Owner's manual

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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 5
1-1. Calibration...............................................................................................................5
1-2. Maintainability........................................................................................................ 5
1-3. Environments .......................................................................................................... 5
2. THEORY OF OPERATION..................................................................... 6
3. OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE................................................................. 7
4. APPLICATION INFORMATION.......................................................... 8
5. TARGETS............................................................................................................ 9
5-1. Material ................................................................................................................... 9
5-2. Thickness .............................................................................................................. 10
5-3. Size........................................................................................................................ 10
6. SPECIAL HANDLING CAUTIONS................................................. 10
6-1. The Sensors........................................................................................................... 10
6-2. The Mounting Surface .......................................................................................... 11
7. FIXTURING....................................................................................................... 12
8. CROSS-AXIS SENSITIVITY................................................................ 15
9. PIN OUT and CONNECTOR ASSIGNEMENTS................... 17
10. USER’S ABBREVIATED FUNCTIONAL TEST.................. 18
11. SENSOR INSTALLATION GUIDELINES AND
PROCEDURES
..................................................................................................... 19
12. CALIBRATION............................................................................................ 20
12-1. Pitfalls: ................................................................................................................ 20
12-1a. Dimensional Standard: .................................................................................. 20
12-1b. Recalibration ................................................................................................. 20
12-1c. Thermal Equilibrium..................................................................................... 20
12-2. Equipment Needed to Calibrate:......................................................................... 22
12-3. Calibration Procedure Overview: ....................................................................... 22
12-4. Calibration Steps:................................................................................................ 22
13. TROUBLESHOOTING.......................................................................... 24
14. TERMINOLOGY......................................................................................... 26
TOTAL SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS* ................................................. 28
PERFORMANCE ......................................................................................................... 28
ELECTRICAL .............................................................................................................. 28
TEMPERATURE.......................................................................................................... 28
MICRO-CONVERSION SCALE................................................................ 29
DIGITAL DYNAMIC RANGE........................................................................................ 29
CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION ……………………………30
TECH NOTES…………………………………………………………………….31