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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2020
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Sanjay C. Solanki, Sewickley, PA (US);
Christopher M. Thurber, Midland, MI (US);
Jin Wang, Midland, MI (US);
Donald L. Mccarty, Ii, Midland, MI (US);
Sylvie Vervoort, Terneuzen, NL;
Peter Hermann Roland Sandkuehler, Horgen, CH;
Cornelis F. J. Den Doelder, Terneuzen, NL;
Paul A. Oconnell, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
John E. Lund, Midland, MI (US);
Colleen M. Southwell, Midland, MI (US);
Eric L. Marchbanks, Midland, MI (US);
Marc M. J. Dees, Terneuzen, NL;
Kurt A. Koppi, Midland, MI (US);
Birgit Braun, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
A rheology system includes a rheometer including a lower plate and an upper plate, a manipulator including an arm, a loading end effector, a cleaning end effector, and a controller communicatively coupled to the rheometer and the manipulator, the controller including a processor and a computer readable and executable instruction set, which when executed, causes the processor to direct the manipulator to couple the loading end effector to the arm, direct the manipulator engage a specimen with the loading end effector, direct the manipulator to position the specimen on the lower plate of the rheometer, direct the upper plate to engage the specimen between the upper plate and the lower plate, direct the manipulator to couple the cleaning end effector to the arm, and direct the manipulator to engage the lower plate with the cleaning end effector.