The Thermo Scientific HAAKE CaBER is the only commercially available extensional rheometer to quantify elongational properties of fluids or semi-solids.
- Completely computer controlled
- Easy to operate
- Easy sample loading and cleaning
- Class 1 laser micrometer
- Linear motor drive with variable speed
- Automatic repeated testing
- Closed temperature-controlled sample chamber
- Exchangeable geometries
- User defined strains
- Small sample volume (< 0.2 ml)
Recommended for: Adhesives (solvent loss or gain)
Food products
- stringiness/strand formation
- time to breakup
- relaxation of doughs
- elastic instabilities
- mouth feeling
Consumer goods
- filling of bottles
- time to breakup
- solvent loss
- processability
Industrial resins
- Relaxation time spectrum
- Constitutive modelling
- Spinnability
Specifications for HAAKE CaBER 1 Extensional Rheometer |
Hencky Strains | up to e0 = 10 |
Strain Rate Range (Imposed Strain Rate) | 0.01 < e0 < 300 s-1 |
Strain Rate Range (Fluid Strain Rate) | 10-5 < e0 < 10 s-1 |
Shear Viscosity Range | 10-10 6mPas |
Plate Diameter | 4 < Dplate < 8mm, standard = 6mm |
System Response Time | 10ms |
Diameter Resolution | 8m |
Dimension (Instrument Only) | 40 x 34 x 60cm |
Plate Diameter | 4 < Dplate < 8mm, standard = 6mm |
Temperature [Range] | 0 to 80°C |
