Thermo Fisher Scientific has extended its rheometer accessory range to support UV-curing cell requirements.
The range has been launched in response to increasing industry demand to replace thermal curing with UV-assisted thermal curing processes to increase productivity and be more environmentally sustainable.
With common oscillatoric shear methods, it is often difficult to monitor UV-induced reactions that may occur in just a few seconds during coating processes, such as in dentistry.
Thermo Fisher has developed a "Fast-Oscillation-Mode" that offers a higher data acquisition rate of 500 Hz for its high-end Thermo Scientific HAAKE MARS rheometer to address this challenge.
Four UV-measuring set-ups can be selected: * The standard version of a UV-measuring cell mounted onto a temperature control unit (liquid, electrical or Peltier plate) suitable for UV-curing materials at ambient temperature.
* A UV-cell for thermal-assisted curing processes at higher temperatures available for the HAAKE MARS, integrated into the rheometer's controlled test chamber * A customizable UV-cell for optical components such as light guides, condensers and glass plates simulates the arrangements of optical components in production processes, such as those used to manufacture contact lenses.
* The new module for the HAAKE MARS rheometer platform has been developed for measurements on UV-curing materials and can be used with the rheometer's Rheonaut module.
This allows for simultaneous measurements of rheological properties and FT-IR spectra to investigate structural changes within the sample.
For more information, please visit www.thermoscientific.com/mc.
