Sample preparation is the first step of every laboratory analysis and test. Benelux Scientific has a wide range of equipment to support you in each phase of your preparation, prior to analytical techniques such as ICP, AAS, Soxhlet, etc.:
Milling equipment
- Cutting mills
- Planetary and Ball mills
- Rotor/Beater mills and Mortar grinders
- Jaw crusher and Disk mills
Visit the Fritsch website for more information
Digestion systems
- Acid digestion prior to ICP or AAS analysis:
- Microwave digestion (Berghof Instruments or SCP Science)
- Block digestion systems (SCP Science)
- High pressure digestion vessels (Berghof Instruments)
- Fully automated acid digestion according to Weibull-Stoldt (Total fat determination for food) (Visit the Gerhardt website for more information)
- COD digestion systems (Visit the SCP Science website for more information)

Standards and consumables
- Standards, reagents, reference materials (CRM) and consumables for ICP, AAS, IC and XRF
Visit the SCP Science website for more information
Metallography and petrography
- Metallographic and petrographic techniques for cutting, embedding and polishing
Visit the Metkon website for more information
Automation
- Automated sample preparation for ICP and AAS
Visit the SCP Science website for more information
Shaking, heating, drying and weighing

Presses
- Heated laboratory platen presses for polymer processing, rubber and composites (visit the Fontijne Presses website for more information)
- Pellet pressing as sample preparation for XRF (visit the Specac website for more information)
Sampling equipment
- Stationary and portable water sampling devices
Visit the WaterSam website for more information
Reactor technology
- High pressure reactors for synthesis or material testing, as well as customer specific applications.
Visit the Berghof Instruments website for more information