Equipment for Standard Tests for the Determination of Cooling characteristics of Aqueous Solutions of Polymers (ASTM D6200-01 and ASTM D6482-02)

Features of ASTM standard quenchant test system

  • Heating Furnace: Vertical electrical resistance tube furnace capable of maintaining a constant temperature over a heated length of 100 mm along with digital display of temperature; temperature controller to heat the probe at 850-900°C, facility to position the quench probe in the center of the heating chamber; probe’s temperature maintained within ± 2.5°C over the specimen length; power input: 2.5 to 3 kW.
  • Data acquisition system: Single channel USB based system; compact with no lose wires.
  • Cooling curve data evaluation software: Test records with date / time stamp; rigorously tested software with capabilities (i) to analyze the cooling curve parameters (as per ASTM D6200 – 01) (ii) to calculate heat flux or heat transfer coefficient transients (ii) for building user’s own data base of quenchant characteristics.
  • Quenchant agitation system: Tensi agitation system as per standard ASTM 6482-06 for aqueous solutions of polymer quenchants, with a facility to control and measure impeller speed. Stirrer speed 300-4000 RPM; 1/8 HP motor.
  • Calibration: Traceable to a reference oil.
  • OS: Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and later
Inconel quench probe

Probe designed according to ASTM D-6200-01 standard with each probe stamped with ID number.

Heating Furnace: Vertical

Electrical resistance tubetype furnace

Tensi agitation system

Designed as per ASTM D6482 – 02

 

QuenchProbe Outputs : Cooling Curves, Cooling Rate Curves, ASTM Test Parameters