Page 3 - CONTENTS; GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 3 M/02-212 CONTENTS I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION 5 I.1 Use of the Rheometer 5 I.2 Measuring Principle 5 II. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 6 II.1 R/S Rheometer 6 II.2 Measuring Devices 8 II.3 Computer System 8 III. INSTRUMENT INSTALLATION 9 III.1 Stand Mounting 9 III.2 Electr...
Page 4 - MEASUREMENTS; APPENDIX
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 4 M/02-212 VI.7 Menu entries of the CONFIGURATION menu 44 VI.7.1 Configuration → Set output mode 44 VI.7.2 Configuration → MeasCount mode 45 VI.7.3 Configuration → Reset meascount 45 VI.7.4 Configuration → Set Time/Date 45 VI.7.5 Configuration → Set RS232 Para...
Page 5 - I. General Description; Use of the Rheometer; The types of measurements
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 5 M/02-212 I. General Description In this chapter you get general information concerning use and measurement principle of your R/S Rheometer. I.1 Use of the Rheometer The R/S Rheometer system provides possibility of Newtonian fluids viscosity measurements, rec...
Page 6 - II. System Configuration; printer; Rheometer
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 6 M/02-212 II. System Configuration In this chapter you get information concerning system configuration, temperature control device, optional computer system and data- and signal flow of your Rheometer system. The Rheometer system R/S Rheometer consists of: - ...
Page 8 - Devices; the main delivery volume; System
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 8 M/02-212 II.2 Measuring Devices Measuring devices are not included in the main delivery volume of R/S Rheometer and must be ordered in accordance with your measuring requirements. As measuring devices are optional supplied: • coaxial standard measuring syste...
Page 9 - III. Instrument Installation; Mounting; Hints for height adjustment of the stand:; Locking button
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 9 M/02-212 III. Instrument Installation In this chapter you will know how to prepare your R/S Rheometer for the first measurements. You will know particularly, - how to mount the R/S Rheometer, - details about the electric connections - installation of accesso...
Page 10 - Connections; Mains switch “POWER“
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 10 M/02-212 III.2 Electrical Connections Connections for the electrical components of the R/S Rheometer are located at the instrument back side: Centronics RS232 Power Pt 100 DC Any cables from and to R/S Rheometer can be connected or disconnected only when in...
Page 11 - Use data link cable of
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 11 M/02-212 III.2.2 AC-Adaptor The AC adaptor supplies R/S Rheometer with power. Only the AC-adaptor delivered by BROOKFIELD with your Rheometer may be used for power supply of R/S Rheometer. The AC-adaptor may be inserted to the socket with corresponding grou...
Page 12 - Mounting of the temperature control device “FTK-CC”
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 12 M/02-212 Please read information concerning installation of the computer system in this Operation Manual. III.3 Mounting of temperature controlled measuring devices In this chapter you get information concerning mounting and attachment of the following acce...
Page 13 - Cooling device KE; in; optionally obtainable; cooling device “; KE; As thermostatic liquids are usually used:
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 13 M/02-212 O K S T Power Main-Menue - Run Single - Run Program - Remote BROOKFIELD Cooling device KE Temperature controldevice FTK-CC Built in Pt100 Connectingcable Pt100 Temperaturecontrol liquidfrom / tothermostaticdevice Fig. 5.: Operation with FTK-CC and ...
Page 17 - III.3.3 Mounting of the cooling device KE; Lift the “KE” from below to the R/S Rheometer and tighten the thread.; connection; to cooling device KE
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 17 M/02-212 III.3.3 Mounting of the cooling device KE The optionally supplied cooling device “KE” must be used in case of the R/S Rheometer operation with the liquid temperature control device “FTK-CC” or measuring device “ME-CP/PP“ in the temperature range be...
Page 20 - V. Measuring Systems; with; V.1 Measurement directly in the substance
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 20 M/02-212 V. Measuring Systems In this chapter you get information concerning use of the measuring system. At present the following measuring system types are supplied: a) Standard measuring systems MS-CC48...CC8 DIN/RC and DG-DIN/RC for measurement without ...
Page 21 - scratches; V.2 Measurement with substance in measuring system
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 21 M/02-212 Insert carefully the measuring bob into the measuring bob coupling. Pay attention to insert the measuring bob shaft into the measuring bob coupling without impact. Move down the coupling sleeve of the measuring bob coupling (ring covered). Fasten t...
Page 22 - V.3 Measurement with temperature control device FTK-CC
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 22 M/02-212 Temperature range max.: 0°C ... +90°C. The cooling device “KE” is required to expand the temperature range to -20°C ...+180°C The temperature sensor Pt100 may be immersed in medium only at 2/3 of the metal rod length! Cable must be always outside t...
Page 23 - V.4 Measurement with cone/plate and plate/plate measuring systems; Insert and adjustment of the measuring cone or measuring plate; during release of the bayonet lock the measuring
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 23 M/02-212 To remove the measuring system after the measurement first open the measuring bob coupling and then unscrew the measuring cup screw of temperature control device. Attention: If you have carried out measurements at higher or very low temperatures pl...
Page 25 - VI. Operation and Menue System; English; Configuration; (if English language is; Konfiguration; Example; MAIN menue
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 25 M/02-212 VI. Operation and Menue System In the following chapter you will get overview on operations, menue system of R/S Rheometer and measurements, both in manual and PC controlled modes. The menue-system of R/S Rheometer (firmware-version 4.02) is a dual...
Page 27 - Key-function dependent to executed operation; key
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 27 M/02-212 Key-function dependent to executed operation key operation Function of key example Menue goto previous menue-entry „Utilities“ → „Remote“ (above active one) Value-input increment „8“ → „9“ „A“ → „B“ Selection from List list entry above active Selec...
Page 30 - VI.4 Input of numerical values and alphanumeric texts
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 30 M/02-212 • Selection of a program or a measuring system you want to edit in “Edit Program” and “Meas. systems”; • Answering a request “YES” ↔ “NO”. • Selection of a program to start in “Run Program” Keys and move cursor (= pre-selected entry) in the list up...
Page 31 - Repeat Function; of the computer keyboard. In our example you
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 31 M/02-212 Using and keys you can move cursor leftwards (rightwards). To process the next digit we push now key and get: Now we can process the next digit. In order to insert here “9” it’s advisable to decrement once current “0”, rather than to increment it n...
Page 32 - Run Single; Tau [Pa] The range of the value depends on the measuring system; Shear rate measurement t
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 32 M/02-212 VI.5 Menue entries (MAIN menue) Menue entries (see Menue System in Chapter 6.2) may either contain submenues (e.g. “Utilities” or “Configuration”) or directly executing of one of the Rheometer’s functions. At Tree Chart in Chapter 6.2 all gray fiel...
Page 34 - switching off the Rheometer.; Run Program; return back to the Main menue.
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 34 M/02-212 After measurement, or after a break, the display field for Step indicates “END” or “BREAK”. The Display toggles in intervals of about 4 seconds between last displayed measure point and a measuring end information like this: angezeigt: By pressing k...
Page 36 - Remote
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 36 M/02-212 After measurement, or after a break, the display field for Step indicates “END” or “BREAK”. The Display toggles in intervals of about 4 seconds between last displayed measure point and a measuring end information like this: By pressing key you retu...
Page 39 - maximum 10 steps; Possible types of measurement
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 39 M/02-212 All free memory parts are marked as NEW. In order to avoid overwriting of already available programs, please, select a NEW program to be edited. After selection of the program with key you will be requested to select a measuring system. Attention: ...
Page 40 - For every step, there are the following inputs:; Start Value
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 40 M/02-212 For every step, there are the following inputs: Input Step Nr 1 Start[1/s]: 0010.00 End[1/s]: 0100.00 Nr of MP: 010 Start Value End Value Number of MP (measur. points) (input of numbers: see Chapter 6.4) Minimum- and maximum-values of start values ...
Page 42 - Print memory; Output to printer
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 42 M/02-212 After selection of the measuring system, you will be requested to input sequentially: its name, tau_prom and k_gamma. The measuring system name is a alpha-numerical entry, factors tau_ prom and k_gamma are input as numerical entries (see Chapter 6....
Page 43 - Meas. series counter; Date of measurement
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 43 M/02-212 If you have chosen the output device, you have to select the measuring series to transfer. All available data is displayed in a list. After selection of a measurement series, the data of the series will be printed as Table or transferred via the se...
Page 44 - VI.7 Menu entries of the CONFIGURATION menu; Reset meascount; Set output mode; Select output device; Output of MPs to
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 44 M/02-212 VI.7 Menu entries of the CONFIGURATION menu The Entries: • Set output-mode sets output-mode of measuring data at the time of measurement into the printer or into the serial interface. • Set meascount-mode sets the counter mode (if the MEASCOUNT cou...
Page 45 - No further selections or settings are required.; Set Time
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 45 M/02-212 b) for output to the serial interface (RS232), the receiving device (normally a PC) is set to the data transfer parameters of the Rheometer (see chapter 6.7.5 “RS232 Parameters”) and ready to receive data. If the receiving side is not ready, the da...
Page 46 - Set RS232 Parameter; without handshake; Data are transferred as
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 46 M/02-212 After setting time and date you will be requested if you want to set clock for new time. Using key, you can set new time, or using key you can return back to the menue without saving. Note: New time is input into the clock only after pressing key. ...
Page 47 - Stopbits; Language; VI.8 Serial Data transfer via Interface RS232
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 47 M/02-212 • Stopbits [Bit]: 1 or 2 Choose the requested parameter from the list of available values and select it by pressing key. Example Baudrate: After selecting all parameters, new setting of communication parameters is displayed: with key you transfer t...
Page 49 - data transfer and end the Terminal Program.
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 49 M/02-212 14. Start measurement at the Rheometer. Measurement points must now be seen as text at the PC display after a short period of time. 15. After completed data transfer of one or several measurements into the selected text file, break the data transfe...
Page 50 - VII.1 Measuring in manual mode; Measurement control:; Measurement with “FTK-CC”; Fill and mount the standard measuring system (see Chapter 5).
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 50 M/02-212 VII. Measurements VII.1 Measuring in manual mode To carry out measurements in manual mode you can act in correspondence with the following brief instructions: Measurement control: • Fasten the R/S Rheometer at stand (see Chapter 3). • Connect the A...
Page 52 - VIII. Technical data; in operation; Pa; Pas
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 52 M/02-212 VIII. Technical data R/S Rheometer Dimensions 480 mm x 300 mm x 290 mm Weight 8 kg Nominal operating voltage Power consumption (average) Power consumption (maximum) +/- 15 V, 5 V 12 W 22 W Ambience conditions Temperature in operation out of operati...
Page 55 - A1 Data sheets of standard measuring systems; Measuring system
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 55 M/02-212 APPENDIX A1 Data sheets of standard measuring systems Table Standard cylinder measuring systems according to DIN 53019 / ISO 3219 (consists of measuring bob and measuring cup) For R/S Rheometer three types of measuring bobs are available: − MB-CC48...
Page 58 - Try again
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 58 M/02-212 A2 Error messages The R/S Rheometer is rather error resistive, when errors occur they are determined and the user is informed on the LCD display. The most frequent error massages are explained in this Chapter. Range Error Cause: User’s error at inp...
Page 59 - Zero Calibration Error
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 59 M/02-212 Zero Calibration Error Cause: An impermissible high value was measured during carrying out of zero point calibration of the Rheometer Message: What to do: Push key. Check if the measuring system has been really removed from the Rheometer. Retry zer...
Page 61 - A3 Pin-layout of the serial data cable; PC Side; GND
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 61 M/02-212 A3 Pin-layout of the serial data cable The Rheometer is provided with a serial interface with 25 pin Sub-D-connector (male) at the back side of the instrument. The serial interface is marked as RS232. The signal level in accordance with RS232 is in...
Page 62 - A4 Requirements to the mains connecting cables; General information; The mains cable must be at least 2 m and at the most 3 m long.; USA and Canada; Type SV or similar; Other countries; Type VCT or VCTF
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 62 M/02-212 A4 Requirements to the mains connecting cables The AC-adaptor unit of the R/S Rheometer enables operation of the Rheometer with supply voltage in the range of 100 to 240 V AC with frequencies from 50 to 60 Hz. The mains connecting cable that you ha...
Page 63 - A5 Language cross reference
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 63 M/02-212 - The mains plug must be 2-pin shockproof plug according to the Japanese Industrial Standard C8303 (15A,125V). A5 Language cross reference English German English German !M low! !M ->0! BREAK ABBR. Break:speed max! Abbruch Drehz. max! Break:torqu...
Page 64 - German menue system of RC20
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 64 M/02-212 German menue system of RC20 HAUPT-Menue Einzel- messung Programm- Messung Hilfsmittel Konfiguration Remote Measurement with constant shear rate or shear stress Measurement with pre-defined programm Measurement under PC-control (remote control) Zero...
Page 65 - Index
Brookfield Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 65 M/02-212 Index C cleaning, 18 computer system, 6, 8, 11 cooling device, 12 D Date, setting, 45 E electrical connections, 10 Error messages, 58 F FTK-CC, 6, 8, 12, 22 G General description, 5 guarantee, 54 I Immersion-measuring, 20 input of numeric values, 3...
