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Reviewer
Member since: 2022
Organization: Lodz Technical University
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Disappointing product
Application Area: KBr pellet making
"1) Manual has mistakes in naming the parts in the specific assembly section for 5 mm evacuable die. 2) Manual does not have technical drawings. Selling mechanical parts like this without showing dimensions and tolerance at which each part is manufactured show total lack of engineering sense. 3) While following the specific assembly procedure, the stainless steel pellet got stucked into the cylinder body when using just hand insertion. The dimension of the pellet was measured to be 4.99 mm. Since the diameter in the cylinder body is 5 mm it is hard to imagine how to insert the pellets inside the cylinder. 4) Though the die is said to be made of 440C stainless steel, it get dents using less then maximum load."
Review date: 20 May 2022 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2019
Organization: University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague
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Great pellet dies!
Application Area:Preparation of KBr pellets for transmission FT-IR
"The dies are very precisely made from high-quality materials, which are easy to maintain and clean. Very good quality for a very reasonable price. The assembly and disassembly are also very smooth."
Review date: 31 May 2019 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2019
Organization: Iowa State University
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I would purchase this product again.
Application Area:Battery component characterization
"The only issue I have with this product is that over a year or two of not too frequent use, the tolerance between the ram and the barrel loosens, creating uneven pellets."
Review date: 02 Apr 2019 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2019
Organization: Universidad CEU San Pablo
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Great product, very good to make pellets or tablets.
Application Area:Ceramics - materials science. Electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells
"Great product, very good to make pellets or tablets."
Review date: 20 Mar 2019 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: Tulane University
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Disappointing result for the price paid
Application Area:FTIR and UV-Vis sample preparation
"I bought 5 mm evacuable pellet die set that had the most inconvenient manual for sampling loading (Section 6 in the manual). The issue could be easily resolved by including a funnel to the set with appropriate size. Given the price of the equipment, it is possible to include a free funnel. After the first use, one of the stainless steel pellets were stuck inside the die cylinder body and could not be retrieved because the plunger (pushing rod) was not long enough. When I contacted Specac regarding the problem with retrieving the stainless steel pellet, I did not get any help and was ignored."
Review date: 11 Jul 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission
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- Ease of use
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- Value for money
Great results
Application Area:sample preparation for Neutron Activation Analysis
"It is very effective for our application, we are very happy with this"
Review date: 11 Jul 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: Univ of Oklahoma
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- Ease of use
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Integral to our mineralogy setup.
Application Area:Creating pellets of sample for FTIR database/indentification.
"The product is easy to use and is used in conjunction with our presses, which pressurizes up to 12k psi. We have consistent, reproducible results and these die setups last years, so are a very good buy for their money."
Review date: 11 Jul 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: The University of Glasgow
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- Ease of use
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All our works starts will a well made pellet and Specac gives us this every time.
Application Area:Battery technology
"Robust and easy to use. Gives reproducible high quality pellets. Ideal for teaching and research use"
Review date: 04 May 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: Weizmann Institute of Science
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- Ease of use
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Good setting (although a bit cumbersome), but the core dies tend to become distorted
Application Area:Preparing KBr pellets for FTIR
"The two core dies are simply not hard enough (we use the 5 and 7 mm diameter ones). As a research academic lab, with many students using the instrument, we needed to order or make new ones several times, as they squash on one side and cannot fit in anymore. Now, we do not use them at all."
Review date: 19 Apr 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República
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- Ease of use
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Excellent results
Application Area:Ceramics processing
"These are the best dies in the market. I always get good and reproducible pellets."
Review date: 18 Apr 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: Novartis Singapore
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- Ease of use
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A standard part for FT-IR analysis
Application Area:Pharmacopoeia monograph identification test
"A standard equipment part for the making of halide disc in FT-IR analysis. The dyes are robust and can last for years when handled with care. All the parts can be purchased separately eg. anvil, plastic ring, plunger. Specac after sales is limited to only a few personnel in South East Asia."
Review date: 17 Apr 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Advanced Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: weizmann institute
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- Ease of use
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Very good results.
Application Area:Superconductor ceramic pellets preparation
"With this equipment we got the work done easily and effectively."
Review date: 17 Apr 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG
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- Ease of use
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Size of die diameter could be improved
Application Area:Compacting Solder Alloy Granules
"The pellet dies are so beneficial to me and of course to my research. It is easy to assemble, it is user friendly and hassle free. But one thing that I need to speak up about is that Specac should offer a very wide range of the diameter. Like even to 0.5mm. And there should be lots of holes in dies. "
Review date: 17 Apr 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: University of Dhaka
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- Ease of use
- After sales service
- Value for money
Good result were achieved.
Application Area:Analyze spectrum in water structure at different temperatures and concentrations
"It is very helpful to get reproducible data. I have to be careful to handle this product. I got a very good result for publication."
Review date: 17 Apr 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: Rudjer Boskovic Institute
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- Ease of use
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- Value for money
Without this accessory, the preparation of good pellets would be impossible.
Application Area:Preparation of pellets for transmission IR spectroscopy
"Together with press, it allows a very fast preparation of solid samples for IR spectroscopy in transmission mode. The obtained pellets are of high quality. The manometer is very accurate, which allows a reproducible result from pressurization of the pellets. The reproducibility of pellet technique of transmission IR spectroscopy is inherently of low reproducibility from the quantitative point of view. However, the obtained pellets are qualitatively highly reproducible."
Review date: 17 Apr 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: University of Sharjah
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- Ease of use
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They are excellent dies
Application Area:Applied Physics
"They worked perfectly for my research. I used the them to prepare pellets from powder. "
Review date: 17 Apr 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Advanced Reviewer Member since: 2016
Organization: Ryerson University
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- Ease of use
- After sales service
- Value for money
Solid.
Application Area:Educational
"This is a great piece. I would recommend this to others."
Review date: 17 Apr 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: University of Cambridge
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- Ease of use
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- Value for money
Great Dies. Highly Recommend!
Application Area:Trapped field magnets - Engineering applications
"Evacuable Pellet Dies are pretty good for me. They served perfectly for the application intended. Highly recommended!"
Review date: 10 Apr 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2018
Organization: The University of ALabama
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- Ease of use
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- Value for money
Very good
Application Area:powder pellet
"The equipment is easy to use and produces high quality pellet. It will be great if more different sized samples can be made."
Review date: 28 Mar 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY
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Easy to use and good finish pellets
Application Area:Analyse plastic and cosmetic samples
"Cosmetic samples were analysed with good reproducible results. No experience of after sales service."
Review date: 27 Feb 2018 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: The Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University
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Great
Application Area:Pelletization of conductive polymer to make a pellet sensor
"It's easy to use, cost effective. However, it's not suitable for using with acid because it's quite easy to be a rust. So, it need more attention."
Review date: 11 Dec 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: Facultad de Ingenieria , Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Its a really good instrument.
Application Area:Samples for laser ablation spectroscopy
"t is an instrument easy to use, of economic maintenance and it produces very good results. The relation price / quality is good."
Review date: 20 Jul 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: UNIVERSITY of York Department of Chemistry
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Very useful and reliable kit for making KBr disks for IR analysis
Application Area:Solid phase KBr disk organomrtallic and organic samples for IR spectroscopic studies and making othe
"I have been use this products for along time to make KBr samples for infrared spectroscopic analysis and make carbon mix disk for physical studies. It is very good for these applications. The kit it self is very easy to use, will never break if you use it correctly with out forcing putting the parts together. it is value for money as it lasts me over 10 years and still using it with vacuum and without vacuum."
Review date: 19 Jul 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: Honeywell UOP
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- Ease of use
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Precision tool, easy to use
Application Area:Infrared Spectroscopy
"The evacuable pellet dies are very precisely manufactured. They are easy to assemble and disassemble by hand."
Review date: 12 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: National Institute for Materials Physics, Magurele, Romania
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Great pellet die, I recommended it to my colleagues.
Application Area:Materials research
"I used the evacuable pellets dies in my research program for obtaining various kind of pellets i.e. magnesium diboride, oxide powder, graphite, hydroxyapatite, etc. in all cases the dies were very easy to use, easy to clean and easy to evacuate the pellet. they also proved a good behavior in terms of mechanical resistance and endurance. I am really pleased to have such a good product even if they were not designed for this kind of work, but for preparing the infrared pellets which presume the use of another type of powder. "
Review date: 10 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY
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Great results.
Application Area:Analyze cosmetics products
"Good pellet making press, smooth surface, can be evacuated. I like the product finish."
Review date: 10 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: Department of Chemical Engineering , Yanbu Industrial College, Royal Commission Yanbu, Kingdom of Sa
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Can't avoid this in a lab that uses an IR spectrometer, nothing can replace this.
Application Area:Teaching
"I love this device mainly because of ease of use and also for the reason that training given on the instrument is easily understood by the students. Also, very safe to use this device."
Review date: 10 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: The College of St. Scholastica
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- Ease of use
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Great results and at an affordable price!
Application Area:Powder oxides
"The evacuable pellet dies is easy to use and clean. What is so nice about it is that it is made of good quality inert metal which prevents it from reacting with material being pressed!"
Review date: 09 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Very good product
Application Area:Preparation of PLD targets from metal oxide powders
"Very good Product for preparation of ceramic targets for PLD ablation and for resistivity samples"
Review date: 09 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute
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- Ease of use
- After sales service
- Value for money
Very good for dilatometry powder sample prep
Application Area:Dilatometry sample preparation
"The evacuable pellet dies are easy to use and reliable. They are also very rugged and can be used many many times without indication of wear."
Review date: 09 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: University of Portland
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- Ease of use
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Sorry to say I do not use the pellet makers anymore.
Application Area:analysis of organic compounds by IR
"We do not use the pellet presses any more to make KBr pellets of solid organic compounds for IR analysis because of the advances in the IR instruments. The new instruments can can obtain spectra of neat solids. When I did use the presses to make pellets I obtained excellent results and was pleased."
Review date: 09 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest, Romania
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Great results
Application Area:Target preparation
"Very efficient in targets preparation of different dimensions and thicknesses.We have two sizes.Easy to use and clean. Good price and fast livration."
Review date: 09 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: Vanderbilt Medical Center
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Awesome product, very easy to use and maintain
Application Area:Bone powder compression
"The product is very reliable and I would use Specac in my future purchases"
Review date: 09 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: Colorado Mesa University
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Very nice product
Application Area:Making pellets of sedimentary rock for XRF analysis
"The product is easy to use and the ability to remove the air means less chance of expansion and cracking when the pressure is released."
Review date: 09 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República
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- Value for money
These die are forever
Application Area:Ceramics processing
"These dies are the best of their kind. I have tried other brands and they do not work as well or last the same. If properly cleaned and stored they are eternal. Other dies deform, corrode and even break. SPECAC dies are forever."
Review date: 09 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: Deregallera
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- Ease of use
- After sales service
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Quick, easy to use and clean.
Application Area:Solid State Chemistry
"The pellet dies are perfect for creating ceramic pellets for electrical testing. Quick, easy to use and clean."
Review date: 09 May 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2017
Organization: National University of Singapore
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- Ease of use
- After sales service
- Value for money
It was up to the level of satisfaction.
Application Area:Crystal boundaries, surface morphology
"It provided very high quality surface texture and also helps in estimating crystal boundaries."
Review date: 17 Mar 2017 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
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Reviewer Member since: 2016
Organization: SABIC
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- Ease of use
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Great product for daily use
Application Area:Making pellet for transmission IR
"Great design, very versatile and high quality, and durable. Low maintenance. Works great for my application."
Review date: 13 Dec 2016 | Evacuable Pellet Dies
Specac manufactures a wide range of high-quality Evacuable Pellet Dies suitable compacting powdered samples into discs or briquettes. These are particularly well suited for the preparation of solid KBr pellets for FTIR molecular spectroscopic analysis and XRF pellets for X-Ray Fluorescence atomic spectroscopic analysis (as required by a number of USLP and ASTM methods), but also find use in a broad range of other applications. Atlas Series Evacuable Pellet Dies are typically used in conjunction with the Specac’s Atlas Series of Hydraulic Press Products.
These Evacuable Pellet Dies produce circular pellets in sizes from 5 mm to 40 mm diameter as standard, but other shapes and sizes are available on request. These pellet dies cover a range of load capabilities. For optimum quality and durability of the pellet die, all parts are manufactured from hardened stainless steel, and surfaces that come in contact with the sample are highly polished. Each Pellet Die comprises an evacuable base, body, plunger, set of pellets, extractor ring, and O Ring Kit. Both Standard Evacuable Pellet Dies are available, as well as a number of Lightweight Pellet Dies. Being lighter, the latter pellet dies are easier to handle in laboratory applications that require repeated pellet preparation.
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