Brookfield DV3T Rheometer User Manual

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Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 10 Manual No. M13-2100 Note: TheDV3Tmustbeearthgroundedtoensureagainstelectronicfailure!! 7)

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 100 Manual No. M13-2100Special ConsiderationsIntakingviscositymeasurementswith the DV3TRheometer,

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 101 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix C - Variables in Viscosity MeasurementsAswithanyinstrumentmeasurement

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 102 Manual No. M13-2100Rheometer Related VariablesMostuidviscositiesarefoundtobenon-Newtonian.Th

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 103 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix D - Spindle and Model CodesEachspindlehasatwodigitentrycodewhich

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 104 Manual No. M13-2100SPINDLE ENTRY CODE SMC SRCT-A 91 20 0T-B 92 40 0T-C 93 100 0T-D 94 200 0T-E 95

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 105 Manual No. M13-2100TableD-2liststhemodelcodesandspringtorqueconstantsforeachRheometermod

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 106 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix E - Calibration ProceduresTheaccuracyoftheDV3Tisveriedusingvisco

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 107 Manual No. M13-2100BrookeldViscosityStandardFluidGeneralInformation We recommendthatBrookeld

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 108 Manual No. M13-2100Calibration Procedure for a Small Sample Adapter Brookeldrecommendsatwostepc

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 109 Manual No. M13-2100WhenaULorDINULAdapterisused,thewaterbathisstabilizedattheproperte

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 11 Manual No. M13-2100 I.5 Safety Symbols and PrecautionsSafety SymbolsThefollowingexplainssafetysy

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 110 Manual No. M13-2100Calibration Procedure for Cone/Plate Rheometers 1) Followtheaboveproceduresfo

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 111 Manual No. M13-2100BrookeldViscosityStandardsFluidsareaccurateto(+/-)1%oftheirstatedvalu

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 112 Manual No. M13-21003) Totalaccuracyisthesumofthevaluesn(1)and(2):  At6RPM,accuracyi

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 113 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix F - The Brookeld GuardlegTheguardlegwasoriginallydesignedtoprotec

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 114 Manual No. M13-2100shouldbeknownthatthistypeoftorquereadingwillnotconvertintoacorrectc

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 115 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix G - Speed SelectionBrookeldRheometersofferavarietyofspeedstoprov

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 116 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix H - Laboratory StandsModelGisthestandardlaboratorystandwhichcomes

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 117 Manual No. M13-2100ModelQisanoptionallaboratorystandwhichcanbeorderedforusewiththeDV3T

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 118 Manual No. M13-2100UnpackingCheckcarefullytoseethatallthecomponentsarereceivedwithnoconce

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 119 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix I - DVE-50A Probe ClipProbeClipDVE-50Ais suppliedwithallmodelDV3T

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 12 Manual No. M13-2100Status Bar: TheStatusBarprovidesinformationrelatingtothedateandtime(as

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 120 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix J - Fault Diagnosis and Troubleshooting Listedaresomeofthemorecommo

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 121 Manual No. M13-2100❏ Rheometer Will Not Return to Zero ✓ Rheometerisnotlevel  • Checkwith

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 122 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix K - Instrument Dimensions

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 123 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix L - Online Help and Additional Resourceswww.brookeldengineering.com**The

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 124 Manual No. M13-2100Appendix M - Warranty Repair and ServiceWarrantyBrookeldViscometers/Rheometersa

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Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 13 Manual No. M13-2100II. GETTING STARTED II.1 Power UpTheDV3TwillgothroughaPowerUpsequencewh

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 14 Manual No. M13-2100Figure II-2Theoperatormustensurethattherheometerislevel(seeSectionI.4)a

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 15 Manual No. M13-2100 II.4 Navigation   TheDV3TRheometerusesatouchscreendisplay.Navigationo

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 16 Manual No. M13-2100 II.5 Home Screen TheDV3THomescreencanbeaccessedbyusingtheHomeIcon .

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 17 Manual No. M13-2100ThebasicCongureViscosityTestviewisshowninFigureII-4.Thisviewincludes

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 18 Manual No. M13-2100TheCommandKeysincludeClear,SaveandRun.Clear: Clearalldatathathasbeenen

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 19 Manual No. M13-2100AllelementsrelatedtothemeasurementofyieldareselectedwithinCongureYield

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 20 Manual No. M13-2100ThecommandKeysincludeClear,SaveandRun.Clear: Clearalldatathathasbeene

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 21 Manual No. M13-2100 II.5.3 Load Test Testprogramsthatarecreated(CongureViscosityTest/Congur

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 22 Manual No. M13-2100 II.5.6 External Mode TheDV3TRheometercanbecontrolledfromacomputerthr

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 23 Manual No. M13-2100 II.7 Out of Range TheDV3TRheometerwillgiveonscreenindicationswhentheme

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 24 Manual No. M13-2100 II.8 Printing TheDV3TRheometercancommunicatetoaDymoLabelWriter450Turb

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 25 Manual No. M13-2100Data Label (Large) TIP: Whenprintingtoalabel,ifthedatasetincludesm

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 26 Manual No. M13-2100III. MAKING VISCOSITY MEASUREMENTS III.1 Quick StartTheDV3TRheometerusesthe

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 27 Manual No. M13-2100  Manysamplesmustbecontrolledtoaspecictemperatureforviscositymeasurem

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 28 Manual No. M13-2100TwomultistepTestsareshownbelow.Thersttestshowsathreesteptestwhere

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 29 Manual No. M13-2100Theprocessofselectingaspindleandspeedforanunknownuidisnormallytrial

Table of ContentsI. INTRODUCTION ... 5 I.1 Components

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 30 Manual No. M13-2100 III.5 Temperature ControlTheDV3TRheometerprovidestheabilitytocontrolthe

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 31 Manual No. M13-2100Figure III-7InitiatetemperaturecontrolbypressingtheTestConnection.Theconn

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 32 Manual No. M13-2100 III.7 Selecting Data CollectionTheDV3TRheometeroffersseveraloptionsfordat

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 33 Manual No. M13-2100 Single Point Averaging:Specifyanamountoftimeoverwhichtoaveragemeasure

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 34 Manual No. M13-2100atStepEnd.Duringthetest,thetotaltimerequiredtoreach200cPis65second

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 35 Manual No. M13-2100TIP:AnEndConditionofzeroTimecanbeusefulwhenmeasuringanewmaterial.D

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 36 Manual No. M13-2100AviolationoftheQCLimitsduringthetestwillbeindicatedbyaashingyellow

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 37 Manual No. M13-2100Instructions:Recordspecicinstructionstotheoperator.Thisinformationwill

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 38 Manual No. M13-2100 III.10 Running a TestAviscositytestisstartedbypressingtheRunbuttonont

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 39 Manual No. M13-2100TemperatureistheinputvaluefromaconnectedBrookeldtemperatureprobe.TheD

 IV.5TestParameters...51 IV.6

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 40 Manual No. M13-2100Figure III-15TheMore/LessBarcanbeusedtoreducethenumberofparametersshown

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 41 Manual No. M13-2100TheResultsscreenincludesseveralNavigationIconsandCommandKeys.Home: Return

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 42 Manual No. M13-2100Table:Displayalldatapoints.Datawillbeshowninascrolllistwhereeachpag

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 43 Manual No. M13-2100Graph:Displayagraphofthecollecteddata.Theaxiswilldefaulttothevalues

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 44 Manual No. M13-2100 FigureIII-19showsthePowerLawequationforatypicalsetofdata.Abriefde

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 45 Manual No. M13-2100Multi Point Averagingrequiresadenitionof1)DataInterval,thefrequencyofda

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 46 Manual No. M13-2100Step Averaging:CalculateAverageandStandardDeviationforalldatacollectedwit

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 47 Manual No. M13-2100IV. MAKING YIELD MEASUREMENTS IV.1 Quick StartTheDV3TRheometerusesthesamem

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 48 Manual No. M13-2100 IV.3 Selecting a Spindle/Speed TheDV3Thasthecapabilityofmeasuringyieldst

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 49 Manual No. M13-2100IfyourinstrumenthastheEZ-Locksystem,thespindlesareattachedas follows:Wit

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 5 Manual No. M13-2100I. INTRODUCTIONTheBrookeldDV-IIIRheometerserieshasbeentheleadingindustrial

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 50 Manual No. M13-2100Figure IV-3SelectTemperatureControllerandyouwillbepresentedwiththeDefault

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 51 Manual No. M13-2100The Default Temperature is the temperature value that the control device

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 52 Manual No. M13-2100Pre-Shear Speed and TimeAnoptionalPre-Shearstepcanbeincludedinthetestpara

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 53 Manual No. M13-2100Torque ReductionTorque Reductionispercentagechangeintorquevaluebetweensucce

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 54 Manual No. M13-2100Save PathDenethememorylocation(internalorUSBFlashDrive)wheretheTestRes

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 55 Manual No. M13-2100TIP:TorqueontheDV3Tisequivalenttothe%readingfromtheDV-IIIUltraandt

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 56 Manual No. M13-2100 IV.7 Results MeasurementdataisviewedintheResultsscreen.Thisscreenisp

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 57 Manual No. M13-2100TheResultsscreenoffersseveraloptionsforviewingtestdata.Theseoptionsare

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 58 Manual No. M13-2100Compare Results: Load two data sets and view side by side. Figure IV-9Device Info

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 59 Manual No. M13-2100V. SETTINGSTheSettingsmenuprovidesaccesstothemanycontrolsandfeaturesoft

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 6 Manual No. M13-2100All units of measurement are displayed according to either the CGS system or the SI

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 60 Manual No. M13-2100Thetemperaturemenuprovidesaccesstothreefunctions:TemperatureOffset,Temper

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 61 Manual No. M13-2100Figure V-3ThecreationofaTemperatureOffsetrequiresinputoftheoffsetvaluea

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 62 Manual No. M13-2100CommunicationisestablishedwhentheTestConnectioncommandbuttonispressed.Y

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 63 Manual No. M13-2100• Turnthecouplinguntilthe%Torquereadingis10–15%.• Gentlyletgoofth

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 64 Manual No. M13-2100Figure V-6TIP:TheinformationontheAboutscreenwillbeneededwhencontacting

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 65 Manual No. M13-2100TheLanguageSettingisselectedbypressingtheLanguageeldandchoosingtheapp

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 66 Manual No. M13-2100Measurement Units:TheMeasurementUnitsmenudisplaysthecurrentselectionsform

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 67 Manual No. M13-2100Regional Settings:TheRegionalSettingsmenudisplaysthecurrentselectionsfor

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 68 Manual No. M13-2100Figure V-8The RunningViscosityTestdisplay will show acolored boxaround t

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 69 Manual No. M13-2100Spindle List:TheselectionofSpindleinCongureViscosityTestcanbedonebyu

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 7 Manual No. M13-2100Leveling ScrewCOMPONENT DIAGRAMCone/Plate OptionTemperature ProbeSpindle SetCone Spi

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 70 Manual No. M13-2100Code Thecodeisthenumericalvalueusedtoselectthespindle.Thisvaluemustb

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 71 Manual No. M13-2100 V.4 Admin FunctionsTheAdminFunctionsmenuincludessettingsrelatedtoaccess

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 72 Manual No. M13-2100UserIDfromthedropdownlistandthenentertheirpassword.TheLogInrequirem

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 73 Manual No. M13-2100Table V-1: Factory Default User Settings (continued on following page)Administrator

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 74 Manual No. M13-2100Administrator Power User UserYieldTestSetup SetSpindle • •Immersion Mark • •Pre-S

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 75 Manual No. M13-2100 V.4.3 Set Time and DateTheTimeandDateisdisplayedontheStatusBaratthet

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 76 Manual No. M13-2100 V.4.5 Default PathThePathisthelocationwheredataortestsarestored.The

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 77 Manual No. M13-2100 V.4.8 Calibration ReminderTheDV3Tcanbeprogrammedtoprovidetheuserwitha

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 78 Manual No. M13-2100 V.4.9 Save Audit TrailTheAuditTrailisacollectionofinstrumentcheckvalues

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 79 Manual No. M13-2100VI. PG FLASH SOFTWAREViscosityTestprogramsfortheDV3Tcanbecreatedonacomp

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 8 Manual No. M13-2100 I.2 UtilitiesInputVoltage: 115VACor230VACInputFrequency: 50/60HzPower

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 80 Manual No. M13-2100TheGeneral ParameterssectionincludesallViscosityTestprogramcontrolsthatwi

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 81 Manual No. M13-2100Units SetupFigure VI-2SampleViscosityTestprogramscanbeseeninthefollowing

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 82 Manual No. M13-2100YieldTestparametersareshowninasingleareawithinPGFlashwithoutaProgram

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 83 Manual No. M13-2100VII. MATH MODELS VII.1 The Power Law (Ostwald) Model (τ=shearstres

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 84 Manual No. M13-2100 An Example of the Power Law Model at WorkFormulators at a personal care company w

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 85 Manual No. M13-2100 VII.2 The Herschel-Bulkley Model (τ =shearstress, τo =yieldstress,k=con

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 86 Manual No. M13-2100When should you use it?TheHerschel-Bulkleymodelshouldbeusedwithnon-Newtonian

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 87 Manual No. M13-2100 VII.3 The Bingham Model τ = τo + hD (τ =shearstress, τo =yieldstress,h =

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 88 Manual No. M13-2100 An Example of the Bingham Model at WorkA manufacturer of drilling uid applies th

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 89 Manual No. M13-2100 VII.4 The Casson Model √hD√τ =√τo + (τ =shearstress, τo =yieldstress

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 9 Manual No. M13-2100ElectricalCertications: Conforms to CE Standards:BSEN61326: Electricalequipment

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