Brookfield PFT Powder Flow Tester - II. QUICK START PROCEDURE

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II. QUICK START PROCEDURE
1. Level the instrument.
2. Turn on the power to the instrument. The switch is on the back side.
3. Open Powder Flow Pro software application on PC. Go to the setup tab. Establish communication
withtheinstrumentbypushingthesearchbutton.Thecommunicationor“COM”portwill
automaticallybeselectedandidentied.
4. RecordtheweightoftheTrough(e.g.702.34grams).
Pin in Trough
Figure II-1: Trough
5. Attach the Outer Catch Tray outside the trough. Insert the Inner Catch Tray with Shaping
Blade inside the Trough. The Inner catch tray locks into place with slight rotation. The pin in
the Trough engages with one of the multiple pinholes in the bottom of the Inner Catch Tray.
Inner
Catch
Tray
Outer
Catch
Tray
Figure II-2: Inner and Outer Catch Tray
6. Fill the Trough with powder and level with the Shaping Blade; use the Shaping Blade with a
curvedprolefortestusingaVaneLid;usetheShapingBladewithaatprolefortestusing
a Wall Lid.
Figure II-3: Shaping Blade with curved prole Figure II-4: Shaping Blade with at prole