Rheology data files, read and analyzed — free
How rheometer data is stored (TA TRIOS, Anton Paar, Malvern), how to read/convert flow curves and frequency sweeps — upload to Matflow free, or parse in Python.
Formats: TA Instruments TRIOS exports, Anton Paar (RheoCompass) exports, Malvern .rproj exports, CSV/Excel · For: Formulation & polymer labs
What the format actually is
Where the data hides, and what a naive parser loses.
Rheometry data is almost always exported as CSV/Excel from the vendor analysis suite (TRIOS, RheoCompass…) — but the column layout changes per measurement type: flow curves (η vs γ̇), frequency sweeps (G′/G″ vs ω), amplitude sweeps (γ-strain), thixotropy loops.
The analysis-relevant metadata — geometry (cone/plate vs parallel plate), temperature protocol, gap — is often in header rows above the data or lost in export, which breaks comparability across sessions.
Downstream needs are consistent: viscosity curves, Cox–Merz checks, yield-stress fits (Herschel–Bulkley), G′/G″ crossover — all currently redone by hand per file.
Vendor quirks that break naive parsers
Each of these has produced a silently wrong number in a real workflow.
Do it yourself in Python
We would rather you succeed with or without us. The open-source path:
What happens if you use Matflow
The parser is only step one — the value is the review and the provenance that follow.
Upload on the Ingestion page
Excel, CSV, PDF, SDS images and instrument files are parsed into evidence-tagged rows — the original file is retained as provenance.
Review before promotion
Column roles and types are proposed for a reason; correcting a mislabeled column here is the highest-leverage five minutes in the workflow.
Promote to a governed dataset
The accepted rows become a versioned dataset any stage can use — every row keeps its source and extraction status.
Docs: ingestion & extraction · column roles · instrument parsers
Stop parsing by hand
Upload your TA Instruments TRIOS exports, Anton Paar file to Matflow and it lands as a governed, validated dataset — original file preserved as provenance, every column documented. Free tier, no card.
Other formats we parse
This guide covers one of 10 instrument formats.