Cannon CMRV-5000 Instruction & Operation Manual

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iCANNON® Mini-Rotary Viscometer CMRV-5000 Instruction & Operation Manual Version1.0b—March, 2011; CANNON® Instrument Company2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA • 16803 • USAASTM D 4684 method ............................................................................................................ 55ASTM D 3829 method ............................................................................................................ 56ASTM D 6821 method ............................................................................................................ 56ASTM D 6896 method ............................................................................................................ 57SAE J300 notes...................................................................................................................57Delayed start option....................................................................................................................... 5711 RUNNING PROFILES 59Starting a profile ...................................................................................................................................61Profile operation notes.........................................................................................................................61Adjusting temperature at the end of a profile ................................................................... 62Displaying a profile graph....................................................................................................................63Printing a profile graph.........................................................................................................................64Exporting time/temperature profile data.............................................................................................6412 MEASURING YIELD STRESS AND VISCOSITY 65Measuring yield stress .........................................................................................................................65Notes on yield stress testing .......................................................................................................... 67Measuring apparent viscosity..............................................................................................................67Notes on viscosity testing....................................................................................................................68Printing yield stress/viscosity test results ............................................................................................69Exporting yieldstress/viscosity data ...................................................................................................6913 ANALYSIS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 71Creating an analysis .............................................................................................................................71Sorting analysis data ............................................................................................................................73Using thedate filter ..............................................................................................................................73Using the sample/error filter ................................................................................................................74Using the report/port output filter .......................................................................................................75Reconfiguring a displayed analysis .....................................................................................................75Resizing table columns .............................................................................................................................. 76Saving a current analysis configuration ..............................................................................................76Deleting an analysis configuration ........................................................................................................... 76Printing an analysis .................................................................................................................................... 76Keystrokes for selecting data for printing ........................................................................ 77Exporting analysis data ........................................................................................................................78Exporting time and temperature data .................................................................................................7814 DESIGNING CUSTOMIZED PROFILES 79