Nova-tech PMB Moisture Analyzer User Manual

© Adam Equipment Company 2009 Adam Equipment PMB Moisture Analyzer (P.N. 9618, Revision D, June 2009) Software revisions V1.27 and u

8 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 3.5 LOCATING AND PROTECTING YOUR ANALYZER In order to keep your analyzer functioning at its best we sugge

9 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 3.6 SAFETY This Moisture Analyzer complies with the European Council Directives and international stand

10 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 • Protect the Moisture Analyzer from external liquids. Clean any spills immediately. • If there are any

11 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 • Materials that emit toxic, caustic or noxious fumes should only be tested in suitable fume hoods or

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13 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 4.0 DISPLAY AND KEYPAD The LCD has unique symbols to indicate the following: Î0Í Zero Stable Net Net we

14 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 During a typical Moisture test: Showing a test in progress for 13:25, with a current temperature of 12

15 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 [PST] / Î or [Right] Store or Recall pre-stored test parameters. To advance a flashing digit by one positi

16 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 5.0 REAR PANEL INTERFACES The rear panel has connectors for the data interface, fuse holder, security loc

17 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 The USB Host is designed to allow a USB memory device to be used as an external memory for the analyzers.

© Adam Equipment Company 2009 Easy Reference: Model name of the analyzer: Serial number of the unit: Software revision number (Di

18 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 6.0 BASIC OPERATION When first turned on the analyzer will act as a basic balance showing grams weight on t

19 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Heat Control • Single temperature, heat to a set temperature. • Ramp to temperature, Ramp to final tempe

20 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 • Time, Test ends at the end of a preset time. • Stable result, test ends if the results are stable wit

21 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Press the [Test] key to set the test procedure. During the process use the numeric entry procedure descri

22 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 “Ramp” Selected Show “Ramp” the temperature as above for setting the temperature and then change to “R

23 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Display “Interval” “Sec XX” The user can change the value using the arrow keys. Range is 01 to 99 Seconds.

24 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 “Time” selected Enter the time the test should run. The test will stop when this time is reached. Display

25 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Start Method The last setting is the Start method. The analyzer will either start a test automatically whe

26 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 6.1.2 PRINT CURRENT SETTINGS When setting the test parameters the [Print] key will cause the current param

27 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 6.2 STORE TEST SETTINGS It will be possible to store up to 49 test procedures/settings. There is also

1 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 1.0 CONTENTS 1.0 CONTENTS ...

28 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 When storing a test procedure the user has the option of adding a text or numeric name to the test.

29 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Press the [Setup/Enter] key to recall PST 07. The display will show: The analyzer will then retu

30 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 To select the option of storing all of the test settings stored in the analyzer memory to the USB memo

31 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 To load this file press the [Setup/Enter] key again. Or to choose a different file press the [Dspl] key to

32 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 The meaning of the text in the file is given below. Different test settings will create a file with differ

33 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 7.0 RUNNING A TEST If necessary the user can set a new set of values for a test setting or recall a pre-s

34 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Use the [Up] or [Down] keys to change the option, then press [Enter] to continue the test. The top l

35 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 % Solid Atro Moisture Time Left (if time limit is set) The Alternate displays in order are: Mas

36 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 At this time the final results are displayed. These results will include elapsed time of the test and fin

37 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 8.0 PRINT AND STORE RESULTS If the test parameters are set to allow the test results to be printed (see se

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38 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 8.3 RECALLING TEST RESULTS When a test result has been stored in the analyzer memory it can be recalled t

39 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 To delete all test results from memory, during normal weighing mode press the [Dspl] key until the displa

40 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 9.0 STORING RESULTS IN USB MEMORY A memory stick plugged into the USB host connector will allow for mass

41 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Once the file has been saved the display will show For 2 seconds then return to the USB display.

42 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 10.0 ANALYZER MENUS The PMB has a number of submenus for setting the operation of the analyzer and the com

43 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 When [Setup/Enter] is pressed and passcodes are not enabled the display will show the first section of the

44 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 10.1.1 SERIAL INTERFACE PARAMETERS The parameters affecting the serial setup are set in a similar manner

45 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 10.1.2 SETUP PARAMETERS The user parameters that control the analyzer are shown under the SETUP. When “SE

46 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 weighing. If sever vibration is present a slower filter may be helpful, for maximum speed use the fast fi

47 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 10.1.3 CALIBRATION This menu allows the user to calibrate the weight or the chamber temperature. Press

3 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 2.0 INTRODUCTION Thank you for selecting the PMB Moisture Analyzer. This Instruction Manual will famili

48 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 size if desired. For PMB 53 calibrate using 20 or 50grams, For PMB 202 calibrate with 100 or 200grams. P

49 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 with the timer running. The timer will count up to 20:00 to allow time for the chamber to come to a ste

50 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 At the end of 20 minutes the beeper will sound, read the temperature in the chamber. Any time after the

51 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 10.1.3.3 CALIBRATION REPORT During weight or temperature calibration the analyzer can print a report showi

52 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 10.1.4 PASSCODES To enable the security features in this analyzer it is necessary to set passcodes. The

53 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 10.2 STORE AND RECALL ANALYZER SETTING FROM USB MEMORY To store or recall analyzer settings on a USB memo

54 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Once the file has been saved the display will show For 2 seconds then return to the USB display.

55 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 The configuration file is a text file that would appear as the left column below. All configuration files

56 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 11.0 SERIAL INTERFACE The analyzers have the ability to send or receive data over the serial interface. Us

57 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 The drivers for the USB interface are available from the Adam Equipment web site. Go to www.adamequipment

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58 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 A typical test report will look as: MOISTURE TEST FILE NAME: RES00032 DATE: 13/12/2008 TIME: 09

59 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 After the test has finished the user can print either the complete test again or only a summary by pressing

60 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 11.5 ANALYZER CONFIGURATION THROUGH THE SERIAL INTERFACE The analyzer can use the serial interface to set p

61 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Care must be used as some commands depend upon others to be effective, For example sending a command for se

62 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 When the analyzer receives a valid command, it will return the message E0. But if an invalid input command

63 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 11.6 CONTINUOUS OUTPUT The analyzer can use the interface to send the weight only to the output. This setti

64 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 12.0 SPECIFICATIONS & FEATURES PMB 53 PMB 202 Capacity 50g 200g Readability 0.001g / 0.01% 0.01g

65 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Temperature chamber 50 -160C set in 1C steps Temperature profile Standard (one step) Step, up to 3 temper

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67 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 13.0 MENU STRUCTURE WEIGHING OPERATOR [0/I] key Standby/operate [Tare] key Zero/Tare function

5 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 3.0 SET UP 3.1 UNPACKING AND SETTING UP YOUR ANALYZER Remove the analyzer from the packing by carefully li

68 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 [Test] key Set Test Conditions Result % moisture % Solid % ATRO Moistur

69 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Start Manual Auto Print Test On Off Format Complete Summary [Setup/Enter

70 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 SUPERVISOR MENU SERIAL Setup Interface Parameters Baud Rate 2400/4800/9600/19200/38400 Pa

71 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 CALIBRATION CAL Mass Start weight calibration CAL Temp Start Chamber

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73 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 14.0 SAMPLE PREPARATION Sample preparation is the single most important item for accurate results. The sam

74 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Some plastics also are not suitable for this type of method due to the very low percent moisture and the he

75 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 15.0 GUIDANCE NOTES The following guide notes are offered as examples of temperature, display update time

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77 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 MOISTURE ANALYZER EXAMPLES MATERIAL SAMPLE MASS (g) DRYING TEMPERA-TURE.(º C) STROBE TIME(s) AVERAGE WATER

6 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 3.2 ASSEMBLING THE ANALYZER For best performance, let the analyzer warm up for 30 minutes before using.

78 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 supply any information that may help others, please contact Adam Equipment or your dealer.

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80 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 16.0 WARRANTY STATEMENT Adam Equipment offers Limited Warranty (Parts and Labor) for the components fail

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 © Adam Equipment Company 2009 Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity This product has been manufactured in accordance with the harmonised Euro

 © Adam Equipment Company 2009 ADAM EQUIPMENT is an ISO 9001:2000 certified global company with more than 35 years experience in the production an

7 | Page © Adam Equipment Company 2009 3.3 LEVELLING THE ANALYZER After placing the analyzer in a suitable location, level it by using the spi