Hello Doug Norcross also have a great range of flow cups that go down to 1 cps on their charts. Their link is www.viscosity.com Best Regards Dr Lee Hitchens SCH Technologies is a Division of SCH Services Limited Mob: +44 (0) 7862 25 33 21 www.conformalcoating.co.uk TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICE SCH Services Ltd offers a Technical Support Helpline to help address all issues relating to reliability. This includes contamination testing, cleanliness and cleaning issues, plus any coating related questions. Please contact us via email or telephone: [log in to unmask] +44 (0)1226 249019 (office hours & answerphone) +44 (0)7862 253321(out-of-hours emergency) The opinions expressed in this e-mail are strictly those of the sender and not of SCH Services Limited. This communication may contain information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error please notify us by e-mail or by telephone (+44 (0)1226 249019) and then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Virus Warning - Although steps have been taken to ensure that all email and attachments are virus-free, we cannot guarantee nor be held liable. Company Registration: 04043334 Registered office: SCH Services Limited Newburgh Building McLintock Way Barnsley South Yorkshire S70 6BF On 16 Apr 2015 01:53, "Douglas Pauls" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Good afternoon all, > > I have a silly question. We conformally coat using a common solvent based > acrylic coating. One process control method is to periodically measure > coating viscosity using a Zahn #2 cup, which works well for this particular > coating that has about a 55-60 second flow. I am finding that when this > coating is thinned down for spray, the times are down in the 15-18 second > range and the variation is increasing. > > So, my question - is there a style of viscosity dip cup, e.g. Ford, DIN, > etc., that is more amenable to thin viscosity coatings? It is understood > that a precision instrument like a Brookfield viscometer would be > preferrable, but production is NOT going to let me get a few dozen of them. > > Thanks. > > Doug Pauls > Principal Materials and Process Engineer > Rockwell Collins > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________