A reflective granular composition including a reflective pigment material including a majority of kaolin clay and a hardening additive including a sodium salt or another salt. A method for making a reflective granular composition includes the steps of mixing together a reflective pigment material including a majority of kaolin clay and a hardening additive including a sodium salt or another salt to form a particulate mixture, forming a slurry from the particulate mixture by adding to the particulate mixture water and a binder material, granulating the slurry, drying the granulated slurry, and kilning the dried, granulated slurry to form the reflective granular composition. Methods of analyzing the strength of a reflective granular composition are also disclosed.

An apparatus for use in testing the bulk crush characteristics of pellet materials. The apparatus constructed such that opening and closing can be conducted without complex binding and unbinding requirements. The apparatus may be used in combination with a universal testing machine fitted with compression test plates and a load cell capable of measuring force in a vertical direction.

An article orientation change device 30 includes a flap 11 is provided so as to be vertically swingable about a swing shaft 13 as a fulcrum, a conveying member 25 that pushes out a tablet W to a predetermined position on the placement surface 11a, and a pressing member 12 that presses the tablet W against the wall portion 1A, in which a tapered surface 25A is provided on a facing surface of the conveying member 25, the conveying member 25 conveys the tablet W to the placement surface 11a to push out the tablet W to the predetermined position in a state where the tablet W maintains the first orientation, and the pressing member 12 moves in a direction approaching the wall portion 1A to change an orientation of the tablet W on the placement surface 11a from the first orientation to a second orientation.

A method for assessing the release performance of microcapsules comprising at least one volatile ingredient, the method comprising the steps of: a. applying a plurality of said microcapsules to an underlying surface; b. applying a kinetic frictional shear stress τ through a contact surface of a probe under a predefined load, a predefined contact surface area and a predefined shear rate to said plurality of microcapsules; and c. measuring the amount of the at least one volatile ingredient released per second from said microcapsules under said kinetic frictional shear stress τ.

The invention relates to a test arrangement for testing breakage and mechanical properties of rock particles. Test arrangement comprises a support (1, 2) and two counter-rotatable crushing rolls (3, 3′) supported on the support (1, 2) and a drive arrangement (M1, M2) for rotating the crushing rolls (3, 3′). Crushing rolls (3, 3′) are facing each other and defining therebetween an input gap (G) for the rock particles, said rolls being arranged to crush rock particles (RP) to smaller daughter particles (DP). Test arrangement comprises a force measurement arrangement (7, 7′) for determining the compressive strength of rock particles (RP). Force measurement arrangement (7, 7′) being coupled to a processor (PR) comprised by the test arrangement. The processor (PR) being arranged to calculate the breakage force applied to each rock particle (RP) over time. The test arrangement (TA) further comprises an energy measurement arrangement (5, 5′) for measuring information relating to energy applied to each rock particle (RP), said energy measurement arrangement (5, 5′) being coupled to said processor (PR), said processor (PR) being arranged to calculate energy applied to each rock particle (PR).

The disclosure provides a device and method for measuring radon release amount during rock shearing damage process. The method includes: the sealed chamber where the rock sample placed is vacuumed in the first place, and then the radon released during rock sample shearing damage process is all collected into the radon collection box, and then the concentration of the radon collected in the radon collection box is measured with a radon concentration measure instrument, so that the purity of the radon collected in the radon collection box can be ensured, and thus the accuracy of the concentration of radon measured by the radon concentration measure instrument can be ensured, and the device and method have good practicability.

A bead mill and an associated bead-mill-based machine for testing mechanical fragility of red blood cells, employing a cartridge configured to contain a sample while cells get stressed via bead oscillation and, in the case of the fragility testing machine, also while lysis levels get detected, for presentation of fragility information.

The invention relates to a test arrangement for testing breakage and mechanical properties of rock particles. Test arrangement comprises: a support (1, 2); two counter-rotatable crushing wheels (3, 3′) supported on the sup-port (1, 2); and a drive arrangement (M1, M2) for rotating the crushing wheels (3, 3′), said crushing wheels (3, 3′) facing each other and defining therebetween an in-put gap (G) for the rock particles, said wheels being arranged to break the rock particles (RP) to smaller daughter particles (DP), wherein the test arrangement is arranged to receive only one rock particle at a time to be inputted to the input gap for breakage testing, an energy measurement arrangement (5, 5′) arranged to measure in-formation relating to energy absorbed by the rock particles (RP) during the breakage, a processor (PR) coupled to the energy measurement arrangement and arranged to receive, as inputs, at least one degree of breakage of the rock particles as a result of the breakage and the corresponding breakage energies absorbed by the rock particles (RP) during the breakage, to determine a correlation between the degree of breakage and the breakage energies, and to output the correlation.

This food texture evaluation device (2) is provided with: a drive part (23) including a linear motor; a crushing member (22) driven toward a sample (4) by the drive part; a load measuring part (25) that includes a load cell and measures the force applied to a sample stand (21) when the sample is pressed against the crushing member; and a vibration sensor (26) for detecting the vibration generated from the sample to which the force has been applied.

The invention relates to a test arrangement for testing breakage and mechanical properties of rock particles. Test arrangement comprises a support (1, 2) and two counter-rotatable crushing rolls (3, 3′) supported on the support (1, 2) and a drive arrangement (M1, M2) for rotating the crushing rolls (3, 3′). Crushing rolls (3, 3) are facing each other and defining therebetween an input gap (G) for the rock particles, said rolls being arranged to crush rock particles (RP) to smaller daughter particles (DP). Test arrangement comprises a force measurement arrangement (7, 7) for determining the compressive strength of rock particles (RP). Force measurement arrangement (7, 7′) being coupled to a processor (PR) comprised by the test arrangement. The processor (PR) being arranged to calculate the breakage force applied to each rock particle (RP) over time. The test arrangement (TA) further comprises an energy measurement arrangement (5, 5′) for measuring information relating to energy applied to each rock particle (RP), said energy measurement arrangement (5, 5′) being coupled to said processor (PR), said processor (PR) being arranged to calculate energy applied to each rock particle (PR).