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TIP:AnEndConditionofzeroTimecanbeusefulwhenmeasuringanewmaterial.
Duringthetest,thespeedcanbechangedwithoutendingandthenrerunning
thetest(seeSectionIII.10).Thismethodcanallowyoutoquicklyevaluatethe
spindleselectiontodeterminethebestspeedsfortesting.
# of Points:Thetestwillcompletewhenthespeciednumberofdatapointshasbeencollected.
DataiscollectedaccordingtotheDataCollectionsetting(seeSectionIII.6).The
rangeofdatapointsis:1–9,999.
# of Revolutions:Thetestwillcompletewhenthespeciednumberofrevolutionsofthespindle
hasoccurred.DataiscollectedaccordingtotheDataCollectionsetting(see
SectionIII.6).Therangefornumberofrevolutionsis:1–9,999.
Torque:ThetestwillcompletewhenthespeciedTorquevalueismeasured.Dataiscollected
accordingtotheDataCollectionsetting(seeSectionIII.6).Therangeofvaluesfor
themeasuredTorqueis:-10.0–100.0.
Viscosity:ThetestwillcompletewhenthespeciedViscosityvalueismeasured. Datais
collectedaccordingtotheDataCollectionsetting(seeSectionIII.6).Therangeof
measuredViscosityis0–10,000,000,000cP.
Note:TheViscosityEndConditionshouldbeselectedinconsiderationoftheRange
providedbythespindleandspeedselected.ChecktheRangevaluebyselecting
Spindle in CongureViscosityTest. If you choose aViscosity End Condition
greaterthantheRangeofthespindleandspeedsettings,thenthevalueshownin
theEndConditioneldwillbeEEEE.Inthiscase,theendconditionwillneverbe
achieved.
Temperature: ThetestwillcompletewhenthespeciedTemperaturevalueismeasuredto
withintheindicatedTolerance.TheTolerancespecieshowclosethemeasured
temperatureshouldbetothespeciedtemperaturevaluetoconsiderthetarget
reached.TemperatureismeasuredthroughtheuseofaconnectedBrookeld
temperatureprobe(DVP-94Y,CPA-44ZPYcup,SC4-XXRPYchamber).Data
iscollectedaccordingtotheDataCollectionsetting(seeSectionIII.6).
Temperature:-100–300C
Tolerance:0.0–9.9C
TIP: Asmalltolerancevaluewillrequireamuchlongertimetoreachthe
End Condition.
TIP: ConsiderusingalargerTolerancevaluefortheEndConditionand
thenuseasecondstepforthermalequilibrium(EndConditionTime).
Thistwostepmethodcanreducethevariabilityintesttimecausedby
variations in temperature sensors.
III.9 Additional Test Parameters
TheCongureViscosityTestscreenincludesaMore/LessBar.Whenpressed,theMoreBarwill
presentseveraladditionalTestParametersincluding:QCLimits,Instructions,Reports,andDensity.
TheseparametersarealwaysavailableandactiveregardlessofthepositionoftheMore/LessBar.
QC Limits:Selectanacceptablerangeformeasurementresults.Therangemaybedened
byViscosity,Torque,Time,Temperature,orShearStress.Thepossiblerangefor
ViscosityandShearStresswillbedenedbythespindleandspeedselected.QC
Limitsareavisualandaudiblesignaltotheoperatorduringthetest.Thedataset
does not include an indication of QC Limits violation.
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