The challenge is to design an automated method take a predetermined size of material from the electrostatic sampler and reduce it to a small size, required to fit into the new radiation detector. The sample handling system must compact the electrostatic collection substrate into a size and shape for radiation detection, without losing radioactive material from the sample, spreading radioactive material from one sample to another (sample cross-talk), using large amounts of space or materials, or introducing unreliability – the RASA must run for long periods without human operators.