Our Capabilities
Gabriel's analytical laboratory is staffed to support our 24-hour, 7-day-a-week production schedule. We are responsible for all method development and documentation, not only for new products for special quality plans, but also to maintain and update our current records in accordance with ISO standards. To safeguard quality across the board, we:
Gabriel's analytical laboratory is staffed to support our 24-hour, 7-day-a-week production schedule. We are responsible for all method development and documentation, not only for new products for special quality plans, but also to maintain and update our current records in accordance with ISO standards. To safeguard quality across the board, we:
- Maintain and calibrate our instruments ourselves per a set schedule on our calibration calendar, which we also maintain
- Analyze incoming raw materials to ensure that we start with high-quality materials for our products
- Analyze in-process samples for production
- Analyze all final products to guarantee that only high-quality, in-spec materials leave our warehouse
- Utilize gas and liquid chromatographs that feature a vast array of columns, allowing us great diversity in analyzing many compounds
- Analyze many wet samples, typically for pH, conductivity, and moistures
- Measure viscosities of all ranges by means of glass capillary viscometers, bubble viscometers, or mechanical viscometers
Chromatography
- Hewlett Packard Gas Chromatograph Series 5890 and 6890 with Flame Ionization Detector
- High Performance Liquid Chromatograph HP 1090 and 1100 w/auto sampler
- Alltech ELSD 800 Evaporative Light Scattering Detector
- Variable Wavelength UV Detector
- Hewlett Packard Chemstation Software
Spectrometers
- Perkin Elmer 3110 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer used for metals analysis
- Perkin Elmer 1600 FT-IR Infrared Laser Spectrometer used for assays
Spectrophotometer
- Spectronic 21 UV/Visible Wavelength Range
Mechanical Viscometers
- Brookfield LVT and RVT Viscometers
- Thomas Stormer Viscometer
- ICI Cone and Plate Viscometer
- Brookfield Thermosel Constant Heat Viscometer
Capillary Viscometers
- Cannon Fenske and IRG Capillary Viscometers
- Gardner Bubble Viscometers Range A to Z10
- Zahn Cup
Lab Instruments and Meters
- Orion pH Meters
- Orion Chlorine Meter
- Accumet pH Meters
- Aquatest KF Moisture Titrator
- Metrohm Auto Titrator used for automatic titrations
- Hach Turbidimeter
- YSI Conductivity Meter
- Thomas Hoover Melting Point Apparatus used for assays
- Open and Closed Cup Flashpoint Apparatus
- Precision Digital Density Meter used for density of oils
- Precision Penetrometer used for grease penetrations
- ERMA Refractometer for refractive index
- Parr Chlorine Bomb Apparatus used for chlorine analysis
- Mettler Infrared Dryer Moisture Analyzer used for product solids
- Lab and Vacuum Ovens used for product solids and moistures
- Shore D Hardness Tester used for epoxy hardness analysis
- Fisher Scientific Centrifuge
- Kimble Pycnometer for measuring densities
- Brookfield Thermosel Digital Controlled Viscometer for measuring viscosities at varying temperatures
- Precision grind gauge
- Constant temperature baths
- Hot oil baths
- Rotap Sieve Shaker used for SM-2 sieves
- Koehler Refrigerated Bath
- Aqua Star Solids Evaporator Moisture Analyzer
- Rotovap Vacuum Apparatus
- Gardner Color Wheel
- Orbeco-Hellige Aquatester for color analysis
- Orbeco-Hellige Oil Comparator for oil color analysis
