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Viscosity, measured at
every 0.1 °C.

A robotic viscometry service that maps how your fluids flow across temperature — from −30 °C to +40 °C, 0.1 to 20,000 cP — running thousands of measurements unattended, overnight.

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−30→40 °C
temperature range
0.1–20k cP
viscosity range
0.1 °C
per data point
Temperature range
−30 → +40 °C
continuous sweep
Viscosity range
0.1 – 20,000 cP
four piston ranges
Resolution
0.1 °C / point
thousands overnight
Operation
Fully automated
robot-driven
Cambridge VISCOlab 3000 piston viscometer

The instrument

Cambridge VISCOlab 3000

A piston-style viscometer coupled to a heat-pump cooling/heating bath, with four interchangeable pistons that span the full viscosity range.

ViscometerCambridge VISCOlab 3000 (piston-style)
Viscosity range0.1 – 20,000 cP
Pistons4 interchangeable, different cP ranges
Temperature−30 °C to +40 °C via heat-pump cooling/heating bath
ResolutionOne reading per 0.1 °C
OutputDynamic viscosity (cP), live plot + Excel log

How it works

An autonomous measurement loop.

One robot orchestrates the whole cycle — sample handling, filling, temperature sweep and logging.

Automated robotic viscometry process flow: viscometer, pump, heating/cooling bath, computer
Automated robotic viscometry — process flow

The cycle

One robot. The whole loop.

  1. Stage the samples

    Up to eight solutions load into the in-line vial rack — the robot takes it from there.

  2. Pick & fill

    The arm selects a vial; the pump fills the viscometer and sets the matching piston for the range.

  3. Sweep temperature

    The circulating bath drives the viscometer from −30 °C to +40 °C while the sensor reads continuously.

  4. Log every 0.1 °C

    MATLAB live-plots viscosity vs. temperature and logs to Excel — thousands of points per sample.

See it run

A real measurement, start to finish.

The arm selects a vial, the pump fills the viscometer, the piston is set for the range, and the bath sweeps temperature while viscosity is logged every 0.1 °C — all unattended.

The platform

The measurement cell.

Robot arm handling a sample vial
Automation

uFactory Lite 6 arm

Six-axis robot that handles vials, pistons and lids through the full cycle.

Piston viscometer sensor
Measurement

Piston viscometer

Cambridge VISCOlab 3000 sensor in an engineered thermal jacket — 0.1 to 20,000 cP.

Peristaltic pump and piston station
Fluid handling

Pump & piston station

Peristaltic pump and a multi-piston station fill, empty and re-range the cell.

What you get

Dense, traceable viscosity–temperature data.

Every run returns a clean dataset and plotted curves. Representative viscosity vs. temperature profiles, captured at 0.1 °C steps:

Viscosity versus temperature curves for three fluids on a log scale
Light calibration oil Mineral oil blend Glycerol solution

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Put your fluid on the curve.

Tell us what you want to measure and we'll scope the run, turnaround and quote — across oils, polymers, aqueous solutions, coatings and synthesis blends.

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Viscosity measurement service

−30 → +40 °C · 0.1 – 20,000 cP
a point every 0.1 °C

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