The composition and microstructure of a material determine important physical product properties such as hardness, yield stress, viscosity, elasticity, and plasticity. Building understanding of the relation of product behaviour and microstructure is the key for product research and development. Furthermore, the measurement of material behaviour is important to check material specifications, either while processing or along the chain.

A wide variety of instruments can be used to test physcial material properties, from straightforward Consistometers to dedicated Rheometers and Texture Analysers. Sometimes a careful quantitative comparison of different batches is sufficient, while in other cases a detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis is required to explain specific behaviour of materials and products.

At Consistence, we are mainly specialised in soft and liquid materials. Our laboratory offers two main methodologies: Texture analysis and Rheometry.