Tests on common materials
Do you want to know if Quantex can dispense your liquid product?
Viscosity is important, but so is the rheology when under shear, and the nature of any particles in the liquid. Some results are surprising!
Here are some tests we have carried out on off-the-shelf commercial products for comparison. Pumps were run at 50% of their maximum rate, and we measured the volume of product delivered compared to the design volume.
Product | Efficiency of pumping | |
| Procter & Gamble | Fairy Washing-up Liquid | 97% |
| L'Oreal | L'Oreal Elvive Shampoo | 97% |
| Heinz | Tomato Ketchup | 98% |
| Diageo | Baileys | 98% |
| ICI Dulux | Dulux Matt Paint | 98% |
| Dr. Oetker | Vanilla Extract | 99% |
| Robinsons Soft Drinks | Robinsons Apple and Blackcurrant | 99% |
| Hellmans | Mayonnaise | 99% |
| McNeil Products | Calpol | 99% |
| Crookes Healthcare | Nurofen for Children | 99% |
| Tropicana | Tropicana Orange Juice with Bits | 99% |
| Tropicana | Tropicana Strawberry and Banana Smoothie | 99% |
| Sara-Lee | Radox Hand Soap | 100% |
| Water | 100% | |
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