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In this chapter you get information concerning system configuration, temperature control device,
optional computer system and data- and signal flow of your Rheometer system.
The Rheometer system R/S Rheometer consists of:
- electronic unit with measuring drive integrated in one housing
- stand with working surface
- AC-adaptor
as accessories are supplied:
• printer
• coaxial cylinder measuring system (see Appendix A)
• temperature measuring sensor Pt100
• standard measuring device ME-CP/PP for cone/plate and plate/plate measuring systems
• cone/plate- and plate/plate measuring systems
• temperature control device “FTK-CC“
• cooling device “KE“
• fluids circulation thermostat
• computer system
• software RHEO 2000
bold printed accessories are necessary for minimal configuration
II.1 R/S Rheometer
The Rheometer electronics with measuring drive are built-in in one housing.
The R/S Rheometer system can serve due to consequent use of microelectronics with special
capacities:
⇒ digital control of rotational speed and torque
⇒ automatic matching of control parameters during measurement
⇒ direct indication of measured and calculated values of speed, shear rate, torque, shear stress,
viscosity, temperature, time etc.
⇒ internal measuring values storage
⇒ measuring values output to a printer (parallel centronics)
⇒ user support by dialog mode at LCD-display with clear text output
⇒ built-in system interface with serial standard interface (RS-232-C) for the direct connection of a
computer or other serial data-loggers.
⇒ printing and serial data-transmission while measuring possible
The R/S Rheometer is operated manually using foil keyboard at the front panel or under computer
control. The power supply of the R/S Rheometer with direct current is carried out by AC-adaptor.