D7.3 - Calibration of In-line Acoustic Wave Viscosity Sensors for Measurement of Printing Inks
- Event
- AMA Conferences 2013
2013-05-14 - 2013-05-16
Nürnberg - Band
- Proceedings SENSOR 2013
- Chapter
- D7 - Sensor Networks
- Author(s)
- R. Haskell, J. Taku, J. Steichen, B. Witham - Vectron International, Hudson (USA)
- Pages
- 592 - 597
- DOI
- 10.5162/sensor2013/D7.3
- ISBN
- 978-3-9813484-3-9
- Price
- free
Abstract
A thickness shear mode acoustic wave viscosity sensor has been developed for wide scale use in the flexographic printing industry. The sensor is based on the use of a two-port monolithic crystal filter bulk wave device and the correlation of loss to acoustic viscosity has been successfully used to control the viscosity of printing inks in high volume printing. The operation of the sensor is reviewed and the development of a calibration method to translate the acoustic viscosity into units of cupseconds is presented. Use of the calibration methods has been shown to enable the end user printer to report viscosity measurements in any units of viscosity measurement desired with excellent accuracy.