Rotex's Gradex 1000. (Equipment & Packaging News).(Brief Article)

Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, March, 2002

The new Gradex 1000 Particle Size Analyzer from Rotex, Inc., which automates sieve analysis of dry granular material helps cut quality control costs.

The Gradex 1000 uses the same rotary shaking/tapping motion as manual sieve shakers and accommodates either a stack of six fullheight or nine half-height standard round sieves.

The test sieves can be easily changed to meet specific testing requirements. Combining the same motion as manual sieve shakers together with standard test sieves ensures that the analyzer provides the same results as manual sieve analysis while eliminating the time-consuming manual process.

The Gradex 1000 reduces testing costs and increases test capacity without requiring additional manpower. It permits frequent and...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works.