Brookfield process viscometer coating applications

Can coating

Over varnish viscosity control with the Ametek Brookfield AST100 viscometer

• When viscosity is NOT controlled, varnish is overused to ensure Q.C. passes.
  
• When viscosity IS controlled, the OV coating weight can be applied more ​​accurately saving 25% of the varnish.
• When less varnish is used the can also dries quicker. This allows higher throughput and/or less heat and energy to be used.
• Using less varnish means less sticky varnish fling and build up on the
• process conveyor. Process runs smoother and less downtime needed for cleaning.
• Less chance for varnish getting on mandrel and causing internal lacquer miss coats which leads to can leaks.

Lithium battery slurry

TT100 process viscometer  - controlled shear rate viscosity measurement of battery slurry
​Lithium battery slurry has to to be coated at a precise thickness on the cathode and anode.   The TT100 process viscometer is able to measure the highly shear sensitive lithium battery slurry accurately. Concentric cylinder measurement offers mPas values at defined shear rates, something that many other modern viscometers are not able to do.