The Hand Press is an efficient and reliable tool for making small, reproducible KBr pellets used in traditional FTIR transmission measurements of powders. Pellet preparation involves loading of the KBr/powder sample into the die chamber, placing the upper anvil in the press and applying hand pressure to the lever to achieve clear, high-quality KBr disks. The Hand Press is equipped with a platen position dial for adjustment of the force applied to the die for reproducible sample preparation. The die collar with the formed pellet is removed from the press and placed directly in the beam of the FTIR spectrometer for analysis using the cassette holder that comes standard with all Shimadzu FTIR models.
Note: Includes 7-mm, 3-mm, and 1-mm die sets, anvils, die collars, anvil ejectors and Dual Pellet Holder