OfiTE 2025 - Getting Started; Quick Start: Setup, Test Start, and Completion

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Quick Start
Starting a Test
1. Before turning on the Consistometer, make sure the MOTOR, PUMP,
HEAT, COOL, and AIR TO CYLINDER switches are all off and the
CYLINDER switch is set to DRAIN.
2. Turn the MAIN switch on.
3. Turn the MOTOR switch to MANUAL.
4. Slowly lower the slurry cup into the test cell until the drive table engages
with the drive pins on the bottom.
5. Lower the potentiometer into the test cell so that it sits on top of the slurry
cup.
6. Turn the MOTOR switch to AUTOMATIC.
7. Carefully lower the cell cap into the test cell and tighten it.
If are using a metal o-ring and you tighten the cell cap past the
marked position, you must use a new o-ring for the next test.
8. Plug the thermocouple into the port near the test cell. Insert the
thermocouple into the hole in the top of the cell cap and tighten the thread
gland nger tight and loosen it ¼ of a turn.
9. Close the pressure release valve by turning it clockwise.
10. Turn the CYLINDER switch to FILL. When the cell is full, oil will leak out
of the thermocouple tting on the cell cap. Tighten the tting to seal the
cell.
11. Turn the PUMP switch to AUTOMATIC. Turn the DC VOLT and HEAT
switches on. Turn the COOL switch to AUTOMATIC.
12. Load the test:
a. If you will be using the software to run the test, select a Test Prole
and click the Start Test button on the Main Screen.
b. If you will be using the onboard controls to run the test, rst select a
test to run, then select option 1 “Run/Edit Test” from the Main menu
and press the Scroll Wheel in to start the test. This will start the motor.
13. Push the scroll wheel on the Control Panel to start the test.