Instruction Manual

CHAPTER 1 WARRANTY AND SAFETY ............................................................ 1
1.1 WARRANTY ............................................................................................... 1
1.2 SAFETY ..................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL .................................................................. 2
2.1 IF YOU’RE NEW TO ULTRASONICS ................................................................ 2
2.2 IF YOU’RE NEW TO FASTENER MEASUREMENT ............................................... 2
CHAPTER 3 QUICK START GUIDE ................................................................... 3
3.1 OVERVIEW................................................................................................. 3
3.2 GETTING THE MINI-MAX READY ................................................................. 3
3.3 SETTING UP THE MINI-MAX ....................................................................... 3
3.4 CREATING A NEW GROUP TO STORE MEASUREMENTS .................................. 6
3.5 SETTING THE APPROXIMATE LENGTH ......................................................... 14
3.6 MEASURING REFERENCE LENGTHS ........................................................... 17
3.7 MEASURING ELONGATIONS ....................................................................... 18
CHAPTER 4 KEYBOARD, MENU, & CONNECTOR REFERENCE ................... 20
4.1 MENU KEY (OPERATION & SUB MENUS ) ................................................... 20
4.2 CAL – MENU ........................................................................................... 22
4.3 MATL (MATERIAL) – MENU ....................................................................... 22
4.4 GEOM (GEOMETRY) – MENU .................................................................... 23
4.5 DISP (DISPLAY) – MENU .......................................................................... 24
4.6 TUNE – MENU ........................................................................................ 24
4.7 AUTO – MENU ........................................................................................ 25
4.8 SETUP – MENU ...................................................................................... 26
4.9 DATA – MENU ........................................................................................ 26
4.10 UTIL (UTILITIES) – MENU .......................................................................... 27
4.11 XFER (TRANSFER) – MENU ...................................................................... 27
4.12 CLR (CLEAR) KEY ................................................................................... 28
4.13 MEAS (MEASUREMENT MODE) KEY ........................................................... 28
4.14 OK
KEY .................................................................................................. 30
4.15 ESC KEY .................................................................................................. 30
4.16 ARROW KEYS ............................................................................................ 30
4.17
ENTER KEY .............................................................................................. 30
4.18 AUTO SET KEY ........................................................................................ 30
4.19
ON/OFF KEY ............................................................................................ 31
4.20 TOP & BOTTOM END CAPS ......................................................................... 31
CHAPTER 5 THEORY OF OPERATION ........................................................... 33
5.1 U
LTRASONIC MEASUREMENT OF BOLTS ..................................................... 33
5.2 FEATURES OF THE MINI-MAX .................................................................. 34
5.3 U
LTRASONIC WAVES ................................................................................. 34
CHAPTER 6 BOLT PREPARATION .................................................................. 35
6.1 USE OF ULTRASONIC COUPLANT ................................................................ 35