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Discovery Hybrid Rheometers (DHRs) TA Instruments’ high-precision devices measure flow and deformation by applying a force to a sample and measuring the resulting stress or strain, allowing for measurement of viscosity and modulus. The devices characterize non-Newtonian behaviors like shear thinning, thixotropy, yield stress and viscoelasticity. Rheology measurements are used to ensure successful material processing, optimize product performance, gain insights into complex microstructures and develop novel materials.
What’s new? TA Instruments' Auto-Trim Solution, a disposable trimmer, locking ring and pneumatic control for the company’s DHRs, that simplifies polymer melt rheology studies. With its unique SmartSwap features, the rheometer can be reconfigured in seconds for a wide range of experimental needs to support testing of broad sample types such as fluids, slurries, powders and more. Adding the Auto-Trim accessory to a DHR set-up enables higher consistency and confidence in data used to set processing condition parameters.
Benefits The ability to automate the sample heating and trimming process, which can make data up to five times more consistent and reduce new operator training time to just 30 minutes. Adding the Auto-Trim accessory to a DHR set-up ensures greater confidence in the data used to set processing condition parameters, and reduces the kinds of errors that could result in the need for retesting. On average, using the accessory results in a savings of 200 operator hours per 1,000 samples, and at least $40,000 per year per lab. Overall, TA Instruments says its DHRs are accurate, precise and easy to use.
Waters TA Instruments LLC, New Castle, Del., 302-427-4000, www.tainstruments.com
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.
