AMS Inc makes sampling efficient

Superb quality and efficiency are key elements that make soil sampling equipment accurate and dependable. AMS Inc was founded by Art Vollweiler in American Falls, Idaho in 1942 with the purpose of manufacturing high-quality equipment used for agricultural, environmental, geotechnical, golf and turf, and construction sampling. Over the past 79 years, AMS has evolved into a worldwide company offering a variety of hand augers, soil probes, core samplers, sludge and sediment samplers, gas vapor probes, and PowerProbeTM direct push/hollow stem auger drill rigs. AMS’s professional design, development and manufacturing of products allow the customers to properly collect soil, groundwater, and soil gas samples from shallow depths. Their products can be used to install groundwater monitoring wells, a remedial system and conduct remedial injections. This can help protect and restore groundwater resources. While AMS’s headquarters are in Idaho, they have distributors all over the world to help with your needs. AMS prides themselves on a quality assurance programme with every tool made. While having a quality assurance programme in their own company, AMS is involved with ASTM International and NGWA (National Ground Water Association), helping to develop standards that are technically accurate and regulatory compliant. AMS’s main focus along with quality assurance is customer demand. Customers always want to drill deeper

The open-ended soil probe provides you with an effective way of monitoring soil conditions without disturbing root development. The reinforced regular auger is better suited for heavier, or dryer soil conditions. AMS Inc manufactures high-quality one-piece mud augers to make quick work of soil sampling in wet conditions.

and quicker, using the smallest carrier vehicle possible. With technological innovation and keeping with manufacturing traditions, AMS has spent the past two decades building PowerProbeTM into a tool that many customers value. “Most everything that we manufacture today was handed down from Grandpa Art, and we still manufacture according to those same techniques and technology,” Marc Chipps, AMS President says. “Most of the hand sampling equipment is still pretty similar to how it was in the early days.” Visitors come from all over the world to tour the facility, and they are usually shocked because AMS does not have auto assembly lines. AMS keeps the tradition of making every piece of hand augers and soil probes by hand. One benefit of keeping the manufacturing process so similar to the early days has been to minimize automation and maximize flexibility. AMS manufactures customised equipment for companies that need PowerProbe’sTM with specific qualifications. In addition to embracing a handmade manufacturing process, AMS builds equipment on order. Instead of having a huge inventory of rigs and augers awaiting purchase, Chipps says the team builds as orders come in, except for the PowerProbeTM line, of which they keep stock for about 45 days. The company’s traditional production system, which keeps more people employed by avoiding automation and circumvents overproduction by waiting for demand, is ultimately about creating quality and it has proved to be effective. “We have hand augers that have been in the field for 25 years and customers are still using them,” Chipps says. With sticking to tradition, AMS promises to never implement an automated phone system. It is important that their customers should be able to talk to a person to voice their needs. AMS is a firm believer in customer service; they take the time to get to know the clients, which is only possible with human-tohuman interaction. The future is bright for AMS as they continue the legacy of Art Vollweiler who established the company over 79 years ago, to identify and develop new products perfectly suited to the requirements within the industry. At AMS, every customer is a valuable asset, and every product is A Work of Art.

For more information visit the website on www.ams-samplers.com, or send an email to ams@ams-samplers.com.