Dakota Ultrasonics MINI--MAX - Manual (Page 4)

6.2 T RANSDUCER CONTACT REQUIREMENTS .................................................... 36
6.3 B OLT END REFLECTORS ............................................................................ 37
CHAPTER 7 TRANSDUCER SELECTION ........................................................ 39
7.1 S ELECTING THE T RANSDUCER .................................................................. 39
CHAPTER 8 MEASURING SYSTEM ZERO (CALIBRATION) .......................... 40
8.1 I NTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 40
8.2 C ALIBRATION / Z ERO MISNOMER ................................................................ 41
8.3 U SING A STANDARD BOLT .......................................................................... 41
8.4 C ALIBRATION / Z ERO BARS & T RIPLE S IDED G LASS B LOCK .......................... 64
CHAPTER 9 TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION ............................................. 87
9.1 P URPOSE ................................................................................................ 87
9.2 M ANUAL M ODE ........................................................................................ 87
9.3 S EMI A UTOMATIC M ODE ........................................................................... 88
9.4 A UTOMATIC M ODE ................................................................................... 90
CHAPTER 10 BOLT MATERIAL CALIBRATION ............................................... 91
10.1 W HY DO WE NEED TO CALIBRATE ............................................................... 91
10.2 V ELOCITY CALIBRATION ............................................................................ 91
10.3 S TRESS FACTOR CALIBRATION .................................................................. 95
10.4 T EMPERATURE FACTOR CALIBRATION ........................................................ 98
CHAPTER 11 LOAD MEASUREMENT ........................................................... 102
11.1 C ALCULATING A LOAD FACTOR ................................................................ 102
11.2 C ALIBRATING A LOAD FACTOR (F IELD C ALIBRATION ) .................................. 105
11.3 P ERFORMING A F IELD C ALIBRATION ......................................................... 106
CHAPTER 12 MEASUREMENT AND THE WAVEFORM DISPLAY ............... 120
12.1 Q UANTITIES OF M EASUREMENT ............................................................... 120
12.2 D ISPLAY V IEW O PTIONS ......................................................................... 121
12.3 A DJUSTING THE D ISPLAY ........................................................................ 127
12.4 G AIN ..................................................................................................... 132
12.5 T HRESHOLD .......................................................................................... 134
12.6 G ATE .................................................................................................... 137
12.7 I NTERPRETING THE W AVEFORM ............................................................... 141
12.8 M ANUALLY L OCATING THE ECHO ............................................................. 143
12.9 A UTOMATIC ECHO OPTIMIZATION ............................................................. 145
12.10 U NLOADED LENGTH AND E LONGATION MEASUREMENTS ............................ 149
CHAPTER 13 ADDITIONAL FEATURES ........................................................ 150
13.1 P ULSE W IDTH ........................................................................................ 150
13.2 A LARM M ODE ........................................................................................ 150
13.3 P OLARITY .............................................................................................. 153
13.4 R ECTIFIED W AVEFORM (F ILLED / UNFILLED ) ............................................... 154
CHAPTER 14 DATA STORAGE – SETUP, EDIT, & VIEW GROUPS ............. 156