Water absorption tester- Cobb Tester TP-C21

Water absorption tester- Cobb Tester TP-C21 is used for the determination of the water absorption of sized paper, paperboard, and corrugated paper under standard conditions within 200 to 250 g/m2 range by Cobb method. It is adopted with overturn structure for ease of operations.

Measurement range
Slider weight
Slider size
Testing accuracy
Dimension of working plate
Speed of slider
Slider stroke
Specimen size
Division value
Number of specimen holders
Metal Cylinder inner area (100 ± 0.2) cm2
Metal Cylinder height 50 mm
Metal roller width (200 ± 0..5) mm
Metal roller weight (10 ± 0.5) kg
Absorbency paper 200 to 250 g/m2
Absorbency speed 75 mm/10 min
Sealed testing speed
Volume of distilled water
Sample diameter 125 mm
Sample error
Sample Thickness
Draining time
Residual water volume
Hydraulic pressure
Dimension 270×400×300 mm
Net Weight 35 kg
  • dopted with overturn structure
  • Use of Cobb method for water absorption
  • Absorption speed 75 mm/10 min
  • Sample diameter 125 mm
  • User friendly operation

Cobb tester (water absorption tester) is used to test water absorption of sized paper, paperboard, corrugated paper in paper & printing industry, packaging industry.

Measurement range 5 to 500 N, 50 to 3000 N
Resolution 1 N
Accuracy ± 1 %
Variability ≤ 1 %
Sample (size) length Diameter ≥30 mm, Thickness ≤ 40 mm
Measurement mode Diffuse reflection factor Rx, Ry, Rz, stimulus value Y10, X10, Z10, chromaticity coordinates x10, y10, z10; lightness L *, chroma a * b *, chroma C * ab, hue angle h * ab, dominant wavelength λd, excitement purity Pe, color difference ΔE * ab, lightness difference ΔL *, chroma difference ΔC * ab, hue difference ΔH * ab, Hunter system L , A, b
Stability ≤ 0.1 within 30 min
Accuracy Chromaticity co-ordinate 0.0001
Sample width 15 mm
Sample maximum length 300 mm
Parallelism ≤ 0.1 mm
Dimension 240×520×70 mm
Measuring range 0 to 20 mm
Accuracy 0.01 mm
Gauge Analogue gauge display
Contact pressure (to create false weight) 20 ± 0.5 kPa
Measurement range 0 to 5600 kPa
Accuracy ± 0.5 % F.S.
Compression speed 170 ± 15 ml/min
Clamp pressure ≥ 690 kPa
Measuring range 0.1 to 10 kN
Indication error < ± 1%
Platen Size 500×500 mm (customized)
Operating stroke 500 mm (customized)
Sample (size) length 90 to 200 mm
Sample width 15 mm, 25 mm, 50mm
Measuring range 0 to 30, 0 to 100 N,0 to 300 N
Accuracy ± 1 %
Measurement range 0 to 200 mm
Specimen size 15×250 mm
Division value 1 mm
Number of specimen holders 5
Measuring scope ( 1 to 9999) s, divided in to (1 to 15) s, (15 to 300) s, (300 to 9999) s, the automatic (no. more than 200 s)
Accuracy ±0.1 s within 300 s
Vacuum system volume (ml) Bigger volume: 380 ± 1<br/> Smaller volume: 38 ± 1
Contact pressure 100 ± 2 kPa
Measuring range 0 to 4 mm
Accuracy 0.01 or 0.001 mm
Gauge Analogue gauge display
Contact pressure (to create false weight) 100 ± 10 kPa
Measuring range 10 to 1000 mN
Division value 1 mN
Accuracy ± 1%
Indicating Error ≤ 0.5
Testing speed 200° ± 20° / min
Test range 1 to 10000 mN
Indicating Error ± 1 %
Testing length 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50 mm
Sample (size) length 38×70 mm
Measuring range (1-500) mN.m (divided into 7 small ranges)
Indication error 0.02
Test speed (200° ± 20°)/ min
Measuring range A (1 to 6) J indicating error ± 0.05 J<br/> B (1 to 12) J indicating error ± 0.05 J<br/> C (1 to 24) J indicating error ± 0.05 J<br/> D (1 to 48) J indicating error ± 0.05 J<br/> The indicating errors w.r.t measurement range of 20 to 80 %
Frictional resistance <0.25 J
Pyramid dimension Three sides: 60×60×60 mm, height 25 ± 0.7 mm, Arris edge fillet radius 1.5 ± 0.1 mm
Dimension 800×470×840 mm
Measuring range 0 to 1000 mN
Resolution 0.1 mN
Indication error ± 1 %
Tearing arm 104 ± 1 mm
Test arm weight 2.5 N
Additional Loads 2.5 ± 0.1 N, 5 ± 0.1 N, 10 ± 0.1 N,
Idler 150 mm
Abrasion stroke 40 ± 0.2 M
Mixed capacity 0.5 to 1 kg, 2 to 3 kg, 5 to 7 kg
Temperature range RT to 300°C
Temperature control system PID control
Display LED display
Temperature control range Room temperature to -70 ℃ (room temperature ≤ 25 ℃)
Temperature accuracy ± 0.3 ℃
Impact speed 0℃ to -30℃ around 2.5 ℃/min </br> -30℃ to -40℃ around 2.5 ℃/min </br> -40℃ to -70℃ around 2.0 ℃/min</br>
Max dimension L × W × H 910 × 510 × 860 mm
Measuring range 0.001 to 9999
Stability A (absorbency of light) <0.003 within 3 mins
Linearity error <3.0 %
Repeatability error A (absorbency of light) <0.005
Measuring range 0.001 to 9999
Stability A (absorbency of light) <0.003 within 3 mins
Linearity error <3.0 %
Repeatability error A (absorbency of light) <0.005
Salinity Measurement range 0.00 to 19.99 ms/cm
Measuring accuracy EC ± 2% full scale
Temperature Measurement range -5 to 50°C
Temperature accuracy ± 0.5°C
Test angle 60°
Gloss aperture 2 × 3 mm
Measurement range 0 to 1000 GU
Repeatability 0.2 GU (0 to 100 GU), 0.2 % GU (100 to 1000 GU)
Preliminary test force 98 N
Total test force 588, 980, 1471 N
Total test force dwell time 0 to 30 S
Hardness indication Analogue display
Preliminary test force 98 N
Total test force 588, 980, 1471 N
Brinell hardness test 306, 613, 1839 N
Vickers hardness test 294, 588, 980 N
Preliminary test force 98 N
Total test force 588, 980, 1471 N
Total test force dwell time 1 to 30 S
Hardness indication Digital display
Sample (size) length Diameter ≥30 mm, Thickness ≤ 40 mm
System D/0 lighting geometrical viewing conditions, diffuser diameter (d) 150mm, testing hole diameter 30mm
Light source D65 as illuminating source
Zero drift ≤ 0.1 %
Sample (size) length Diameter ≥30 mm, Thickness ≤ 40 mm
Measurement mode Diffuse reflection factor Rx, Ry, Rz, stimulus value Y10, X10, Z10, chromaticity coordinates x10, y10, z10; lightness L *, chroma a * b *, chroma C * ab, hue angle h * ab, dominant wavelength λd, excitement purity Pe, color difference ΔE * ab, lightness difference ΔL *, chroma difference ΔC * ab, hue difference ΔH * ab, Hunter system L , A, b
Stability ≤ 0.1 within 30 min
Accuracy Chromaticity co-ordinate 0.0001
Sample (size) length 38×70 mm
Measuring range (1-500) mN.m (divided into 7 small ranges)
Indication error 0.02
Test speed (200° ± 20°)/ min