Cannon Instrument CMRV-4500 - Manual (Page 3)

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CANNON ® Mini-Rotary Viscometer CMRV-4500 Instruction & Operation Manual
Version 1.1e—October, 2011 • CANNON ® Instrument Company
2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA • 16803 • USA
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USING THE CMRV SOFTWARE (continued)
CMRV module menu options .............................................................................................. 49
Configure options ................................................................................................... 49
Print Instrument and Tray Settings ........................................................................... 49
Instrument Settings .................................................................................................. 49
Profile Designer ...................................................................................................... 50
View Cell Constants ............................................................................................... 50
Saving a configuration ............................................................................................. 51
Restoring instrument settings from a saved configuration ........................................... 51
Calibrate Cell Constants ......................................................................................... 52
Service menu options .......................................................................................................... 54
10 SUMMARY OF TEST PROCEDURE 55
ASTM D 4684 method ...................................................................................................... 55
ASTM D 3829 method ...................................................................................................... 56
ASTM D 6821 method ...................................................................................................... 56
ASTM D 6896 method ...................................................................................................... 57
SAE J300 notes ................................................................................................................. 57
Delayed start option ............................................................................................................ 57
11 RUNNING PROFILES 59
Starting a profile ................................................................................................................. 61
Profile operation notes ........................................................................................................ 62
Adjusting temperature at the end of a profile ............................................................ 63
Displaying a profile graph .................................................................................................... 63
Printing a profile graph ........................................................................................................ 64
Exporting time/temperature profile data ............................................................................... 64
12 MEASURING YIELD STRESS AND VISCOSITY
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Measuring yield stress ......................................................................................................... 65
Notes on yield stress testing ................................................................................................ 67
Measuring apparent viscosity .............................................................................................. 67
Notes on viscosity testing .................................................................................................... 68
Printing yield stress/viscosity test results ............................................................................... 69
Exporting yield stress/viscosity data ..................................................................................... 69