New Castle, Delaware, USA. March 29, 2016 – TA Instruments today announced the introduction of the ACS-2 Air Chiller System. Following on the tremendous popularity of the ACS-3, the ACS-2 is a mechanical refrigeration system that provides subambient temperature control for mechanical and rheological testing. Paired with a DMA850, DMA3200, Discovery Hybrid Rheometer, ARES-G2 Rheometer,…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. March 22, 2016 – TA Instruments is pleased to announce the latest two recipients of the “Distinguished Young Rheologist” award: Dr. Vivek Sharma, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Illinois at Chicago and Dr. Travis Walker, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. Dr. Sharma is…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. March 7, 2016 – TA Instruments is pleased to introduce a new line of Differential Scanning Calorimeters, the Discovery DSC2500, DSC250, and DSC25. These instruments feature enhanced sensing technologies resulting in unprecedented performance in baseline flatness, sensitivity, resolution, and reproducibility, reaffirming TA’s position as the technology and global leader in thermal…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. January 18, 2016 – TA Instruments announced today that the ElectroForce Systems Group has moved to a new facility in Eden Prairie, MN. The new facility is almost 30% larger than the previous space and is located in the Golden Triangle area at 9625 W. 76th Street, Eden Prairie, MN. It…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. November 19, 2015 – TA Instruments introduces the new TAM IV and TAM IV-48, the world’s most sensitive, stable, and flexible microcalorimeter systems. The TAM IV is a completely modular design that combines the highest heat flow sensitivity with unmatched long-term temperature stability for measuring processes that are undetectable by other…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. October 1, 2015 – TA Instruments is pleased to announce the latest recipient of the “Distinguished Young Rheologist” award: Dr. Ruth Cardinaels, Assistant Professor in the Polymer Technology Group at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). Dr. Cardinaels employs in-situ and time-resolved structure characterization techniques in combination with diagnostic flow types.…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. September 24, 2015 – TA Instruments introduces an all new system for characterization of magneto-rheological (MR) fluids. The Magneto-Rheology Accessory for the Discovery Hybrid Rheometer enables parallel plate and cone-plate rheological measurements under the influence of a controlled field at temperatures as high as 170 °C and fields as high as…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. June 5, 2015 – TA Instruments introduces an all new system for advanced microscopy under flow. The Modular Microscope Accessory (MMA) for the Discovery Hybrid Rheometer enables simultaneous high resolution optical microscopy with precise control and measurement of flow. Flow visualization is important in the evaluation of complex systems such as…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. May 26, 2015 – TA Instruments today announced the acquisition of certain assets related to the Bose ElectroForce Group, from the Bose Corporation of Framingham Massachusetts. The Bose ElectroForce group manufactures dynamic mechanical testing systems, used to characterize Medical Devices, Biologic, and Engineered materials. The ElectroForce test instruments are based on…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. March 9, 2015 – TA Instruments introduces the Affinity ITC Auto, a new isothermal titration calorimeter for characterizing a wide variety of molecular interactions, including protein-protein binding, drug-ligand binding, small molecule-receptor interaction and enzyme kinetics. The Affinity ITC Auto is a fully automated, ultrasensitive isothermal titration calorimeter. This automated ITC is…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. December 2, 2014 – TA Instruments announced the two latest recipients of the company’s Distinguished Young Rheologist award: Dr. Kendra Erk, Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering at Purdue University and Dr. Kelly Schultz, Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Lehigh University. Dr. Erk and Dr. Schultz…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. January 30, 2014 – TA Instruments today announced the acquisition of LaserComp (Saugus, MA). LaserComp, a privately held company, is an industry-leading manufacturer of thermal conductivity test instruments. LaserComp heat flow meters and guarded hot plate systems are capable of measuring thermal conductivity on a wide range of samples, over a…