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Rotary Viscometer almost finished

Well, it’s been a long road but I’m almost at the finish line in terms of the majority of development. All of the parts are mostly made and I’ll begin programming very soon, most of which has been done already … Continue reading

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Viscometer Project, coming along…

I thought I would have nothing to post but I do I guess. I’ve felt the need to really expedite this project now that I am starting a business. I have done a few of the mechanical things associated with … Continue reading

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Rotational Viscometer design proceeding apace

It’s been a while since I’ve worked at full steam on the viscometer project. Though now a long way from it’s DIY roots I am making this new version from mostly Aluminum, Phenolic, Nylon and Low Density PolyEthylene. I had … Continue reading

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Viscometer Ver.(Eleventy Billion Jillion) a la rotational

Well, this has a been a long few days of work. I have created the ideal rotary viscometer in both terms of price and repeatability. Now, this idea is nothing new but I’m simply happy that it works. I guess … Continue reading

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Working on the new rotary viscometer

Been working on a new version of the rotary viscometer, after many design changes, the result is this. A rotary viscometer bridged with a rotary reaction strain gage. Guess it’ll work. Here are some pictures. I’d say a bit more … Continue reading

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Rotary Strain Gage update

Well, it’s been a little while since the last update, I suppose I should have stated something sooner. So far, the device seems to work but now I have mechanical problems. Friction on the top is preventing the load from … Continue reading

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Viscometer Rotary Strain Gage update

It hasn’t been long since my last update about this thing but I’ve made some progress as far as making the unit into a single board. I simply used the AD7705B as I suspected it work work great for this … Continue reading

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The Rotary Torque Sensor… continued

Well, so far, so good. That’s all I can say at the moment. The rotary gage is operational, though it hasn’t had brushes made for it and it seems to output a reasonable amount of voltage difference based on displacement. … Continue reading

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