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Free Fall Corer
General:
The corer is designed for taking samples in sandy sediment. The corer body as well as the sample tubes are manufactured from AISI 316 stainless steel and the surface has a finish of electro polish. The corer tube comes with a removable carver (nose piece) and at the inside there is an orange peel closing system (core catcher) to prevent the sample from exiting.
Increase of weight:
The top of the corer body has 4 pcs steering fins and it is possible to increase the weight with a maximum mounting of 24 pcs lead weights, 2 kg each. Standard mounting comes with 2 pcs 7 kg lead weights below the fins.
Corer tubes:
Dimensions: OD 60/ID 53 mm. Available length of 1000, 1500 and 2000 mm.
Polypropylene liners:
Dimensions: OD 50/ID 46 mm x 995 mm. Available length of 995, 1495 and 1995 mm.
PMMA Acrylic liners:
Dimensions: OD 50/ID 46 mm x 995 mm. Available length of 995, 1495 and 1995 mm.
Weight:
Weight, standard delivery: 38 kg (incl. 1 m stainless steel tube).
Weight, max.: (with 24 lead weights and 2 m corer tube): 93 kg.
Height:
Total height without corer tube: 760 mm.