TIDAS
TIDAS is the go-to system for Hegman grind gauge/grindometer testing; removing operator variation and ensuring reproducability. The system's robust, low-maintenance design, super-sharp imaging, customisability and versatility make it must-have for your R&D or QC lab.
Automated Hegman gauge test
Fits your current lab process easily
Effortless objective ratings
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TIDAS automates the analysis of a wide range of samples using a Hegman gauge. Fineness of grind is determined objectively, removing operator variation and ensuring reproducibility. Each reading takes less than 20 seconds. If you use a Hegman gauge in your process, you will benefit from TIDAS.
A traditional Hegman test is entirely subjective and prone to human variance - from the drawdown application itself, to lighting conditions, eyesight health and simple human judgement. TIDAS captures a raw image of the dispersion which is digitally analysed. The exact number of particles per micron slice are counted, which provides a defined and repeatable reading.
Many products from the coatings industry begin life as a powder or pigment. These raw ingredients are ground down to standard which means running costly factory processes. Represented by a typical, exponential grind curve, even small reductions in particle size can take a very long time to achieve. This means even small variations from human error, can translate to huge wasted costs from unnecessary over processing. Determining the optimum grinding time eliminates this risk.
TIDAS is compatible with paints, resins, inks, adhesives, battery materials, foods, cosmetics and much more. The TIDAS software is designed to eliminate dust, bubbles and foaming from the dispersion. It can also robustly take readings from clear and metallic materials which are notoriously difficult to rate by eye, owing to the dark field illumination technique used to capture the image.
- Quick, reliable and objective readings every time.
- Easily determine optimum processing time for pigments & powders.
- Robust analysis, even for clear & metallic materials.
- Tried and tested for over 25 years, TIDAS operates in QC & R&D labs in over 40 countries.
- Compatible with a wide range of gauge sizes.
- Superb, dedicated worldwide support directly from Labman.
- Suitable for a huge range of applications, including battery materials, paints, pigments, inks, resins, sealants, graphene, polymers, cosmetics, food, ceramics, solder pastes, additives, minerals, clear and metallic liquids and many more.
