Owner's manual

Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 82 Manual No. M13-2100
YieldTestparametersareshowninasingleareawithinPGFlashwithoutaProgramGrid(only
asinglestepforYieldTests).AllyieldparametersareavailableincludingSpindleSettings,Test
SettingsandTestInstructions&PathSettings.
Spindle: Thecurrentlyselectedspindle.AllYieldandStresscalculationswillbemade
basedontheSpindleselectionandtheImmersionMark.Spindlechoiceis
limitedtovanespindlesoruserdenedcustomspindles.
Immersion Mark: SpecifytheimmersionlocationoftheBrookeldvanespindle.Primaryisat
theimmersionmarkshownonthespindleshaft.Secondaryisatthemid-point
ofthevanesurface.
Pre-ShearSpeed: Specifyaspedofrotationforpre-shearofthesample
Pre-ShearTime: SpecifythedurationofthePre-Shearstep.
Zero Speed: Specifythespeedofrotationusedtoreturnthe%Torquereadingtozerobefore
startingtheyieldmeasurement.
WaitTime: Specifythedurationofarestperiodpriortostartingtheyieldtest.
TestRunSpeed: Specifythespeedoftheyieldtest.
TorqueReduction: Specifytheendpointofthetest.Normallysetto100%.
TemperatureSetPoint: Alivesignalfromtherheometerwhenatemperatureprobeisattached(Brookeld
PartNo.DVP-94Y).Alsoshownisthesetpointusedtocontroltheattached
temperaturecontroller(BrookeldThermosel orTC-XX0SD/TC-XX0AP
TemperatureBaths).
YieldLowLimit: ParameterbasedonthechosenQCLimits.
YieldHighLimit: ParameterbasedonthechosenQCLimits.
SaveResultsPath: Denethememorylocationwherethedatawillbesaved.
Instructions: Createamessagethattheuserwillseewhenthetestbegins.
Figure VI-5