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Equipments and sampling methods

Augerboring;
with 65 mm, 110 mm diameter;
Auger-bit: soft to medium stiff
deposits.

Hollow Stem Auger - HSA

boring;
with 258/168 mm and 200/90
mm outer/inner diameter;
Casing and sampling in one
technology, this is up to date
geotechnical and environmental
sampling method.
The HSA works as a casing,
suitable for disturb or
undisturbed sampling, and
water sampling even in
noncohesive soil conditions.
At environmental projects there
is no possibility for soil samples
to contact with upper layers.
Combined with Split Tube
Barrel soil samples do not
contaminated by underground
water.

Simple wall, dry core barrels;

Thin Wall Sampler - Shelby type;
Core diameter: 72 mm.
This sampler, often reffered to as a Shelby
tube sampler, is the simplest and most
widely used of the in situ quality samplers.
We combined it with HSA technology, in
soft, plastic soil conditions. The length of
the sample between 0,2 - 0,5 m.

Split Tube Barrel;

Core diameter: 60 mm.
All-purpose sampler used for visual
classification, contamination content and
moisture determination. The split barrel
permits removal of the sample as it is taken
from the ground in a plastic tube. In
noncohesive soils the sampler is used with
a flap valve, light duty or heavy duty basket
trip. We use it with HSA technology in
medium stiff to stiff soils, length of the
sample between 0,2 - 0,5 m.

Simple wall, dry core barrels in 101/95

mm and 114/100 mm large diameter;
It takes large diameter core samples in
medium stiff to stiff soils, in 0,4 m to 1,0 m
length. We installed it for the URB 2A2 RC
drilling rig because of the higher bottom
pressure, pulling force and even for higher
torque.

Rotary wash drilling;

In the case of rotary wash drilling we use polimer contributions (GS PREMIX
550; LUBTUBE).

Full face drilling;

between 65 mm and 260 mm for waterwell construction, geophysical
logging purposes;

Continuous core drilling with T6

double wall barrel;
This technology takes large diameter
(101 mm) core samples in 1,5 m length
pieces.
We use this for geological and raw
material research projects, for visual
classification and description of strata
with exact layer borders.

Continuous Wire Line core drilling with

triple wall core barrels;

Mazier automatic core barrel;

This technology takes large diameter
(101 mm) core samples in 1,5 m length
pieces.
Using triple wall core barrel permits
removal of the sample as it is taken
from the ground, guaranteed the 'in situ
condition of the core. Thats why these
samples in addition good for large
diameter geotechical laboratory tests
beyond geological purposes.
The third, inner tube made of plastic
and continuously cover the sample.
The Wire Line system allows that only
the core barrel (second and third tubes)
have pulled out to the surface after 1,5
m core drilling, while the outer tube (the

first) works as a casing.

GEOBOR S - the ultimate sampling system;

Continuous Wire Line large diameter (146/102 mm) core drilling with triple
tube core barrel, takes 1,5 m length samples.
The GEOBOR sampling system was developed for complex geological,
geotechnical, hydrogeological investigations, according to the core barrel
and the core bit type consist of VII methods in accordance with soil
properties and the purpose of investigation.

Method I in medium to hard formations;

Most suitable for domestic soil conditions, all types of core bits can be
used depending on the formation.

Method II in soft formation;

For coring in soft to very soft
formations, only TC-set bits are used
and the bit consist of two parts (pilot
and reamer).

Method III in very soft formations;

For coring in very soft or loose formations. Only TC-set bits are used, the
bit is in two parts as in method II but the core lifter is extended to run 25

mm in front of the bit.

Method IV in soft varying
formations;
For coring in very soft, loose formations
with varying layers. The springloaded
inner tube assembly is extended to run
in front of the bit, but is retractable for
optimized adaptation to the hardness of
the ground.

Method V "Shelby" sampling;

A Shelby type sampling tube replaces
the standard inner tube and a soil
sample can be obtained in front of the
bit.

Method VI full hole drilling;

A full hole drilling assembly replaces
the standard inner tube assembly for
non coring purposes.

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