Testers are specifically designed for rapid flash point determination and spot checks on many types of product, including fuels, chemicals, paints, solvents, and waste products
Checking flash point is important during inspection and analysis of many products.
For example, in the classification of potentially hazardous substances where storage, transport and disposal charges are based on flammability and where incorrect classification may lead to significant additional costs.
Flash point is also an indication of changes in product batch consistency and of product contamination.
Setaflash small scale test methods, which include ASTM D3828 and D3278, are internationally specified and approved by leading regulatory authorities and are the trusted methods for rapid determination of flash point.
They are approved in more than 50 international test specifications and are endorsed by cross-check programmes which have established excellent correlation between Setaflash and traditional flash point tests such as Pensky Martens (ASTM D93) and Tag (ASTM D56), says Stanhope-Seta.
Setaflash testers are specifically designed for rapid flash point determination and spot checks on many types of product, including fuels, chemicals, paints, solvents, waste products and many, many more materials.
As a result, many companies now adopt the Setaflash test which takes just one or two minutes to complete and is far faster than an equivalen Pensky Martens test, saving as much as 40 minutes per test.
In addition the test requires just 2-4ml of test sample compared to the 75ml sample required for other test methods, which saves cost and reduces waste.
Setaflash instruments incorporate automatic temperature control and flash detection, which makes flash point testing an easy and safe procedure even for those with no previous laboratory experience.
They are inexpensive, compact and ideal for use in the laboratory, production line or field environments and all instruments are supported by Stanhope-Seta's global customer service network.
Stanhope-Seta designs and manufactures quality control instruments used to measure the physical characteristics that determine product quality and consistency.
Seta instruments are used by many diverse industries including petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, plastics and transport.
Seta instruments measure flash point, vapour pressure, viscosity, penetration, contaminants and many other quality parameters.
