When working with drill cuttings sampling analysis we at IMA noticed that the conventional samplers with riffle and cone type sample splitters that take physical samples from drill chip were not giving good enough representative samples.

That was especially noticed when developing the Blast Hole Sample Analyzer (Percussive Drill Sampler-Analyzer) analyzer robots which analyzed samples continuously and gave elemental analysis results in short hole depth averages.

It needed representative samples for QA/QC comparison and calibration purposes. So, we developed the Autosampler, a drill cuttings sampling system, that automates the sample splitting and sample bag changing process.

What is IMA Engineering?

IMA Engineering has used on-line sensors for analyzing ore and waste rock in mining for over 25 years. Today IMA on-line sensors are used in various stages of the mining process including on-line analysis of drill cores, drill chips, ore, and waste in loader buckets, ROM ore analysis on conveyor belts and in bulk ore sorting, as well as slurry analysis in concentrators.

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