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Operator Protection
Product Support: www.instron.com
The frame disables when:
• Emergency stop button is pressed
• A frame fault occurs
• You press and hold the STOP button for 2 seconds.
When the frame transitions from any other mode to disabled, any pneumatic grips
connected to the integrated air kit will open automatically.
To proceed to
SET UP mode, you press the UNLOCK button.
Set Up
Bluehill
®
displays blue border with white text, Ready to set up.
SET UP (blue) LED illuminates on the frame control panel.
This is a restricted state of the frame.
The indicator LED flashes blue whenever the crosshead is moving, e.g. jogging.
When the frame is in set up mode:
• crosshead can jog at the operator protect jog speed (no greater than 600 mm/min)
• pneumatic grips can close at the initial grip pressure (default value of 15 psi)
The frame returns to set up mode when:
• the test is paused (e.g. during extensometer removal)
• after a test is complete
• after a return is complete
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