Client Reviews
Time is money, so what are your thin section/block preparation options ?
- Build your own sample preparation laboratory and hire a technician/lab manager. It must be kept running to cover high fixed costs. (Expensive and creates more work for you)
- Send to the same old guy you’ve used in the past. He’s grumpy, provides poor service and still does lapping by hand. He used to be OK, but he takes forever to do a dozen polished thin sections. (Slow, unreliable and causes friction with your boss or clients)
- Outsource overseas for a low base price, but by the time you factor in your freight costs, lost production (usually 6 weeks), express service fees, and then cross your fingers and hope there’s not a problem with the samples. (Slow and risky)
- Outsource locally to a company with new automated equipment. Fast turn-around (usually done in less than 10 working days excluding freight time), instant job pricing online and guaranteed quality. Personal service where, if the customer is not 100% happy with a thin section, the laboratory will gladly do it again. (Risk management, fast service, quality control, easy)
Job Estimation | Order Process
The price estimation and ordering process can start by simply clicking on the Job Estimation or Order Now buttons on the home page.
After you register your account, you will take a step by step through the process of deciding what prepartion options you want (eg: slide size, polishing). At the same time, it will ask you to sort your samples into groups that require the same preparation because different preparation will decide a different price. It will give you a price per sample, per group and a total.Below are few examples of the information you will be asked to produce the result you want
Below are few examples of the information you will be asked to produce the result you want.
Blocks or Slides
28mm x 48mm,
26mm x 76mm,
or even 51mm x 76mm
Polishing
Thickness
Staining
Watch this video for a quick overview of how to obtain an online Estimate and create an Order
Our technicians are highly experienced and based in Brisbane. We use the latest automated material preparation equipment to deliver a consistently high quality product. Our ever increasing knowledge base and constantly revised processes deliver fast turn-around times.
We are prepared to put our money where our mouth is. Ask us about our new customer trial offer to test our quality and fast turn-around on thin sections for petrology, geology, mineralogy, paleontology, geoscience or construction professionals.
Thin Section Australia started in 2013 following many requests from friends, who were tired of waiting up to six weeks to receive orders for important polished thin section samples.
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Important: Orders submitted using email forms require a significant increase in labour to process,
so a loading charge of 10% will be automatically applied to the invoiced amount.
