Measuring the rheological properties is often used for quality control in food, cosmetics, tires, polymers, colors,
and many other products. Monitoring adhesive cure by measuring change of rheological properties is a new technique.
This method enables measuring of dynamic shear modulus, viscosity change, and phase angle during curing of selected
adhesive. It is similar to dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), because the sample of material is dynamically loaded during curing and it response is measured. Rheological measurements allow to determine gel point and vitrification point. With additional equipment is also possible to measure change of dielectric properties and find out the correlation between dielectric and rheological properties, what is very important for application in laminated wood industry.
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