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1st Peak facility – this is used to detect the force at which a
sample breaks but is not necessarily the maximum force (e.g.
detecting the force at which a tablet first begins to crack.)
When this feature is set to ON, two additional functions can
be selected using the MAX key from the main display.
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1st Peak Tension
1st Peak Compression
1st Peak
Tension/Compression
Fig. 9
1st peak
compression
symbol
Fig. 8
1st peak
tension symbol
Fig. 10
The dual Max
display now shows
1st peak tension
and 1st peak
compression. Load
currently applied to
instrument is also
shown (0000.0)