Patent ID: 8061240

Claim:
A method of automatically stripping or trimming samples for a reproducible measurement of the rheological properties of highly viscous to solid material samples by way of a plate/plate rheometer prior to carrying out the measurement, the method which comprises: clamping a material sample between two plates of the rheometer, the plates having a circular circumferential edge; providing a stripping tool with a cutting blade supported by way of a holding strut on a holding block; placing a cutting edge of the cutting blade with a setting angle relative to a tangent against the circular circumferential edge of the plates to form a line of contact; and moving the plates of the rheometer and the cutting of the cutting blade relative to one another in rotation in a circle with respect to one another in at least one full circumferential circular rotational movement in order to strip a protruding portion of the sample material projecting over the circular circumferential edge of the plates of the rheometer.