Keywords
Citation
(1999), "The Consistometer", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 28 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.1999.12928ead.008
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
The Consistometer
The Consistometer
Keyword: Endecotts
The Endecotts Consistometer is a low cost, easy to use bench top instrument for accurately checking the consistency, viscosity or flow rates of a wide variety of materials.
Manufactured in stainless steel engraved with a series of precise graduations it also comes fitted with adjustment screws and spirit level for accurate levelling (Plate 3).
It provides a single parameter for a variety of flow tests which can be carried out over any period under as near identical conditions as possible. The sample is released from the reservoir and flows down the instrument where its progress can be measured on the graduated scale. By comparing the flow rate to specified time periods the physical properties of the sample can be calculated.
Plate 3The Consistometer from Endecotts
Further details are available from Endecotts Limited. Tel: +44 (0) 208 542 8121; Fax: +44 (0) 208 543 6629.