Copley Scientific will exhibit the latest equipment for testing detergents and powders at the American Oil Chemists' Society's 7th World Conference on Detergents.
At the conference, which will take place on 4-7 October 2010 in Montreux, Switzerland, the company will showcase its Tergotometer, a bench-top instrument used to evaluate detergency properties by washing standardised soiled fabrics.
The Tergotometer combines eight miniature washing-machine simulators within a single instrument.
This scaled-down test environment minimises the quantity of detergent required during development and QC processes, while maximising accuracy and throughput in a laboratory environment.
Typical applications include evaluating the effectiveness of detergents; optimising temperature, speed and water hardness parameters; examining the washability and colour fastness of fabrics; and routine screening for dirt removal, brightening, softening, foaming and scale build-up.
Through its simple programmable user interface, the Tergotometer can be set for an agitation range of 50-200rev/min and an electronically calibrated temperature range from ambient to 70C.
Agitation speed and temperature are managed and monitored during testing via the digital display, with the facility to generate a printed report.
With the addition of an optional refrigeration unit, the Tergotometer's temperature capabilities can be extended to below ambient.
A modification that enables reversed rotation, in order to better simulate certain types of washing machines, is also available.
