Patent ID: 7062951

Claim:
A method for measuring a plasticity of a material such as a ceramic raw material or mass, the method comprising the steps of: (a) setting a sample body on a force measurement device comprising a force transducer adapted to vibrate upon an impact; (b) deforming said sample body by impacting said sample body with a weight, wherein said impacting causes said force transducer to produce a vibration; (c) measuring a movement of said weight over time during a deformation of said sample body until an end of said deformation; (d) generating a path signal based on said movement of said weight, wherein said path signal is proportional to said deformation of said sample body; (e) measuring a reaction force of said sample body over time during said deformation of said sample body until said end of said deformation; (f) generating a force signal, wherein said force signal is proportional to said reaction force; (g) superimposing said vibration of said force transducer onto said force signal; (h) detecting a damping behavior of said vibration by said sample body; and (i) processing and evaluating said path signal and said force signal with a computer.