Stability & shelf life
Products must remain stable throughout storage, transport and use. Monitoring stability, viscosity changes and shelf life often requires lengthy studies and significant laboratory resources. Labman helps coatings teams automate stability workflows, ensuring consistent testing while generating higher-quality data over the lifetime of a study.Labman expertise
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Bring the precision, speed and safety of stability & shelf life to your laboratory.Storage stability studiesAutomate sample handling and scheduled evaluation throughout storage stability studies. Standardised workflows support consistent monitoring over time, helping researchers identify changes in coating properties, compare formulations and establish reliable evidence of product stability under defined storage conditions.
Settling & separation assessmentInvestigate physical instability through repeatable assessment of pigment settling, phase separation and redispersibility. Automating sample handling and measurement workflows improves consistency across test intervals, helping researchers compare formulations, identify emerging stability issues and evaluate the effectiveness of formulation adjustments.
Viscosity & rheology monitoringMonitor changes in viscosity and rheological behaviour throughout storage, ageing and processing studies. Automated measurement workflows support repeatable data collection across defined time points, enabling researchers to identify trends, assess formulation stability and understand how material properties evolve over time.
Pot-life evaluationEvaluate the usable life of coatings after mixing or activation by monitoring changes in material properties over time. Standardised sample handling and scheduled measurements help researchers characterise working-time limitations, compare formulations and establish more reliable processing windows for application.
Accelerated ageing & shelf-life studiesSupport accelerated ageing and shelf-life investigations through controlled sample handling, scheduled evaluation and repeatable measurement. Automated workflows help generate comparable datasets across formulations and ageing conditions, enabling earlier identification of potential instability and more efficient assessment of product durability during storage.
Monitor stability over time
Understanding how coatings change during storage is essential for maintaining product quality and consistency. Automated sample handling and scheduled measurement workflows help laboratories monitor key properties throughout long-term studies, reducing repetitive manual work and improving comparability across test intervals.- Standardise storage study workflows
- Automate scheduled sample evaluation
- Track changes in coating properties
- Generate consistent longitudinal data
Identify settling & separation
Physical instability can affect coating uniformity, application performance and product usability. Repeatable assessment of settling, separation and redispersibility helps researchers identify formulation weaknesses and investigate how composition and storage conditions influence long-term stability.- Assess pigment settling and separation
- Evaluate redispersibility
- Compare formulations under controlled conditions
- Identify emerging stability issues
Track viscosity & rheology changes
Changes in viscosity and flow behaviour can indicate physical or chemical changes within a coating formulation. Automating measurements at defined intervals supports consistent monitoring, helping researchers detect trends, compare formulations and understand the relationship between material properties and storage conditions.- Automate repeatable viscosity measurements
- Monitor rheological changes over time
- Compare stability across formulations
- Support data-driven formulation optimisation
Characterise pot life & working time
Once mixed or activated, some coatings undergo progressive changes that limit their usable working time. Automated workflows enable systematic evaluation of material properties over defined intervals, helping researchers characterise pot life, compare formulations and establish suitable processing windows.- Monitor property changes after mixing
- Evaluate working-time limitations
- Compare pot life across formulations
- Improve confidence in application windows
Accelerate shelf-life assessment
Accelerated ageing studies help researchers investigate how coatings respond to elevated temperatures and other defined storage conditions. Integrating scheduled handling and repeatable evaluation can improve study consistency, support earlier identification of potential failure and generate structured evidence for shelf-life investigations.- Coordinate ageing and evaluation workflows
- Compare performance across storage conditions
- Identify potential instability earlier
- Generate reliable long-term datasets
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Products must remain stable throughout storage, transport and use. Monitoring stability, viscosity changes and shelf life often requires lengthy studies and significant laboratory resources. Labman helps coatings teams automate stability workflows, ensuring consistent testing while generating higher-quality data over the lifetime of a study.Custom projectsLabman are experts at creating technologies for your lab that work exactly as you need them to, with no compromises.
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