Cannon Instrument CMRV-5000 - Manual (Page 3)

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CANNON ® Mini-Rotary Viscometer CMRV-5000 Instruction & Operation Manual
Version 1.0b—March, 2011; CANNON ® Instrument Company
2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA • 16803 • USA
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 ........................................................................................................ 61
Adjusting temperature at the end of a profile ............................................................ 62
Displaying a profile graph .................................................................................................... 63
Printing a profile graph ........................................................................................................ 64
Exporting time/temperature profile data ............................................................................... 64
12 MEASURING YIELD STRESS AND VISCOSITY 65
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
13 ANALYSIS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 71
Creating an analysis ............................................................................................................ 71
Sorting analysis data ........................................................................................................... 73
Using the date filter ............................................................................................................. 73
Using the sample/error filter ................................................................................................. 74
Using the report/port output filter ......................................................................................... 75
Reconfiguring a displayed analysis ....................................................................................... 75
Resizing table columns ........................................................................................................ 76
Saving a current analysis configuration ................................................................................. 76
Deleting an analysis configuration ......................................................................................... 76
Printing an analysis .............................................................................................................. 76
Keystrokes for selecting data for printing ................................................................. 77
Exporting analysis data ........................................................................................................ 78
Exporting time and temperature data ................................................................................... 78