Description
ASD TerraSpec Spectrometer Repair
The TerraSpec is the ASD spectrometer built for mineralogy, a full-range 350 to 2,500 nm Vis-NIR-SWIR instrument resolving roughly 3 nm at 700 nm and about 10 nm at 1,400 and 2,100 nm, used to identify alteration minerals at the drill core shed and in the field rather than in a laboratory. On the Halo variant identification comes from a trigger pull against an onboard mineral library. Mineral work depends on fine spectral features, so this is an instrument where gradual degradation matters: losing resolution or signal in the SWIR does not stop it working, it quietly stops it distinguishing the minerals you bought it to distinguish.
June Company’s certified technicians repair the TerraSpec for exploration geologists, mining companies, core logging teams, and minerals laboratories. We diagnose and repair at the board and component level, and every instrument is functionally verified against known reference standards before it ships back.
Common TerraSpec problems we fix
- SWIR detector cooling and performance faults — rising noise where the diagnostic mineral features actually sit.
- VNIR detector faults — noise or sensitivity loss across the visible and near-infrared region.
- Fiber-optic cable and connector faults — broken or crushed fibers, and end faces damaged enough to lose most of the light.
- Illumination source faults — contact probe or lamp output falling, which changes spectra without producing an error.
- Detector step and splice artifacts — discontinuities appearing at the detector transitions.
- Optical alignment drift — throughput falling away after a drop or a shock, with peak positions no longer landing where the library expects.
- Radiometric and white-reference faults — white reference no longer normalizing correctly, so every spectrum is affected.
- Battery, charging and power faults — shortened runtime, or shutdowns partway through a shift.
- USB, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth communication faults — results not transferring to the host software, or the instrument not being recognized at all.
- Housing, seal and ruggedization damage — cracked enclosures and failed gaskets after a drop, which let dust and moisture inside the instrument.
FAQs
We can no longer separate minerals that used to resolve cleanly. Is that the instrument? Very likely. That symptom is characteristic of SWIR noise or lost resolution, and it is measurable against reference standards.
The contact probe lamp seems weak. Is that part of the repair? Yes — send the probe with the instrument. Illumination faults are a frequent cause of spectra that look wrong for no visible reason.
Do you service the LabSpec and FieldSpec as well? Yes, the whole ASD line comes through the same bench.
Every repair is backed by a 90-day parts-and-labor warranty, with a firm quote before any work begins. Email us or submit a service request.






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