3.4 Place the viscometer into the ViscoClock plus
Press the guidance plate (7) up against the handle plate (9) (see Fig. 3).
- The following applies to the use of Ubbelohde and Micro Ubbelohde viscometers:
• Insert the viscometer sloped through the guidance plate (6), and then insert it vertically into the
centering (2) prism.
> The capillary tube of the viscometer is located underneath the IR light barriers.
• Lower the guidance plate (7).
• Check for correct seating of the silicone plug on the fill tube (21) (silicone plug 8D) and capillary
tube (22) (silicone plug 8S).
• The viscometer is now seated.
• Attach the silicone cap (10) to the ventilation tube at a 90° angle!
With a lateral load on the ventilation tube, the glass tube may break!
- The following applies to Micro Oswald viscometers:
• Insert the Micro Ostwald viscometer into the stand (3) of the ViscoClock plus so that the fill tube is
inserted into the elongated hole of the guidance plate (6).
• Lower the guidance plate (7).
• With Micro Ostwald viscometers, the manual pump set "suction" VZ 6554 is required.
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Fig. 3 Inserting the viscometer into the ViscoClock plus
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