A Hydramotion XL7 on-line viscometer is saving both time and money for Turkish chemicals manufacturer Ak-kim Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

Amongst the company’s products is a polyamidoamine-epichlorohydrin resin used to impart wet strength to tissue paper.  By controlling the viscosity of the resin solution, production staff can directly affect the quality of the finished product.  But until Ak-kim came to Hydramotion, viscosity had to be measured off-line using samples taken from the production area to the laboratory.  This meant that viscosity control was slow, inefficient and unreliable.

Now, with the XL7 viscometer up and running, the company is benefiting from the boost in productivity made possible by continuous real-time viscosity measurement.  “We can easily control and see the viscosity on a display”, said Process Engineer Serhat Zeytinci.  “This saves us a lot of time and labour cost.”

Ak-kim Kimya was immediately attracted to the XL7 because of its flexibility.  “We decided on Hydramotion because it gave us a choice of locations.  The viscometer could be installed in a reactor as well as on-line,” commented Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer Nuri Basarici.  “The installation was very easy, and the instrument is very easy to use.”

The company was also impressed by Hydramotion's after-sales service.  “There was an initial problem with our power supply,” recalls Mr Basarici, “but Hydramotion’s service engineers were very helpful and it was quickly fixed.”