Application Note #101: The Norcross Water Chart

This chart illustrates the outstanding sensitivity of the NORCROSS falling piston viscometer. This sensitivity, which only the NORCROSS process viscometer can produce, combined with the simplicity and ruggedness of the falling piston principle, create a versatile and long lasting viscosity sensor/system.
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Application Note #102: Automobile Spray Painting

After evaluating Norcross and several other viscometers, Norcross was chosen because we were able to deliver the required sensitivity and reliability. Saab production required holding viscosity to +-.5cp, which is equivalent to +-.1 DIN cup second.
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Application Note #103: Flexographic Printing

Automatic viscosity control with Norcross systems in the flexographic printing industry is so commonplace, that it’s hard to visualize news from a flexoplant. The installation at Cryovac Canada, Ltd., subsidiary of W.R. Grace Co., however, is definitely worth talking about.
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Application Note #104: Non-Newtonian Viscosity and the NORCROSS Falling Piston

The NORCROSS Falling Piston is a very close approximation to the basic method of measuring viscosity. This is one reason the NORCROSS Viscometer is so successful.
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Application Note #105: Viscosity Control will Control % Solids

A number of industrial process fluids require maintenance of optimum solids content to produce uniform coatings. The manufacture of integrated circuits and printed circuit boards in the electronic industry present a number of examples.
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Application Note #106: Precision of Viscosity Measurements

The basic measurement unit of viscosity is centipoise. Most methods of measuring viscosity depend on a direct relationship to centipoise units for their validity.
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Application Note #107: Flexo Printing & Lacquer Coating

Multipack of Canada consumed 50,000 pounds of poly with heavy white ink coverage. They controlled the viscosity manually and consumed $5,200 of ink. On a second run, they implemented Norcross controls and only consumed $2,700 of ink. A firm in Mississippi tested and then purchased an M8BO Norcross viscosity control system. Their evaluation is displayed in the graph below and they remarked that they saw improved quality and consistency.
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Application Note #108: Printing Press

The random sampling with a #2 Zahn Cup placed only two readings within the control limits established for this test. The actual readings ranged from a desired 17 seconds to the highest reading of 29 seconds. The Norcross system automatically controlled viscosity within a total range of 1 Zahn cup second.
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