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Partice size analyzer. (Metalcasting Supplies).


The Gradex 2000 particle size Particle size, also called grain size, refers to the diameter of individual grains of sediment, or the lithified particles in clastic rocks. The term may also be applied to other granular materials.  analyzer from Rotex, Inc., fully automates the sieve analysis A sieve analysis is a practice or procedure used to assess the particle size distribution of a granular material. The size distribution is often of critical importance to the way the material performs in use.  of dry granular materials. Standard 8-in, round test sieves analyze individually loaded samples, multiple samples staged for continuous testing or online testing in conjunction with automatic sampling devices. The analyzer shakes and taps samples with the same stroke and frequency of manual shakers Shakers, popular name for members of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, also called the Millennial Church. Members of the movement, who received their name from the trembling produced by religious emotion, were also known as Alethians.  and then automatically classifies and weighs each sieve fraction, calculates and stores weight values, and reports the data to a computer.

Automation elevates test quality by removing manual steps where operator errors often occur, and the electronic data transfer eliminates transposition transposition /trans·po·si·tion/ (trans?po-zish´un)
1. displacement of a viscus to the opposite side.

2.
 and calculation errors. The analyzer has a balance capacity of 5000 g and a balance resolution of 0.1 g.

Rotex, Inc.

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