Category: Surface Energy
An overview of the UK’s surface measurement industry
Earlier this year we acquired Dyne Testing Ltd, a supplier of surface measurement products. Here Peter Swanson, (PS) Founder and Executive Chair of Intertronics, sits down with Alison Fox (AF), Brand Manager of Dyne Testing, to discuss trends in the UK’s surface measurement market. PS: Can you give me an overview the surface measurement equipment user base in the […]
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Evaluating Surface Cleanliness through Contact Angle Measurements
Surface cleanliness is an important topic in many industrial areas, it is especially needed in applications such as coating, painting or printing where something is added on top of the other material. If the surface where the coating is applied to is not clean, the adhesion between the coating and the substrate is typically poor. […]
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Theta Flow – Premium Contact Angle Meter Launch
We are proud to present you the extension to our Theta optical tensiometer family. The Attension Theta Flow has automation at an all-time high, accuracy not seen before and remarkable simplicity & ease of use. Together these features make it the most user-independent contact angle meter. It is our solution for more demanding high-end needs, both in […]
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Theta Flex Optical Tensiometer Wins Award for Ground Breaking & Innovative Design
The Theta Flex Optical Tensiometer recently won the award for Best of the Best Design at the Red Dot Product Design Awards 2020, making it a winner in the world’s most renowned design competition. The instrument used widely in industrial and academia research was ranked the top product in its category of “Industrial Equipment, Machinery […]
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Understanding the Importance of Surface Tension & How to Measure It.
Surface and interfacial tensions are phenomena that effect our everyday lives. We can find numerous examples where surface tension plays a role. Take a classic example of a spider walking on a surface of water. Change that water to ethanol and the poor spider will drown. Why I hear you ask… because the surface tension […]
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Dyne Pens & Test Fluids – How do they work?
Dyne Testing is fast becoming the most well recognised and trusted supplier of Dyne test pens and inks in the UK and overseas for countless applications throughout industry. Offering customers a choice of Dyne test solutions, Dyne Testing strive to provide first class, value for money products and services delivered by a great team of […]
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Do you get the desired wetting and adhesion properties out of your materials?
Influence of surface roughness on wettability and how to measure it Many surface modification and coating technologies that are used for optimising wettability and adhesion properties influence both surface chemistry and roughness. Understanding the mechanisms that impact wetting and adhesion by separating these two factors can be key to successful surface development and solving of […]
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NEW Surface Energy Test Kits from Dyne Testing
Dyne Testing has launched a new and extended range of Non-Toxic Surface Energy Tests kits. The new high visibility yellow test inks make it easy to determine the Dyne value of your material. Supplied in a range of standard kits all housed in handy carrying cases; Economy kit – 6 bottles, Standard kit – 9 bottles and […]
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Measuring Contaminants on Metals with Dyne Test Fluids
We have many customers who use our Dyne Test Fluids to test metal products for surface cleanliness and evaluating the characteristics of their products. The surface energy of metals is much higher than that of most surface contaminants thus, the higher the Dyne level or surface energy (mN/m) also the cleaner the part is. Dyne Testing […]
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Follow the Three Second Dyne Testing Rule
Three seconds is all it takes to measure the surface energy of your material with our Dyne Test Pens. The low surface energy of polymer based substrates often leads to poor adhesion of inks, glues and coatings. For optimum adhesion it is often necessary to increase the surface energy of the substrate to just above that […]
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Range of Dyne Test Kits Gets Extended
Dyne Testing Extend the Range of Dyne Test Kits to Fulfil Customer’s Quality Needs. Dyne Testing has extended the product choice of Test Kits and now offers a new range of Dyne Test Kits containing up to 12 bottles of Dyne test fluid in one handy carry case. The extended range has been adopted to offer […]
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Solving the Problem of Adhesion to Plastics and Rubber
Why is bonding to plastics and rubber so difficult? The age old problem of obtaining good adhesion of paints, coatings, sealants and glues to traditionally hard to bond to materials like polypropylene has challenged engineers ever since its development and introduction by ICI in the late 1930’s. In this whitepaper, Chris Lines explains a few […]
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