Said to be one of the most powerful and technically advanced laboratory capillary rheometers for the determination of the flow behavior of a wide range of materials
Understanding the flow behavior of fluids is an important issue for the development of new products and the quality control under process conditions such as: high temperatures, high pressures, high shear rates.
Until now the instruments used were traditionally inefficient and technically poor, says Thermo.
The company now introduces the Haake RheoCap T100, which it says is one of the most powerful and technically advanced laboratory capillary rheometers for the determination of the flow behavior of a wide range of materials with the benefits of a twin bore system: automatic data correction, extensional measurement, better control of the sample's thermal history, parallel comparative experimentation and much more.
The computer-controlled instrument offers testing abilities to measure true shear viscosity, extensional viscosity, wall slip, melt fracture and rupture with a variety of dies and accessories. The software features standard test control functionality as well as scientific evaluation capabilities.
It interfaces directly with computational fluid dynamics software packages that bring further benefits in the use and understanding of the data.
The Haake RheoCap T100 has been designed to overcome the limitations of the other rheometers on the market.
Ergonomics was a major issue of its development program to allow easy access.
The high performance C-frame liberates the space below the barrel and guarantees a yet unattained stiffness.
This open approach allows the easy collection or disposal of extrudate and the fitting of a broad range of optional equipment, ie a revolutionary camera die swell measurement system based on a smart image analysis of the material exiting the die, which is much more accurate then the classical laser gauge device.
The incomparable temperature uniformity across the whole sample volume, the fully sealed pressure transducer mounting system and the design of the electronics enabling multi-point calibration, self diagnostic and remote diagnostic are only some features that make the Haake RheoCap T100 a highly precise and reliable instrument.
