AUTOMATED VISCOMETER SAVES LABORATORY MANPOWER

Manpower requirement for kinematic viscosity determination at 100 and 210 degrees F at Mobil's Paulsboro Laboratory has been cut from three full-time technicians to less than one-half of one man. This 83% reduction was brought about by the development of a completely automatic viscometer to replace the manual ASTM D445 test. The instrument, which meets ASTM standards of accuracy, runs unattended through two twelve-hour cycles each day. Some important features of the instrument are: Automatic feeder holding 30 samples; Automatic selection of capillary; Ability to handle a wide range of fiscosities; Detectors unaffected by color or opacity of samples; Automatic calculation and printing of results.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the 1975 National Petroleum Refiners Association Annual Meeting, March 23-25, 1975, San Antonio, Texas.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Petroleum Refiners Association

  1725 DeSales Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Lifland, P P
  • Glass, J R
  • Korbin, R P
• Publication Date: 1976-12-17

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Deployment; Testing equipment; Viscometers; Viscosity
• Uncontrolled Terms: Laboratory equipment
• Old TRIS Terms: Kinematic viscosity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148421
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Rpt. No. AM-75-39
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM