Name of equipment:

Viscosimeter

Purpose:

Software guided instrument with application in rheological characteristics research of viscous fluids.

Model, type, country of origin:

 DV II+, Brookfield, USA

Technical characte-ristics:

 Temperature range: -100 do 300 0C

Accuracy: ± 1 %

Power supply: 115 – 230 V; 50 – 60 Hz

Gross weight: 10,5 kg

Net weight: 9 kg

Viscosity range is 15 – 6,000,000 cP
Year of origin:  –                   

Figure:

Method of
work:

 The principal of operation of the DV II+ is to drive a spindle (which is immersed in the test fluid) through a calibrated spring. The viscous drag of the fluid against the spindle is measured by the spring deflection.

Department,
room, location:

 Department for Textile Chemistry and Ecology, Textile Research Laboratory, Savska cesta 16/9
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