Inkjet Ink Characterisation Practical Course
Viscosity, dispersions, jetting & surfaces
11-14 July 2022
Meteor Inkjet Laboratory, Harston, Cambridge, UK
During the course you will be getting hands on experience with the following instruments:
DropWatcher - printhead data measurement to characterise and optimise a material’s jetting performance
DB400 - valuation of jetting fluids, DOD Piezo printheads, and process development.
Integrated with the DropWatcher above, DB400 conveyor enables fast and accurate assessments for optimisation and process development of jetting fluids and inks, in piezo inkjet printheads.
Mastersizer - laser diffraction particle size analyzer delivering rapid, accurate particle size distributions for both wet and dry dispersions.
Zetasizer - measure particle and molecular size from less than a nanometer to several microns using dynamic light scattering; zeta potential and electrophoretic mobility using electrophoretic light scattering; and molecular weight using static light scattering.
Force Tensiometer (K100) – measures surface tension and interfacial tension, critical micelle concentration CMC and contact angle on solids, fibres and powders.
Drop Shape Analyzer (DSA 30R) - measures interfacial rheology.
Bubble Pressure Tensiometer (BPT Mobile) – checks the cleaner or wetting agent content in a bath.
Mobile Surface Analyzer (MSA) – measures surface free energy with two liquids.
Drop Shape Analyzer (DSA 25) – determines the wettability of solids by means of the contact angle as well as the surface tension of liquids such as coating substances or adhesives.
Fluidicam - low viscosity high shear rate viscosity measurement, designed to measure flow curves of products with various consistency (liquids, gels or semi-solid emulsions) by combining microfluidic and imaging technologies
TriPAV - high frequency rheometer TriPAV is a squeeze-flow rheometer where a small quantity of fluid is held between two flat plates and one of the plates is oscillated by a piezo actuator.
Trimaster - high speed filament stretching device which can be used for both extensional viscosity and filament break-up behaviour for low viscosity fluid.