Instruction Manual

6.2 TRANSDUCER CONTACT REQUIREMENTS .................................................... 36
6.3 BOLT END REFLECTORS ............................................................................ 37
CHAPTER 7 TRANSDUCER SELECTION ........................................................ 39
7.1 SELECTING THE TRANSDUCER .................................................................. 39
CHAPTER 8 MEASURING SYSTEM ZERO (CALIBRATION) .......................... 40
8.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 40
8.2 CALIBRATION / ZERO MISNOMER ................................................................ 41
8.3 USING A STANDARD BOLT .......................................................................... 41
8.4 CALIBRATION / ZERO BARS & TRIPLE SIDED GLASS BLOCK .......................... 64
CHAPTER 9 TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION ............................................. 87
9.1 PURPOSE ................................................................................................ 87
9.2 MANUAL MODE ........................................................................................ 87
9.3 SEMI AUTOMATIC MODE ........................................................................... 88
9.4 AUTOMATIC MODE ................................................................................... 90
CHAPTER 10 BOLT MATERIAL CALIBRATION ............................................... 91
10.1 WHY DO WE NEED TO CALIBRATE ............................................................... 91
10.2 VELOCITY CALIBRATION ............................................................................ 91
10.3 STRESS FACTOR CALIBRATION .................................................................. 95
10.4 TEMPERATURE FACTOR CALIBRATION ........................................................ 98
CHAPTER 11 LOAD MEASUREMENT ........................................................... 102
11.1 CALCULATING A LOAD FACTOR ................................................................ 102
11.2 CALIBRATING A LOAD FACTOR (FIELD CALIBRATION) .................................. 105
11.3 PERFORMING A FIELD CALIBRATION ......................................................... 106
CHAPTER 12 MEASUREMENT AND THE WAVEFORM DISPLAY ............... 120
12.1 QUANTITIES OF MEASUREMENT ............................................................... 120
12.2 D
ISPLAY VIEW OPTIONS ......................................................................... 121
12.3 ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY ........................................................................ 127
12.4 G
AIN ..................................................................................................... 132
12.5 T
HRESHOLD .......................................................................................... 134
12.6 GATE .................................................................................................... 137
12.7 INTERPRETING THE WAVEFORM............................................................... 141
12.8 M
ANUALLY LOCATING THE ECHO ............................................................. 143
12.9 AUTOMATIC ECHO OPTIMIZATION ............................................................. 145
12.10 UNLOADED LENGTH AND ELONGATION MEASUREMENTS ............................ 149
CHAPTER 13 ADDITIONAL FEATURES ........................................................ 150
13.1 P
ULSE WIDTH ........................................................................................ 150
13.2 A
LARM MODE ........................................................................................ 150
13.3 POLARITY .............................................................................................. 153
13.4 R
ECTIFIED WAVEFORM (FILLED/UNFILLED) ............................................... 154
CHAPTER 14 DATA STORAGE – SETUP, EDIT, & VIEW GROUPS ............. 156