The Intercept Australia Mineral Sample Packaging System has been designed and tested specifically for packaging of Mineral Samples in a modified atmosphere packaging inert environment. This system will prevent oxidation of the samples for long term storage and Transport. The system is both suitable for samples in Core trays and bagged samples. Since the system design more than 300,000 samples have been packaged and have been sent to laboratories in Australia, South Africa and Canada maintaining their integrity for the duration of storage and transport. The system is operational on several sites in the Asian Pacific Region.
The Packaging system can also be utilized for manufacturing all the various sized plastic Sample bags required for your project needs, eliminating the requirement for procurement of plastic sample bags. Process description:
- Insert your sample in an Corrosion Intercept™ prevention Bag
- Evacuates the air inside through a vacuum, it then injects -20 dew point air, evacuates again ensuring an O2 free environment for your samples.
- Insert the sealed Intercept bag into a 150 micron UPVC plastic bag.
Evacuates the air inject Nitrogen then evacuates again and seals the plastic bag. Intercept Technology™ has been adopted for use with the Intercept Australia system to enhance the sample preservation performance providing up to 5 years sample life. Intercept has been used extensively worldwide for storage of corrosion susceptible material and component’s.
The Plastics leave no residual chemical on samples, and eliminates the requirement for sample refrigeration.
