Malvern Focuses on Polymer Characterization Tools at ANTEC 2011
Malvern, UK: Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments is focusing on tools for polymer characterization as part of its exhibit at this year's Annual Technical Conference for the polymer industry (ANTEC 2011, May 1-5, Boston MA, USA). Highlights include Malvern's Viscotek gel permeation chromatography (GPC) systems for measuring polymer architecture and the company's range of...
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Expanded Lubrication Oil Monitoring for Gas Compressors
Boston, MA - Protecting their large hydrogen screw compressors while assuring refinery uptime, the largest US Gulf Coast refiner is adding in-line lube oil viscometers to all their new and existing units. The sensors will be used to provide real-time continuous monitoring of the compressor bearing lubrication fluid throughout equipment operations. A lead engineer at this facility says, Despite...
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Perfecting Compressor Refrigerant-Oil Balance
Boston - Too much lubricant and the compressor does not cool properly; but too much refrigerant and the compressor's life is shortened by bearing wear," according to a senior engineer at a major North American compressor manufacturer. "We use Cambridge viscometers to help find the right balance for each of our products. The ability to mount these viscometers directly in our test compressors...
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Controlling Viscosity for Uniform Fine Wire Coating
Boston-How do you control coating on wire that is finer than a human hair? This is the challenge faced by manufacturers of 30 - 300 micron diameter wire known as winding wire, magnet wire or fine wire. These wires are key components in electric motors, transformers and electric coils required in appliances, cars and other powered devices. Viscosity control is critical for enamel quality The...
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Taking a New Product to Market: Outsourcing vs. Internal Product Development
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Read More »Engineering Nanoparticle Coatings -Quebec Researchers Use Malvern's New High Temperature Chromatography System in Novel Work
Malvern, UK: Researchers working at NanoQAM, the nanotechnology research centre of the University of Quebec (Montreal, Canada), are successfully innovating novel polymer coatings on the basis of data measured using a Viscotek high temperature gel permeation chromatography (HT-GPC) system from Malvern Instruments. The system is proving crucial for efficient polymer characterization, reliably...
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H2S-Friendly High Pressure High Temperature Viscometers
Boston, MA - As demand for oil increases and fuel prices continue to climb, oil exploration continues in increasingly difficult environments. The safety and economic success of these efforts require accurate information about the oil fields' reservoir fluids. Supporting this, Cambridge Viscosity has enhanced its industry-standard high pressure, high temperature viscometers for analysis of...
Read More »Viscosity Monitoring System suits PET sheet production.
Developed to compliment HVTSE (High Vacuum Twin Screw Extrusion) system for dryer-less production of PET sheet, Intrinsic Viscosity (IV) real-time monitoring system is based on measurement of melt temperature and capillary piping pressures. Viscosity and subsequent intrinsic viscosity are calculated to ±0.02 dl/g accuracy, and extracted test data is continuously fed into TITAN control...
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Sanitary Process Viscometer has integrated temperature control.
Model SPL-374 flow-thru sanitary process viscometer utilizes sensor that requires less than 5 mL of sample to accurately determine viscosity of solution. Connecting into Â-¼ in. process line using quick-release sanitary connections, it has integrated heater for tight temperature control under flow conditions up to 1 ft/sec. All wetted parts are stainless steel, and piston is in constant...
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Protective Lens Coating Viscosity Control Key to Military Lens Production
Revision Military, a Vermont-based military eyewear company, has purchased a fifth VISCOpro 1600 system from Cambridge Viscosity. Revision uses the VISCOpro 1600 to control the thickness of a coating solution applied to give the lenses their final protective, scratch-resistant property. The ability to tightly monitor viscosity is key to controlling coating thickness during the final stage of...
Read More »Biotech Company Relies on Micro-sample Viscometer to Measure Polymer Solutions
Cambridge Viscosity recently sold a VISCOLab 5000 laboratory viscometer to a California-based biotechnology company specializing in protein micro-RNA therapeutic analysis that is developing medicines targeting Hepatitis C, cardiovascular and other human diseases. The company is using the micro-sample viscometer to accurately measure polymer solutions to screen out oligonucleotides that have high...
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Simple Connection – MGB with EtherNet/IP
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