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Brookeld Engineering Labs., Inc. Page 30 Manual No. M13-167-A0415

III.5 Temperature Control

TheDV3TRheometerprovidestheabilitytocontrolthetemperatureofaconnectedBrookeld

temperaturecontroldevicesuchastheThermosel(HT-106controller)andwaterbathswithSDor

APcontrollers(forexample:TC-550SD).TheThermoselorwaterbathcanthenbeusedtocontrol

thetemperatureofthesampleundertest.

TheDV3Tconnectstothetemperaturecontroldevicethroughadedicatedcommunicationcable.

TheThermoselrequirescableDVP-141.ThewaterbathsrequirecableDVP-207.Thesecables

areavailablefromBrookeld.

Whenconguredforcontrolofatemperaturecontroldevice,theDV3Tmayhavetwotemperature

inputs;

1)thetemperatureprobesuppliedwiththeDV3T(DVP-94Y,CPA-44PYZ,orSC4-13RPY)

and

2)thetemperatureprobesuppliedwiththetemperaturecontroldevice(waterbathorThermosel).

Onlyonetemperatureprobecanbeusedfordisplayoflivetemperature,control,anddatacollection.

SelecttheprobetobeusedintheTemperaturemenu(seeFigureIII-6).

TIP:EmbeddedtemperatureprobesusedwiththeCone/PlateandSmallSampleAdaptercanbe

usedforsetpointcontrolofawaterbath.Makingthisselectioncanimprovethetemperature

controlofthesamplebyoffsettingthetemperaturebathtoaccountforanyheatlossin

thetubingorwaterjacket.Tousetheembeddedtemperatureprobe,selectProbeinthe

Temperaturemenu.

TemperaturecontrolmustbeinitiatedeachtimetheDV3Tispoweredon.Besurethatthetemperature

controldeviceispoweredonpriortoinitiatingcommunication.ChoseDeviceSetupintheSettings

menu.ChoseTemperatureandyouwillbepresentedwiththeTemperaturemenu(seeFigureIII-6).

TemperatureOffsetisdescribedinSectionIV.1.

Figure III-6

SelectTemperatureControllerandyouwillbepresentedwiththeDefaultTemperaturemenu(see

FigureIII-7).Thismenuallowstheuserto1)initiatecommunicationwiththetemperaturecontroller

and2)setadefaulttemperature.

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