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This Shear Cell instrument was designed and fabricated for the Department of Chemical engineering at the University of California Irvine. It consist of a stepper motor driving a rotating conical faced disk on the end of a spindle. This conical faced disk just touches a glass coverslip, where the fluid test sample is imaged using a Zeiss Microscope.

Here is a closeup of the Housing and Spindle assembly. The square headed cams are for fine X Y adjustment of the position over the optical axis. The upper spindle assembly can be easily removed and replaced in seconds to allow quick sample fluid loading.

This image shows the Cone and Cover Slip window. Also note the annular V way for accurate re-positioning of the Spindle Assembly.

 

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