Every manufacturer wants to increase productivity. On this week’s blog, Sure Controls In-House Controls Technician Luke Nagrant explains how calibration can help you achieve that goal. He breaks down his top tips for avoiding downtime. The Need Calibrations of instrumentation, sensors, and other equipment is one step in standard preventive maintenance. During calibration, a zone […]
Extensional Viscosity – Rheological Significance of the Entrance Pressure Drop Azadeh Farahanchi, Rheological Scientist, Ph.D Extensional/elongational viscosity measurements (melt strength) are of rheological importance in any plastic stretching process for example blow molding, sheet extrusion, blown film extrusion, fiber spinning, etc. as the plastic is constantly stretching or expanding in such processes. Two polymers […]
Who is NIST and what do they do? NIST traceable calibration is an assurance program that certifies that a laboratory or manufacturer is fully equipped to calibrate equipment to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards and that any products offered by that manufacturer will match those NIST-maintained measurement standards. It means that […]
