Specimen Preparation
Introduction
ACMAL has an extensive inventory of equipment used for specimen preparation. Equipment is located in seven rooms within three major areas of the Minerals and Materials Engineering (M&M) Building.
6th Floor of M&M (Research Building)
Room 637: MultiPrep™ System
Contact: Owen P. Mills (opmills@mtu.edu)
7th Floor of M&M (Research Building)
Room 715:
- Logitech IU30 Impregnation Unit
- Dansk-Beton Technic precision thin-section grinder
- Lapmaster 12 (grinder), Crane Packing Company
- Ingram Laboratories Model 103 thin section cut-off saw
- Logitech CS 10 thin section cut-off saw
- Buehler Isomet 1000 precision saw
- Buehler Vibromet 1 vibratory polisher
- LECO AP-50 Automatic Polishing Machine
- LECO AP-300 Automatic Polishing Machine
Contact: Karl Peterson (krpeters@mtu.edu)
1st Floor of M&M (Undergraduate Building)
Room U107:
- PR-15 Mounting Press
- LECO (Manual Hydraulic Presses for XRF - PR-15)
- LECO DS-20 polisher
- LECO GR-20 polisher
Room U108: LECO VP-150
Contact: Ruth Kramer (ruthie@mtu.edu)
