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Select UP or DOWN to tell the gauge which direction the
stand will begin to move before the load-limit is reached.
BREAK - Sets the gauge to reverse at sample break. Press
ENTER to select.
SET % of load cell capacity to indicate the value by which the
load must fall to determine a break. Use a higher percentage
for ‘noisy’ samples where the load may fluctuate before the
sample finally breaks.
Press ENTER to confirm selection and return to stand sub-
menu 1.
LIMIT - Sets the load-limit value to trigger the stand reverse
function. Press ENTER to select.
SET load-limit using UP and DOWN keys. (UNITS key
changes the units of measurement for load-limit value). Press
ENTER to confirm selection and return to stand sub-menu.
Negative load limits indicate compression.
Select BREAK or LIMIT as per Reverse sub-menu 2 (above)
and SET the appropriate value at which you require the test
stand to stop.
Select and SET UPPER load-limit, LOWER load-limit and the
number of CYCLES you wish to perform (range = 2 - 9999).
Start the test by pushing the UP or DOWN switch on your test
stand. The test stand will move to the UPPER load-limit and
then travel back to the LOWER load-limit to perform the first
cycle. Subsequent cycles will be performed and a cycle-
counter is shown on the main display.
Note:
a) It is assumed that starting a test in the UP direction
applies a tension force, and in the DOWN direction a
compression force is applied.
b) The total number of cycles must be completed .. e.g. if a
sample breaks during the test, the AFG will try to continue
applying load for the set number of cycles.
c) At the end of your cycle test, the test sample will still be
under load.
When one of the stand control options (REVERSE, STOP or
CYCLE) have been set press ENTER. The display will revert
REVERSE sub-menu 1
REVERSE sub-menu 2
Break sub-menu 1
Limit sub-menu 1
STOP sub-menu 1
CYCLE sub-menu 1
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