Product Details
Product Details
Theta Flow Optical Contact Angle Measuring Instrument
Theta Flow is a contact angle measuring instrument suitable for high demand surface research and quality control. User friendly, with high levels of automation and accuracy, Theta Flow greatly improves testing accuracy through high-end cameras, image enhancement, and sensors. It brings a brand new contact angle measurement experience to everyone.
The Theta Flex contact angle measuring instrument, which belongs to the Biolin Attention series along with Theta Flow, won the annual Red Dot: Best of the Best award at the 2020 Red Dot Product Design Awards for its groundbreaking design. The Red Dot Design Award emphasizes innovative design and is an outstanding award at the Red Dot Product Design Awards.
Complete measurement function
• Static contact angle
• Dynamic contact angle
• Rolling angle
• Surface free energy
• Surface tension
• Interface tension
Batch processing contact angle
• Roughness correction contact angle
Interface rheology (viscoelasticity)
• High pressure and high temperature measurement
Single fiber contact angle
The level of automation has reached a new high
The camera has fully automatic autofocus to ensure that the image remains clear at all times; Automatic surface positioning, which can move the sample to different measurement positions; And use the industry-leading OneAttention software to automatically generate results. These characteristics have taken the automation of optical contact angle measuring instruments to a new level,Improved experimental accuracy while simplifying testing.
Accuracy and user independence (without human interference)
The camera resolution of Theta Flow is up to 5 million pixels, and DropletPlus technology is used for image enhancement. The sensor can track the surrounding environment (temperature, humidity) for good traceability. These features enable Theta Flow to provide highly accurate results, and reliable data has become a key component independent of user measurements.
Touch screen is easy to use
The embedded touch display screen first equipped in Biolin Theta Flow improves the user experience, making measurement preparation work super smooth to process. All steps from liquid absorption to sample replacement can be easily completed in a few seconds.
Theta FlowOptional attachments:
3DMorphology module:It can automatically measure the roughness and contact angle of the sample, and obtain the roughness corrected contact angle to study the influence of roughness on wettability.
High pressure chamber:It can be tested at a pressure of 400 bar and a temperature of 200 ℃. Specially designed for applications in improving oil recovery and supercritical fluids.
Oscillatory droplet module:It can automatically measure the interfacial expansion viscoelasticity and conduct interfacial rheological research, suitable for gas-liquid interfaces and liquid-liquid interfaces.
Whole machine tilting frame:Used for automatic measurement of dynamic contact angle (forward angle, backward angle) and rolling angle.
Automatic skin lift dropper:Used for contact angle measurement and inkjet applications of very small area samples, it can automatically dispense skin upgrade droplets.
Temperature control unit:Control the ambient temperature for contact angle and surface tension testing, with multiple temperature control units available for selection.
Product Parameters
| Available testing | Static contact angle, dynamic contact angle (automatic), surface/interface tension, roughness corrected contact angle, interface rheology, surface free energy: Zisman Plot, OWRK/Extended Fowkes, van Oss Acid-Base, Wu, Neumann’s Equation of State, Schultz 1 and 2 |
| Available testing methods | Seat drop method, batch processing seat drop method, bubble trapping method, hanging drop method, inverted hanging drop method, half moon surface method, dynamic contact angle (automatic), oscillating droplet method, 3D morphology method, high pressure |
hardware
| Test range (°, mN/m) | 0~180, 0.01~2000 |
| Accuracy (°, mN/m) | ±0.01, ±0.01 |
| Resolution (pixels) | 2593*2048(5 MP) |
| Test speed (fps) | 3422 |
| Camera, light source | USB 3.0 zoom digital camera, high-power monochrome LED |
| Image Focus | Software controlled fully automatic focusing, manual fine focusing of optical lenses |
| image quality | DropletPlus technology enhancement, original image |
| Field of view (diagonal, mm) | 1.44~45.3 |
| Environmental monitoring sensors | Digital sensors integrating environmental temperature, relative humidity, and system levelness |
| Instrument size (basic frame mm), weight (Kg) | L 765 * W 230*H 435, 29 |
| Supply power (vac), frequency (Hz) | 100~240, 50~60 |
Droplet shape fitting method
| Droplet shape fitting method | Young-Laplace (CA, ST/IT, M)、Bashforth-Adams (ST/IT)、Circular (CA)、Polynomial (CA, M) |
Software and System Requirements
| Provided software | OneAttension |
| Recommended system configuration | 2 GHz processor, 4 GB memory, 500 GB hard drive, 1920 x 1080 resolution display, 1 USB 3.0 port |
| Operating system requirements | Windows 7, 8 or 10 (32 or 64 bit) |
