OPERATIONMANUALPROMO®2000
PALAS
®
GMBH,MARCH2010,VERSIONV001032010
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CONTENTS:
1 IMPORTANTNOTES!!!.......................................................................................................4
2 INSTALLATIONANDFIRSTOPERATION.............................................................................5
2.1 Mainsvoltagecheck......................................................................................................5
2.2 Auxiliaryequipmentcheck............................................................................................5
3 CONNECTINGTHESENSOR................................................................................................6
3.1 Rearsideofthecontrolunit..........................................................................................6
3.2 Frontsideofthecontrolunit.........................................................................................7
3.2.1 Completeconnectionofthecontrolunit....................................................................8
3.3 Connectionofthesensor..............................................................................................9
3.3.1 Uppersideofthesensor............................................................................................9
3.3.2 Bottomviewofthesensor.......................................................................................10
3.4 Cleaningthesensor.....................................................................................................10
3.4.1 Howtocleanthesensor..........................................................................................10
3.5 Handlingoflightwaveconductorcables.....................................................................12
3.6 Fibertest......................................................................................................................13
3.7 Lampexchange...........................................................................................................15
3.8 Lossofwarranty..........................................................................................................16
4 CALIBRATIONOFTHESENSORWITHCALDUST1100.......................................................17
4.1 HowtocalibrateyoursensorfortheselectedmeasurementrangewithCalDust1100?
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4.2 Calibrationofthevelocity:..........................................................................................19
5 ENSURINGCORRECTTESTCONDITIONS..........................................................................20
5.1 Measurementerrors...................................................................................................20
5.1.1 Methodicerrors.......................................................................................................21
5.1.2 Accidentalerrors.....................................................................................................21
5.1.3 Agrosserror............................................................................................................21
5.2 Importantcomparison................................................................................................22
5.3 Erroridentificationofopticalmeasuringdevices.........................................................23
5.4 Advantagesofcountingmeasuringprocedures...........................................................23
5.5 Opticalparticlemeasurement.....................................................................................24
5.6 Termsofopticalparticlemeasurement.......................................................................24
5.7 Determinationofinteractionrelations........................................................................24
5.8 Particlecharacteristics/Equivalentdiameter...............................................................25
5.8.1 Particlecharacteristics............................................................................................25
5.8.2 Equivalentdiameterof............................................................................................26
5.9 Opticallimitationofthemeasuringvolume................................................................26
5.10 Resolutioncapacityandclassificationaccuracy...........................................................27
6 PARTICLEMEASUREMENTWITHPROMO®......................................................................28
6.1 SpecialfeaturesofthePromo®system.......................................................................28
6.2 Clearcalibrationcurve................................................................................................29