Multi-channel control at your fingertips
The more complex your process environment, the more critical and challenging it becomes to monitor and control the quality of the fluids running through your lines.
To maximize reliability and operator productivity, the solution would be the ability to get real-time information on multiple channels from a single location. But is it possible?
The VISCOpro 8000 multi-channel on-line viscometer system allows you to control as many as 12 in-line or in-tank viscosity measurement sensors from a single location, accurately and with total ease. The intuitive touch-screen system provides a wealth of information within two clicks, including real-time readings on temperature, viscosity, and temperature-compensated viscosity (TCV). The VISCOpro 8000 comes complete with a menu-driven display and viscosity proportional/integral control.
Leveraging the capabilities of the VISCOpro 1600 viscometer and compatible with a wide range of high-quality Cambridge Viscosity sensors, the VISCOpro 8000 has all the functionality and flexibility you need. You can toggle between monitor-only and control capabilities, collect, store, and transfer data to ensure quality and share critical information.
VISCOpro 8000 Features
- Data monitoring/collection/storage and transfer Graphs up to 25 hours of viscosity, temperature, and control data in real time
- The remote operator interface features allows for the sensors to be installed/mounted away from electronics/display
- Automatic date and timecoded data logging stores captured data for future analysis
- Maintain viscosity control by adding solvent or heat
- Automatic self-cleaning feature
- User choice of readout in centipoises, cSt, or SSU
- All Cambridge Viscosity sensors and transmitters are field tested
Key Features and Benefits
The industry standard for accuracy, efficiency, and ease of use, the VISCOpro 8000 has a lot to offer. Its numerous features and benefits include:
Security and alerts: This online-viscometer features a supervisory level configuration. This lock-out function can be used to prohibit unauthorized people from viewing line status and changing factory/user settings. When levels reach configured thresholds, alarms are triggered to alert operators so they can quickly take appropriate action.
Ease of use: No programming is needed – Cambridge Viscosity has done it all for you so that once installed, it is immediately working for you. The VISCOpro 8000 can be set to monitor anywhere from two to 12 channels, measuring viscosity in centipoises, cSt, or SSU. Detailed information is available at the touch of a button.
Multiple formats and parameters: The VISCOpro 8000 supports SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) formats, and measures a range of critical fluid attributes, including temperature, viscosity, and temperature-compensated viscosity (TCV).
Data capture, store, and transfer: The VISCOpro 8000 captures a wide range of data points in real time, which you can easily store on a memory card and transfer to a graphing application for reporting and analysis. You can isolate data collected from individual sensors, or analyze all your process lines systemically.
Technical specifications:
| Power input |
100-240 VAC, 12 VDC, 24 VDC, 12 W |
| Outputs |
4 4-20mA; 1 RS232 (standard)/RS485 (optional)/Modbus (optional); 1 5V-TTL alarm; 1 on-off port for alarm or control |
| Accuracy |
± 1.0% of full scale (correlates to ASTM D445) |
| Repeatability |
0.8% |
| Ranges |
0.2-20,000cP (0.2-2cP, 0.25-5cP, 0.5-10cP,
1-20cP, 2.5-50cP, 5-100cP, 10-200cP,
25-500cP, 50-1,000cP, 100-2,000cP,
250-5,000cP, 500-10,000cP, 1,000-20,000cP) |
| Wetted components |
Standard 316L/430 Stainless Steel |
| Maximum temperature |
190°C (sensor); 60°C (display electronics) |
| Maximum operating pressure |
1000 psi (70.3 bar) |
| Temperature sensor type |
4 wire Platinum RTD |
| Certifications |
FM, 3A, CE, ATEX – EExdIIC, [EEx d IIC T4,
-20C<Ta<95C (For SPL Models), EEx d IIC T2, -20C<Ta<190C (For SPL Models)]
Factory Mutual - Class 1 Div.1, Group C, D:T3 NEMA4, IP-66 |
| Power rating |
90W (+19.5W per channel); 375°C for HTL Sensors |
| Touchscreen |
QVGA widescreen display w/ high energy backlight for wide angle viewing
Resistive touchscreen interface |
| Enclosure |
NEMA 12 specifications |
VISCOpro 8000 Monitor and Control Menus
Overview Screen:
- Status of each line/deck, viscosity readings and mode of operation on each.
- Loads settings from a job file.
- Saves current settings (i.e. deck names, control setpoints, viscosity alarm levels) to a job file.
- Set all the decks to ‘Monitor Only’ mode.
- Help Button–no more searching for operators' manuals.
Configuration Screen:
- Current temperature, viscosity reading. When in ‘Control Mode’ this field shows the rate of solvent addition in percent.
- Current operating mode can be changed.
- The viscosity alarm high will automatically change to the viscosity setpoint plus the Alarm Band value.
- Deck name - can be changed by touching the screen display.
An onscreen keyboard will appear to accept the user input.
Graphing Screen:
- Shows the current Temperature, Viscosity and Control percentage of each individual line/station.
- Touch on graph for options and graph configurations..
Supervisor Screen:
- Change settings button on supervisor screen enables an overview of Diagnostics /Factory settings for each line/station allowing changes to operating modes and setting variables.