This presentation gives a summary on the development of the Cambridge Trimaster which is an apparatus for studying the fast filament stretching, thinning and break up of low viscosity fluids. The apparatus is particularly relevant to ink jet fluids
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Trimaster v2-bsr-2013
1. IFM Cambridge
December 2013
Fast Filament Stretching, Thinning and Breakup
By
Malcolm Mackley, Simon Butler, Damien Vadillo,
Tri Tuladhar, Stephen Hoath and Stewart Huxley
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, CB2 3RA, UK.
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3. MRM last BSR Presentation
London 2011
This could be the last time, this could be the last time,
maybe the last time, I dont know.
4. Slow Filament Stretching
On the coefficient of viscous traction and its
relation to that of viscosity
Fred Trouton
Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 1906
strain rate matrix
ワ
0
ii + P = 2 ワii
0
ワ
0
0
2
0
0
ワ
2
The Trouton Ratio
11 + P = 2 ワ
22 + P = - 2
11 - 22
e
ワ
2
= 3 ワ = e ワ
= 3
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5. M1 Fluid Extensional viscosity muddle
David James and Ken Walters,
A.A. Collyer (Ed.), Techniques of
Rheological Measurement,
Elsevier,NewYork, 1994, pp. 3353.
Chris. Petrie
Extensional viscosity: A critical discussion
J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 137 (2006) 1523
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8. Filament thinning
A.V.Bazilevsky, V.M. Entov and A.N.Rozhkov
3rd European Rheology Conference 1990 Ed D.R.Oliver
The Russian Rheotester
C
A
zz
B
E
Top plate
15 cm
D
Bottom plate
8
rr
9. Liang and Mackley (1994)
Extensional Rheotester
S1 fluid
PIB solutions
D (t ) D 0
3
t
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R. Liang and M.R. Mackley. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 52, 387-405 (1994).
10. Liang and Mackley (1994)- Viscoelastic fluids
S1 fluid
First approximation
1
D ( t ) D 0 exp
3
R
t
Viscoelastic modelling (John Hinch)
PIB solutions
D / D g / 3
g
D(t) D 0 exp
3侶 t
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11. Multipass Rheometer (MPR) Filament Stretch Rheometer
The MK1 Cambridge Trimaster
Vp
D
R(z,t)
Top Piston
Rmid(t)
Lf
L0
Bottom Piston
Vp
(a) Test fluid positioned
between two pistons.
(b) Test fluid stretched uniaxially (c) Filament thinning and break up
occurrence after pistons has stopped.
at a uniform velocity.
t0
t<0
Tuladhar, T.R. and Mackley, M.R., Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 148 97-108. (2008)
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12. Lodge Commemorative Meeting on Rheometry
Miskin Manor Cardiff 10 -12th April, 2006
Filament profile just before break up
DEP
DEP + 5.0 wt%
1.2 mm
t = 7 ms
t = 2 ms
13. The MK 2 Cambridge Trimaster
A dream turning into a reality
Toothed belt
timing pulley
Linear guide rail
Carrier
Timing belt
Replaceable top and
bottom plate
Stepper motor
attached to a pulley
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Graphics courtesy of James Waldmeyer
15. Piston response
5000
10 mm/s
100 mm/s
500 mm/s
4000
Top piston
position (mm) 3000
2000
1000
c
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Time (ms)
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16. The TriMaster Filament stretch and break up apparatus
piston
sample
belt
pulley
Initial gap 0.2 mm, Final gap 1.2 mm
Piston diameter 1.2 mm, Piston velocity 100 mm/s16
18. Filament thinning
DEP
DEP
+ 2.5%
PS110
Piston velocity 0.15 m/s
D.C.Vadillo, T.Tuladhar, A.C. Mulji, S. Jung, S.D. Hoath,and M.R. Mackley
Journal of Rheology 54, 2 .261-282 (2010)
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19. Mid filament diameter time evolution
1200
0%
0.50%
1%
2.50%
5%
1000
800
D
(mm )
600
400
200
0
0
10
20
30
40
Time ( ms )
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20. Transient Trouton viscosity ratios
250
DEP-0%PS
DEP-0.5%PS
DEP-1%PS
DEP-2.5%PS
DEP-5%PS
200
Trouton
ratio
E
0
150
100
50
0
0
2
4
Hencky
6
8
10
D
strain , 2 ln 0
D
t
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21. Mk 3 Cambridge Trimaster
Light weight voice coils
The Ideas Studio (Company now dissolved)
a
b
Nearly worked but..
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24. Trimaster development: the HB4
Overhead view of the instrument
Camera
Close up of the pistons
Drive wheel
Top
piston
Bottom
piston
Arms holding Light source
the pistons
30. Sorting out the good from the bad
Commercial ceramic good and bad inks
Filament diameter,D, (袖m )
500
After stretching
450
400
30A-Ink A1-Ceramic Sinker-Good jetting-18K
31A-Ink A2-Ceramic Yellow-Bad jetting-18K
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
Time, t, (ms)
Good ink
Bad ink
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32. Conclusions
HB4 Cambridge Trimaster
Can follow fast filament stretch thinning and breakup
process of low viscosity fluids.
There is a link between ink jet processing and HB4 data.
(See Steve Hoath presentation)
Acknowledgments
EPSRC and industrial partners in
Next Generation Ink Jet Consortium
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