Polymer Melt Rheometer:
SmartMelt
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- Polymer melt rheometer for QC and routine measurements
- Smallest footprint and most sustainable operation
- Highest-performing electrical oven on the market (-150 °C to +400 °C)
- Rheometer with minimum training requirements
The SmartMelt series is the choice for polymer melt rheology at the highest level. Experience unmatched performance, precise temperature control via actual sample temperature measurement, comprehensive shear rheology testing, and seamless compliance with ASTM D4440 and ISO 6721.
Designed for efficiency, SmartMelt ensures quick training, fast measurements, and dependable outcomes.
Key features
Comprehensive polymer melt rheology beyond one-point measurements
In contrast to one-point measurements such as the Melt Flow Index (MFI), the SmartMelt series determines the full shear-rheological picture, including flow curve, oscillation, creep, relaxation tests, and more. The SmartMelt polymer melt rheometers are designed with modularity in mind, and measuring systems and other accessories can be exchanged to fit all of your needs. The series also complies with ASTM D4440 and ISO 6721.
Unparalleled temperature precision at an affordable price
The renowned Anton Paar ETD is the most cost-effective and high-performing electrical temperature oven for a polymer melt rheometer on the market. Covering a range of -150 °C to +400 °C, it offers direct temperature measurement at the sample, ensuring a temperature gradient of almost zero within the sample. The temperature calibration kit for automatic calibration ensures 100 % reliable results.
Fast training, reliable results
A series of tools optimizes time-to-measurement and delivers reliable polymer melt rheology results, while reducing training time for operators:
- Toolmaster: Automatic recognition of measuring geometry and cell
- QuickConnect: One-handed coupling of the measuring geometry in seconds
- RheoCompass templates: Pre-prepared measuring workflows
- Sample preparation and cleaning tools
- Touchscreen (only for SmartMelt 303): Full sample preparation directly at the instrument
Save energy, reduce noise, and maximize precision
The resource-friendly SmartMelt series ensures cost savings and environmental sustainability by using minimal compressed gas and energy, all while maintaining quiet operation for a better working environment. The option to use inert gas prevents sample degradation for more reliable results for your critical applications. This combination of efficiency, precision, and sample protection makes SmartMelt the ideal choice for polymer melt rheology.
Specifications
| SmartMelt 92 | SmartMelt 303 | |
| Specifications | ||
| Bearing design | Air, fine-pored carbon | |
| Motor design | Electronically commutated (EC) – permanent magnet synchronous motor | |
| Displacement transducer | High-resolution optical encoder | |
| Minimum torque (rotation) | 0.4 μNm | 5 nNm |
| Minimum torque (oscillation) | 0.4 μNm | 1 nNm |
| Maximum torque | 125 mNm | 215 mNm |
| Minimum angular deflection (set value) | 1 μrad | 0,5 μrad |
| Maximum angular deflection (set value) | ∞ μrad | |
| Maximum speed | 1,500 rpm | 3,000 rpm |
| Minimum angular frequency1) | 2 x 10-5 Hz | 2 x 10-8 Hz |
| Maximum angular frequency | 100 Hz | 200 Hz |
| Normal force measurement design | x | 360° capacitive sensor, non-contracting, fully integrated in bearing |
| Normal force range | x | -50 N to +50 N |
| Temperature device | ||
| Temperature oven design | Electrical temperature oven | |
| Recommended measuring geometry | Plate-plate, disposables | Plate-plate, cone-plate, disposables |
| Temperature range | -150 °C to +400 °C | |
| Maximum heating rate | 50 °C/min | |
| Maximum cooling rate | Up to 100 °C/min2) | |
| Fully automatic temperature calibration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Features | ||
| Ready for extensional, pressure and powder rheology, tribology, rheo-optics, and more | x | ✓ |
| TruStrain – sample adaptive controller | x | ✓ |
| QuickConnect | ✓ | ✓ |
| Toolmaster | ✓ | ✓ |
| Master curve software analysis module | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic gap control/setting, AGC/AGS | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimensions of rheometer | ||
| Dimension (W x H x D) | 380 mm x 660 mm x 530 mm | 453 mm x 725 mm x 673 mm |
| Weight | 33 kg | 48 kg |
Trademarks Toolmaster (3623873), TruStrain (9176918), RheoCompass (9177015)
1) Set frequencies below 10-4 rad/s are of no practical relevance due to the measuring point duration >1 day
2) Maximum cooling rate depends on the coolant media used: 100 °C/min with fluid, 70 °C/min with liquid N2, 10 °C/min with air
Standards
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- 3-year warranty
Documents
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E-Book - Field Guide to Battery Materials Characterization – Revised and Updated Application Reports
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E-Book - Field Guide to Food Powder Characterization Application Reports
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E-Book - Field Guide to Food and Feed Testing Application Reports
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E-Book - Polymer Processing Application Reports
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E-Book - The Field Guide to Pharmaceutical Powder Characterization Application Reports
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E-Book - The Future of Plant-Based Foods Application Reports
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