Material sampling · Scoop Surface Sampling System
SCOOPER 50
Material extraction from a component in service — virtually without a notch and without shutdown.
Portable equipment for surface material extraction without affecting the integrity of the component. The extracted sample allows chemical, metallographic and electron microscopic analysis, and determination of mechanical properties including creep and fracture toughness.
Ø23 × 3.2 mm
max. sample size
17,000 min⁻¹
tool speed
10–90 min
sampling time
Where it sits in the specimen preparation chain
Technical parameters
Sampling takes roughly 10 minutes to 1.5 hours and does not require the component to be shut down.
- Sample size
- adjustable, max Ø23 × 3.2 mm
- Tool speed
- 0–17,000 min⁻¹, adjustable
- Tool leaning
- 0–8 mm/s, feed accuracy 0.001 mm/s
- Direction of rotation
- adjustable
- Operating temperature
- −10 to +40 °C
- Cooling
- peristaltic pump with two heads
- Connecting cable
- 10 m (longer on request)
- Shape of the extracted sample
- spherical cap R ≈ 20 mm, area ≈ 3 cm²
How the extraction works
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Grinding, not drilling
A spoon-shaped tool 0.3 mm thick and 50 mm in diameter grinds away the layer between the component and the sample. The cutting edges are diamond- or CBN-coated.
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No thermal influence
High peripheral speed, slow feed into the cut and intensive cooling. Neither the sample nor the component is thermally or mechanically affected.
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No shutdown, no repairs
Extraction runs while the component is in service, virtually without a notch. Nothing needs to be welded or repaired afterwards.
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Automatic operation
The process is controlled by an industrial computer running dedicated software; the clamping system handles a range of component shapes.
Extraction step by step
A real extraction on a pipe in service — from mounting the tool to the mark it leaves behind.
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Dimensions and weights
- Cutting head
- 340 × Ø70 mm · 4 kg
- Cooling pump
- 400 × 80 × 110 mm · 6.4 kg
- Case with control unit
- 538 × 406 × 300 mm · 16 kg
- Case with cutting head
- 1011 × 419 × 170 mm · 12 kg
- Case with accessories
- 625 × 500 × 366 mm · 18 kg
- Fields of application
- power generation · processing and chemical industries
Need a sample from a pipe that cannot be shut down?
Tell us which component and material it is. We can also carry out the extraction as a service.
Materials
Product leaflet
A leaflet with more information about the product. This is only available upon request.
Request