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6.2 TRANSDUCER CONTACT REQUIREMENTS .......................................................... 35
6.3 BOLT END REFLECTORS..................................................................................... 36
CHAPTER 7 TRANSDUCER SELECTION .............................................................. 38
7.1 SELECTING THE TRANSDUCER.......................................................................... 38
CHAPTER 8 MEASURING SYSTEM ZERO (CALIBRATION) ............................. 39
8.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 39
8.2 CALIBRATION / ZERO MISNOMER....................................................................... 40
8.3 USING A STANDARD BOLT.................................................................................. 40
8.4 CALIBRATION / ZERO BARS & TRIPLE SIDED GLASS BLOCK............................. 62
CHAPTER 9 TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION.................................................. 81
9.1 PURPOSE ........................................................................................................... 81
9.2 MANUAL MODE .................................................................................................. 81
9.3 SEMI AUTOMATIC MODE .................................................................................... 82
9.4 AUTOMATIC MODE ............................................................................................. 84
CHAPTER 10 BOLT MATERIAL CALIBRATION .................................................... 85
10.1 WHY DO WE NEED TO CALIBRATE ...................................................................... 85
10.2 VELOCITY CALIBRATION ..................................................................................... 85
10.3 STRESS FACTOR CALIBRA TION .......................................................................... 89
10.4 TEMPERATURE FACTOR CALIBRATION ............................................................... 92
CHAPTER 11 LOAD MEASUREMENT .................................................................... 96
11.1 CALCULATING A LOAD FACTOR .......................................................................... 96
11.2 CALIBRATING A LOAD FACTOR (FIELD CALIBRATION)........................................ 99
11.3 PERFORMING A FIELD CALIBRATION ...............................................................100
CHAPTER 12 MEASUREMENT AND THE WAVEFORM DISPLAY.................113
12.1 QUANTITIES OF MEASUREMENT......................................................................113
12.2 DISPLAY VIEW OPTIONS ..................................................................................114
12.3 ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY.................................................................................120
12.4 GAIN .................................................................................................................125
12.5 THRESHOLD .....................................................................................................127
12.6 GATE ................................................................................................................130
12.7 INTERPRETING THE WAVEFORM ......................................................................134
12.8 MANUALLY LOCATING THE ECHO.....................................................................136
12.9 AUTOMATIC ECHO OPTIMIZATION.....................................................................138
12.10 UNLOADED LENGTH AND ELONGATION MEASUREMENTS ...............................142
CHAPTER 13 ADDITIONAL FEATURES ...............................................................143
13.1 PULSE WIDTH ..................................................................................................143
13.2 ALARM MODE...................................................................................................144
13.3 POLARITY .........................................................................................................147
13.4 RECTIFIED WAVEFORM (FILLED/UNFILLED).....................................................148
CHAPTER 14 DATA STORAGE – SETUP, EDIT, & VIEW GROUPS ..............150