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Atlas™ Lightweight
Evacuable Pellet Dies
User Manual
2I-25410 Issue 3

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  • Page 1 Atlas™ Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Dies User Manual 2I-25410 Issue 3...
  • Page 3 Atlas™ Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Dies User Manual 2I-25410 Issue 3...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    LEGEND FOR THE LIGHTWEIGHT DIE ........15 SPARE PARTS FOR THE LIGHTWEIGHT DIE © December 2017 Specac Ltd. All rights reserved. Brilliant Spectroscopy is a trademark of Specac Ltd. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
  • Page 5: Introduction

    Atlas™ Power and Autotouch Presses up to a maximum load rating of 40 tons. The Lightweight Dies are also compatible for use with Specac’s 15 and 25 tons Atlas™ Manual Hydraulic Presses. The Dies are made of 440C stainless steel and offered to prepare pellet discs of 32mm or 40mm diameter size.
  • Page 6: Unpacking And Checklist

    User Manual 2. Unpacking and Checklist Remove the Atlas™ Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Die from its protective packaging. Please check that the following have been supplied: A 32mm or 40mm Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Die complete. • To include the following parts: Die body.
  • Page 7 Atlas™ Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Dies O-ring for Plunger. • Extractor cap. • Check the parts over and proceed to use them from the following instructions.
  • Page 8: Safety And Die Care

    User Manual 3. Safety and Die Care Safety The Atlas™ Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Dies are inherently safe from correct use. It may be that the sample type to press within the Die could pose the most risk, so any health and safety instructions pertaining to the sample type itself in its handling should be observed.
  • Page 9: Preparing The Die For Use

    Note: For X-Ray Fluorescence analysis, solid powder samples are usually contained in an aluminium or plastic support cup of 32mm or 40mm diameter corresponding to the particular diameter size of die. A variety of support cups for this purpose can be purchased through Specac.
  • Page 10 User Manual Exploded Diagram of Atlas™ Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Die...
  • Page 11: Filling The Die With Sample

    Atlas™ Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Dies 5. Filling The Die With Sample A solid powder sample can be transferred for filling the Die using a spatula or a by making a paper chute or funnel. If using an aluminium or plastic support cup with a solid sample, ensure that an empty support cup is first placed into the die and pushed towards the base (2).
  • Page 12: Making The Pellet

    (6) on the cylinder body (4). Vacuum quality rubber tubing can be routed through to the pressing area of any Specac Press to fit over the evacuation port (6) whilst the Die is being compressed. A regime for evacuation time and application may be devised for a specific sample or set of samples to be compressed.
  • Page 13: Removing The Pellet From The Die

    Atlas™ Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Dies 7. Removing The Pellet From The Die When the Die assembly with powder sample has been compressed and the load has been released, remove the Die assembly from the Press. (Disconnect any vacuum tubing to the Die if this has been used.) The following procedure is adopted to remove the compacted powder pellet from the Die.
  • Page 14: Cleaning And Storage Of The Die

    User Manual 8. Cleaning And Storage Of The Die When the Atlas™ Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Die is not in use, ensure it is clean and stored correctly. Depending on the sample types (inorganic or organic chemicals), that have contacted the parts of the Die, the sample can usually be removed by a combination of washing with warm water, then distilled water and finally with methanol.
  • Page 15: Spare Parts For The Lightweight Die

    Atlas™ Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Dies 10.Spare Parts For The Lightweight Die Complete Dies P/N GS25410 Atlas™ 32mm Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Die. P/N GS25411 Atlas™ 40mm Lightweight Evacuable Pellet Die. Individual Spares P/N GS25412 Atlas™ 32mm Lightweight Die Body. P/N GS25413 Atlas™ 32mm Lightweight Die Plunger. P/N GS25414 Atlas™...
  • Page 16 User Manual Notes...
  • Page 17 Tel: 215 793 4044 Systems Engineering Inc. -Tokyo Fax: 215 793 4011 Tel: 03 3946 4993 Fax: 03 3946 4983 United Kingdom email:systems-eng@systems-eng.co.jp Specac Ltd. - London Website: www.systems-eng.co.jp River House, 97 Cray Avenue, Orpington Spain Kent BR5 4HE Teknokroma S.Coop C. Ltda...
  • Page 18 Brilliant Spectroscopy™ www.specac.com SPECAC INC. SPECAC LTD. 414 Commerce Drive River House, 97 Cray Avenue, Suite 175, Orpington Fort Washington, Kent BR5 4HE PA 19034, USA Tel: +44 (0) 1689 873134 Tel: 215 793 4044 Fax: +44 (0) 1689 878527 Fax: 215 793 4011 Registered No.

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