Inks
Viscosity Control in Ink Manufacturing — Why Ink Makers Specify the ATAC NuLine Cone & Plate Viscometer
Viscosity governs how an ink transfers, how it flows through print heads or rollers, and how consistently it lays down colour across a run. A batch that drifts outside spec — from a change in resin or solvent supplier, mill time, or ambient temperature — can cause misting, poor transfer, or colour inconsistency between print runs, often not caught until the press is already running.
Routine viscosity testing to ASTM D4287 and ISO 2884, the standard cone-and-plate methods for inks, paints and coatings, gives QC teams an objective checkpoint before batches are released to production.
This is why ink manufacturers specify the ATAC NuLine Cone & Plate Viscometer. Compact and robust enough to sit at-line on the production floor rather than confined to a lab, it delivers a result in seconds — so operators can verify consistency between batches without waiting on lab turnaround.
Six interchangeable cones cover 2 to 100 poise across shear rates of 20 to 10,000 sec−1, temperature is controlled to ±0.1°C, and every unit ships pre-calibrated and certificated, with USB output and free Windows software for direct logging into quality records.