Mercury Scientific Inc. has been in the powder testing business for over 20 years. In this time we have measured thousands of samples. From this experience, we have developed guiding principles that we use to conduct our business.
1.) Our instruments must be economical in design - We design our instruments to do the job they are required to do, no more and no less. This is not as easy as it sounds. Typically our designs go through many stages to reduce complexity and cost. This extra engineering pays off for the users of our instruments. Our instruments are typically much less expensive than competing instruments and are more durable.
2.) Our instruments must be creative and unique - We take pride in our ability to offer products that take new approaches to measurements in our field. We currently hold 4 patents with more coming. We do not want to offer simply another version of any instrument on the market but something better.
The track record of our designers is:
a) first commercial shear tester to use a motor and load cell to deliver force to the sample powder and rotate the cell lid to deliver shear (1997);
b) first commercial rotating drum powder analyzer using a video camera and image analysis software (2001-patented 2006);
c) first commercial and automated direct compression unconfined yield strength tester (2009-patented 2012);
d) first commercial powder spreadability analyzer (2022-patented 2021);
3.) We must understand the needs of our customers - When scientists and engineers buy an instrument, they usually have very specific goals and needs in mind. We believe it is our job to understand these goals and needs to make sure our instruments meet the requirements of the application. For this reason, we test samples and offer demonstrations of our instruments so we can learn about the requirements of the user.
We believe in our instruments and you will too.