Hand-operated fully reproducible static blade core opening bench

Gallet, Raphaël; Arnaud, Fabien

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-34-21-2025

Articles | Volume 34, issue 1/2

https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-34-21-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-34-21-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 34, issue 1/2

Technical development

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29 Oct 2025

Technical development |

| 29 Oct 2025

Hand-operated fully reproducible static blade core opening bench

Raphaël Gallet and Fabien Arnaud

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Sediment core opener: Assembly instructions and plans Gallet Raphael and Arnaud Fabien https://doi.org/10.48579/PRO/AFXQRN

Short summary

In this paper, we present the technical choices we made to craft a universal core opening bench. This device has been designed to open sediment cores in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) liners up to 1.5 m long and with 3 mm thick walls. The accepted external diameters are 63 and 90 mm, but this may be customized easily. All plans and 3D shapes are available online at no charge.