
  • Retsch disc-mill
  • Gemeni 60 Shaker table for density separation of minerals

Additional information

Information specific to each item supplied during training
Safety training, buddy system must be employed