ISO

ISO 11443 – Rheology of low viscosity fluid for spray application

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Rheology analyzes the flow properties of fluids and is key to understand their behavior under industrial processing conditions. Low viscosity fluids are usually tested with rotational rheometers, but this is not enough when high-shear processing conditions need to be simulated. So depending on the application, this kind of fluids (such as paints, glues, adhesives, etc…) should preferably be tested by means of a capillary rheometer. We were asked to test glue and paint samples consisting of water based polymer dispersion, in order to investigate suitability of a spraying process (very high shear). We used a capillary rheometer Instron CEAST SR20, managed through the dedicated VisualRheo software. The machine (15 mm barrel diameter) was equipped with a 20-kN load cell. Two low-range pressure transducers were used (3.5 and 20 MPa) to cover the whole testing range