Manual

CANNON

miniAV-X Automatic Viscometer with VISCPRO

Instruction & Operation Manual

Version 1.Ob— March, 2012; CANNON

Instrument Company

2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA 16803 • USA

4. Apply power to the instrument and adjust the potentiometer to get a

reading of 0.50V for the elevate driver.

5. Turn off the power to the instrument.

6. Disconnect the positive probe from the potentiometer lead of the

elevate driver.7. Connect the positive probe to the potentiometer lead

of the rotate driver. The rotate driver is located furthest from the

instrument.

7. Apply power to the instrument and adjust the potentiometer to get a

reading of 0.34V for the rotate driver.

8. Turn off the power to the instrument and remove the voltmeter probes.

9. Connect the stepper motors to the corresponding drivers.

NOTE

The units are shipped with current cutback enabled i.e. the micro switch

is towards the white dot. This is the correct mode of operation and

should not be changed.

We are using quarter step resolution which means pin 3 and pin 7 are

connected and pin 2 and pin 7 are not connected.

Temperature bath

The temperature bath is capable of maintaining constant temperatures

between 20°C and 100°C. Silicone bath fluid is circulated via a central

stirring shaft with twin impellers. The bath also contains stainless steel

resistance heating elements. Solid state temperature control circuits

provide proportional control with reset. An over-temperature probe is

installed to protect all heating elements. It protects the bath from over

heating.

Bath fluid

The temperature bath is ordinarily filled with Dow Corning 200 10 cSt

silicone fluid, available from CANNON

Instrument Company.

Filling the bath

CAUTION

Remove MAINS power from the instrument before beginning the fill

procedure. The fill procedure should be performed when the bath fluid is

at ambient lab temperature.

Fill procedure

1. Obtain the (supplied) bottle, Fill Cap Assembly and bath fluid.

2. Remove the top panel of the bath unit to view and access internal

components.