Blog posts tagged with 'General Lab'

Is your lab or worksite equipment-ready for compliance with OSHA’s final rule for the construction industry on protecting workers from exposure to silica dust?

Protect and preserve costly equipment purchases through preventive maintenance – and extend their service life and functionality beyond the norm.

This blog post discusses the differences between Liquid in Glass (LiG) mercury, LiG non-mercury, and digital thermometers used in laboratory materials testing. It also explores the role each type of thermometer plays in maintaining compliance with industry standards and regulations governing the use of mercury.

This blog post lays out some of the most important features to consider when you’re looking for an oven for aggregate, soils, concrete or asphalt testing.

When dry sieving isn’t sufficient for producing an acceptable degree of separation between individual fractions of a sample, it’s time to try wet sieving. This blog post covers the importance of wet sieving, when it is best used, and recommended equipment for various procedures.

As mercury continues to present shipping challenges and high costs, Gilson wants to make it as easy as possible to select the proper non-mercury alternative for your application, if mercury thermometers are not an option for you.

Gilson's Screen Shakers offer years of service when maintained properly. This blog post covers the steps you can take to ensure you get optimal use out of your Screen Shakers.

Gilson Automatic Aggregate Washers efficiently wash fines out of aggregate and soil samples for sample preparation or determination of fines fractions.

Proper sieve shaker selection saves a considerable amount of time in the lab while improving accuracy and efficiency. Read our post about selecting the machine most suitable for your purposes.

Effective selection of a scale or balance requires forethought and planning. The essential considerations of capacity, accuracy, and readability are often specified in the test methods, but shopping for other features helps to find a model optimized for your particular application. This blog article is a guide to finding a laboratory weighing device that best meets your particular needs.