Dakota Ultrasonics MINI--MAX - Manual (Page 3)

CHAPTER 1 WARRANTY AND SAFETY ............................................................ 1
1.1 W ARRANTY ............................................................................................... 1
1.2 S AFETY ..................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL .................................................................. 2
2.1 I F YOU ’ RE NEW TO U LTRASONICS ................................................................ 2
2.2 I F YOU ’ RE NEW TO FASTENER MEASUREMENT ............................................... 2
CHAPTER 3 QUICK START GUIDE ................................................................... 3
3.1 O VERVIEW ................................................................................................. 3
3.2 G ETTING THE MINI-MAX READY ................................................................. 3
3.3 S ETTING UP THE MINI-MAX ....................................................................... 3
3.4 C REATING A N EW G ROUP TO S TORE M EASUREMENTS .................................. 6
3.5 S ETTING THE A PPROXIMATE L ENGTH ......................................................... 14
3.6 M EASURING R EFERENCE L ENGTHS ........................................................... 17
3.7 M EASURING E LONGATIONS ....................................................................... 18
CHAPTER 4 KEYBOARD, MENU, & CONNECTOR REFERENCE ................... 20
4.1 M ENU K EY (O PERATION & S UB M ENUS ) ................................................... 20
4.2 CAL – M ENU ........................................................................................... 22
4.3 MATL ( MATERIAL ) – M ENU ....................................................................... 22
4.4 GEOM ( GEOMETRY ) – M ENU .................................................................... 23
4.5 DISP ( DISPLAY ) – M ENU .......................................................................... 24
4.6 TUNE – M ENU ........................................................................................ 24
4.7 AUTO – M ENU ........................................................................................ 25
4.8 SETUP – M ENU ...................................................................................... 26
4.9 DATA – M ENU ........................................................................................ 26
4.10 UTIL ( UTILITIES ) – M ENU .......................................................................... 27
4.11 XFER ( TRANSFER ) – M ENU ...................................................................... 27
4.12 CLR ( CLEAR ) K EY ................................................................................... 28
4.13 MEAS ( MEASUREMENT MODE ) K EY ........................................................... 28
4.14 OK K EY .................................................................................................. 30
4.15 ESC K EY .................................................................................................. 30
4.16 A RROW K EYS ............................................................................................ 30
4.17 ENTER KEY .............................................................................................. 30
4.18 AUTO SET K EY ........................................................................................ 30
4.19 ON/OFF K EY ............................................................................................ 31
4.20 T OP & B OTTOM E ND C APS ......................................................................... 31
CHAPTER 5 THEORY OF OPERATION ........................................................... 33
5.1 U LTRASONIC M EASUREMENT OF B OLTS ..................................................... 33
5.2 F EATURES OF THE MINI-MAX .................................................................. 34
5.3 U LTRASONIC WAVES ................................................................................. 34
CHAPTER 6 BOLT PREPARATION .................................................................. 35
6.1 U SE OF ULTRASONIC COUPLANT ................................................................ 35