Benefits

• Fast - up to 100 samples per day
• Accurate - ballast quality can be checked at any specific depth
• Economical - a small fraction of the cost of conventional sampling

Application

• Accurate ballast quality evaluation over long distances
• Optimizing ballast replacement and recovery programs
• High volume field gradation testing
• Sample recovery for detailed laboratory testing

Features

• A self-contained high-rail system
• A powerful percussive driver for rapid sample penetration
• Sampling in any location, centerline to shoulder
• No need to remove ties
• High frequency vibratory ejection into sample containers
• Sample is ejected as a complete core or in discrete zones
• Accurate sample depth control during ejection
• Field unit is available for rapid determination of ballast gradation