Product category:
Viscometers and rheometers
News Release from: Biode | Subject: eCup
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 15 September 2004
Handheld viscometer for process control
Designed to provide instantaneous, real-time in-process viscosity measurements, providing customers with a continuous digital audit trail for portable process monitoring
Biode has launched its new eCup handheld viscometer to the quality and process control markets The eCup provide the process operator with a cost-effective and flexible tool to reduce operating costs, minimise process errors, improve final product quality while increasing productivity and enabling increased control of process parameters
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 2 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Essential features of the eCup are that is offers portability for process development (pilot production activities, process diagnostics (statistical process control) and QA/QC of products in-line and at final test.
The eCup is ergonomically designed, has a friendly simple to use interface, 8 hour battery power and can interface to a two ViSmart viscosity sensors.
It has a 3.5"x5" LCD display for viscosity and temperature readings, has thumb down scroll for display option and can stores data for download via RS485, USB, ethernet, or flash memory card.
It is also wifi enabled and Windows network compatible.
The eCup can log discrete or continuous data by fluid, batch and time.
And it will be industry compliant with international safety standards.
The eCup offers the user the ability to link actual process control needs to pre-determined lab process qualifications in one product enabling quicker decision making and increased operational efficiency.
BiODE, Inc.
100 Larrabee Road, Westbrook, ME 04092 USA; Ph (207)-856-6977, Fax (207) 856-6864; www.biode.com.
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