New Castle, Delaware, USA. March 29, 2017 – TA Instruments is pleased to announce three recipients of the “Distinguished Young Rheologist” award: Dr. Simon Haward, Research Associate at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Quan Chen, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, and Dr. Takashi Uneyama, Associate Professor…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. March 15, 2017 – TA Instruments is pleased to announce the next in a series of all new online practical scientific training. This course, A Practical Approach to Microcalorimetry is focused on the techniques, experiments and data analysis related to Isothermal Calorimetry, Heat Flow Microcalorimetry and Nano DSC. The program is…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. March 13, 2017 – TA Instruments announces the introduction of the all-new WinTest® 8.0 software package. WinTest® is the powerful user interface and controls platform that is used across all TA ElectroForce® products. The ElectroForce Mechanical Test Instruments are used for fatigue, durability and dynamic characterization of materials such as rubber,…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. March 6, 2017 – TA Instruments is pleased to introduce the all new Discovery Simultaneous Differential Scanning Calorimeter/Thermogravimetric Analyzer – the SDT 650. The Discovery SDT 650 delivers unprecedented performance in sensitivity, baseline stability, temperature and atmosphere control. The new SDT 650 is the first simultaneous DSC/TGA to incorporate TA’s most…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. March 1, 2017 – TA Instruments is pleased to introduce three new Dilatometer product lines to the successful 800 platform: the DIL 820, the DIL 830, and the ODP 860. Each of these instruments feature TA’s exclusive True Differential technology, resulting in measurement accuracies that are 10 times better than the…
Chris Yakacki: Characterization of Active Shape-Memory Polymers The field of stimuli-sensitive polymers has grown rapidly over the past decade. Actively-moving polymers have gained attention and have been proposed for use in applications from shape-changing biomedical devices to morphing structures. This webinar covers the basics of characterizing shape-memory polymers using thermo-mechanical equipment, such as the Q800…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. February 6, 2017 – TA Instruments announces the introduction of the all new TAM Air Microcalorimeter. Delivering the performance, reliability, and ease-of-use that is the hallmark of TA Instruments products, the new TAM Air maintains its leadership position as the instrument of choice for the characterization of the heat of hydration of cement as described by the regulatory methods…
Dile Holton, Ph.D.: Characterization of Drug Binding Activity and Biopharmaceutical Stability This webinar is focused on enthalpy screening, a new and recently published ITC technique that is showing promise for rapidly and accurately characterizing the binding enthalpy of new drugs or biotherapeutics. Rapid and accurate characterization of biopharmaceuticals is essential for the early selection of…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. September 30, 2016 – TA Instruments and The National Elastomer Center at Ferris State University are pleased to announce a partnership. This collaboration is designed to support advanced research concepts and provide innovative solutions to meet the challenges faced by today’s rubber industry. Speaking on the occasion, Marc Guske, Assistant Professor…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. September 21, 2016 – TA Instruments is pleased to announce the latest in their series of online practical scientific training courses, broadcasting on October 5th, 2016. This second part in A Practical Approach to Thermal Analysis is focused on the techniques, experiments, and data related to Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA). The content…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. September 14, 2016 – TA Instruments introduces the new DuraPulse™ Stent Graft Test (SGT) instrument. For more than 20 years ElectroForce stent/graft test instruments have been trusted with accelerating pulsatile durability testing for the world’s leading vascular device manufacturers. The DuraPulse SGT sets a new standard in pulsatile fatigue testing of…
New Castle, Delaware, USA. September 12, 2016 – TA Instruments today announced the acquisition of Rubotherm GmbH of Bochum, Germany. Rubotherm develops and manufactures analytical test instruments for thermogravimetric and sorption measurements that are used in both industrial and academic research laboratories in disciplines that include chemistry, material science and engineering. The Rubotherm instruments are…