NIRS DS2500 Analyzer Manual 8.922.
Metrohm AG CH-9100 Herisau Switzerland Phone +41 71 353 85 85 Fax +41 71 353 89 01 info@metrohm.com www.metrohm.com NIRS DS2500 Analyzer Manual 8.922.
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￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents Table of contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Instrument description ......................................................... 1 1.2 Intended use ......................................................................... 2 1.3 About the documentation ................................................... 2 1.3.1 Symbols and conventions ........................................................ 2 1.4 Safety instructions .....................................................
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents 6.2 User maintenance ............................................................... 20 6.2.1 Replacing the lamp ................................................................ 20 6.2.2 Replacing the fan filter ........................................................... 28 6.2.3 Replacing the fuses ................................................................ 30 7 Troubleshooting 7.1 Malfunction during start-up ..............................................
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of figures Table of figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Front NIRS DS2500 Analyzer .............................................................. 5 Rear NIRS DS2500 Analyzer ...............................................................
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 1 Introduction 1 Introduction This manual gives you a comprehensive overview of the installation and maintenance of the NIRS DS2500 Analyzer. The NIRS DS2500 Analyzer is operated with the Vision software. You can find information on operating the instrument in the tutorial and in the software manual. NOTE You can request application descriptions in the form of Application Notes and Application Bulletins from your Metrohm representative or download them from http://www.metrohm.com.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 1.2 Intended use 1.2 Intended use The NIRS DS2500 Analyzer is designed for use in production facilities. It can be used for incoming goods inspection or atline for production process monitoring. This instrument is suitable for measuring chemicals and flammable samples. Usage of the NIRS DS2500 Analyzer therefore requires the user to have basic knowledge and experience in handling toxic and caustic substances.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 1 Introduction WARNING This symbol draws attention to a possible hazard due to heat or hot instrument parts. WARNING This symbol draws attention to a possible biological hazard. CAUTION This symbol draws attention to possible damage to instruments or instrument parts. NOTE This symbol highlights additional information and tips. 1.4 Safety instructions 1.4.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 1.4 Safety instructions WARNING Never open the housing of the instrument. The instrument could be damaged by this. There is also a risk of serious injury if live components are touched. There are no parts inside the housing which can be serviced or replaced by the user. Supply voltage WARNING An incorrect mains voltage can damage the instrument. Only operate this instrument with a mains voltage specified for it (see rear panel of the instrument). 1.4.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 2 Overview of the instrument 2 Overview of the instrument 2.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 2.2 Rear 2.2 Rear Figure 2 Rear NIRS DS2500 Analyzer 1 On/off switch For switching the instrument on and off. 2 Fuse holder 3 Power socket Sealed with protective cap. 4 Type plate 5 LAN connection socket Sealed with protective cap. 6 Fan With filter.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3 Installation 3 Installation 3.1 Unpacking and inspecting the instrument 3.1.1 Packaging The instrument is supplied in highly protective special packaging together with the separately packed accessories. Keep this packaging, as only this ensures safe transportation of the instrument. 3.1.2 Checks Immediately after receipt, check whether the shipment has arrived complete and without damage by comparing it with the delivery note. 3.1.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3.3 Connecting the power supply cable NOTE Problems during calibration/measurement If the expected results are not obtained during calibration, the test runs and measurements, then you should check the ambient conditions. Strong draft (air conditioning, open windows, etc.) and exposure to direct sunlight should be prevented. Make sure to allow enough free space (on the sides and the back at least 100 mm) around the instrument to prevent heat accumulation. 3.2.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3 Installation 3 Plug the cable of the power supply unit into the power socket and tighten it. 4 Plug the power supply cable into the socket of the power supply unit. 5 Connect the other end of the power supply cable to the power supply.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3.4 Connecting the data cable 3.4 Connecting the data cable To be controlled, the NIRS DS2500 Analyzer is connected to a computer either directly or via a local network (LAN). Use the supplied crossover data cable for connecting the instrument directly to a computer's network card. For a connection via your local network, you will need a straight-through cable, which is not supplied with the instrument.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3 Installation 3 Connect the other end of the data cable to the computer's network cable connector. 3.5 Switching on the instrument Switching on the instrument 1 Turn the on/off switch to the position I. ￭ ￭ ￭ The LED display on the front of the NIRS DS2500 Analyzer (1-3) lights up. The instrument performs a self-test. The sample compartment lid opens. 2 Wait until the software has recognized the instrument.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3.6 Initial start-up 3.6 Initial start-up The initial start-up of the instrument is always carried out with the Vision software. This manual contains a short overview of the required steps. You can find detailed information on the procedure in the tutorial for the software. Non-regulated industries If you put the NIRS DS2500 Analyzer into operation in a non-regulated industry, carry out the following steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Switch on the computer.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3 Installation The metal pin on the sample cup holder must go into the indentation on the sampling window. 2 ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ In the software, start Wavelength Certification. Follow the instructions in the software. When the software prompt appears, insert the wavelength standard (WSR12007) into the opening of the holder. The label of the wavelength standard must be visible. Close the lid. Wait until Wavelength Certification is completed. Remove the wavelength standard from the holder.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3.6 Initial start-up 3 ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ Regulated industries In the software, start Reference Standardization. Follow the instructions in the software. When the software prompt appears, insert the reflection standard (R8012007) into the opening of the holder. The label of the reflection standard must be visible. Close the lid. Wait until Reference Standardization is completed. Remove the reflection standard from the holder.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3.7 3 Installation Setting up accessories Metrohm supplies various sample cups for your NIRS DS2500 Analyzer: Samples Sample cups Order number Solid samples, powders NIRS mini sample cups, 10 pcs., incl. 100 disposable backs 6.7402.030 Solid samples, granulated substances NIRS DS2500 large sample cup 6.7402.050 Liquid samples and suspensions NIRS liquid sample kit transflection 6.7400.010 3.7.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3.7 Setting up accessories 3.7.2 Inserting the sample cup for powders Use the NIRS mini sample cup with disposable back (6.7402.030) for measuring fine solid samples (powder). Inserting the sample cup for powders Required accessories NIRS DS2500 mini sample cup (6.7402.030) NIRS DS2500 holder for sample cup (6.7430.040) ￭ ￭ 1 Clean the sample cup and the sampling window with a lens cleaner cloth. 2 ￭ ￭ 3 ￭ ￭ 16 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Fill the powder into the sample cup.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3.7.3 3 Installation Inserting the sample cup for liquid samples Inserting the sample cup for liquid samples Required accessories NIRS liquid sample kit transflection (6.7400.010) NIRS DS2500 holder for sample cup (6.7430.040) ￭ ￭ 1 Clean the sample cup and the sampling window with a lens cleaner cloth. 2 ￭ ￭ 3 ￭ ￭ Fill liquid sample to a height of approx. 1 cm into the sample cup. Place the gold diffuse reflector into the liquid. Avoid air pockets while doing so.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Control The NIRS DS2500 Analyzer is operated with the Vision software. You can find more information on working with the software in the tutorial for the software.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 5 Operation 5 Operation The NIRS DS2500 Analyzer requires appropriate care. Excess contamination of the instrument may result in functional disruptions and may reduce the service life of the essentially robust mechanics and electronics. Clean the sampling window and the accessory parts only with lens cleaner cloths. Do not use aggressive solvents.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6.1 Maintenance by Metrohm Service 6 Maintenance 6.1 Maintenance by Metrohm Service Maintenance of the NIRS DS2500 Analyzer is best carried out as part of annual service, which is performed by specialist personnel from Metrohm. A shorter maintenance interval may be necessary if you frequently work with caustic and corrosive chemicals. Metrohm Service offers every form of technical advice for maintenance and service of all Metrohm instruments. 6.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6 Maintenance WARNING Electric shock There is a danger of life-threatening electric shock if an instrument connected to the power supply is opened. ￭ Switch off the instrument and remove the power supply cable before starting with the maintenance procedure. WARNING Hot surface Immediately after use, the lamp is extremely hot and can cause burns. ￭ ￭ Allow the lamp to cool down for approx. 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the lamp with appropriate care.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6.2 User maintenance 3 Removing the lamp holder ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ 22 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Push the white lamp holder approx. 2 mm inwards, then turn it about 45° counterclockwise and then carefully pull it out straight. Place the lamp on the cover with the reflector facing down.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6 Maintenance 4 Disconnecting the cables CAUTION Functional disruption Do not loosen the screw terminals of the black cables. Loosen only the screw terminals of the white cables. ￭ ￭ ￭ Loosen the screw terminals of the white cables using a small screwdriver. Carefully remove the cables from the terminals. Bend the cables upwards so that they stand vertically.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6.2 User maintenance 5 Removing the lamp from the holder ￭ ￭ Hold the lamp by the reflector. Lift the lamp holder off the lamp and the cables. TIP: Bend the cables to mark the lamp as used. Installing a new lamp Required accessories ￭ ￭ 24 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Spare lamp (6.7430.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6 Maintenance CAUTION Damage to the lamp Fingerprints and greasy deposits may damage the lamp. Do not touch the glass part of the lamp or the inner side of the reflector. 1 Keeping the new lamp ready ￭ ￭ ￭ Take the new lamp out of the packaging. Position the lamp cables upright so that they will fit through the rectangular opening of the lamp holder. Place the lamp on the lamp compartment cover plate with the reflector facing down.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6.2 User maintenance ￭ ￭ Guide the lamp cables through the rectangular opening of the lamp holder. Place the lamp holder onto the lamp's reflector. The spring on the lamp holder keeps the lamp in the correct position. 3 Connecting the lamp cables ￭ ￭ 26 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Push the two white cables all the way into the corresponding screw terminal by hand or using tweezers. Tighten the screw terminals using the small screwdriver.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6 Maintenance 4 Inserting the lamp holder ￭ ￭ ￭ First, push the white lamp holder carefully all the way into the opening, then turn it approx. 45° clockwise and then slowly let it go. 5 Closing the lamp compartment ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ Place the sealing plate onto the opening. Make sure that no cables are being pinched. Insert the four screws and tighten them in crosswise sequence using the hex key. Push the hex key into the guide rail on the cover. Close the lid.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6.2 User maintenance 6.2.2 Replacing the fan filter The fan filter has to be checked at least once a month. If the instrument is operated in a dusty or otherwise dirty environment, then a check is required once or even twice a week. The fan is located on the rear of the instrument. The filter cover is attached to the fan filter by means of four plastic latches. Required accessories ￭ Fan filter (6.7430.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6 Maintenance 4 Cleaning the filter ￭ ￭ Blow out the dirty filter with a compressed air duster spray. Alternative: Rinse the dirty filter with clean water and allow to dry. 5 Mounting the filter Place the new or cleaned filter symmetrically into the filter cover. The filter must not be wrinkled or folded. The edges must form a good seal. 6 Mounting the filter cover Mount the filter cover to the frame starting on the bottom and push it in place until all latches snap in.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6.2 User maintenance 6.2.3 Replacing the fuses The fuse is located on the rear of the instrument, directly underneath the on/off switch. Required accessories ￭ Spare fuse, type: 250 V, 5 A, slow-acting fuse, 20 mm 1 Switching off the instrument ￭ Turn the on/off switch (2-1) to the position O. NOTE We recommend pulling out the power supply cable in addition. The instrument can thus not be accidentally switched on while you insert the fuse.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6 Maintenance 3 Inserting the new fuse ￭ ￭ Insert a new fuse of the same type into the holder. Place the fuse holder back into the opening on the rear of the instrument and tighten by hand. 4 Switching on the instrument ￭ ￭ Plug the power supply cable back in. Turn the on/off switch (2-1) to the position I.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 7.1 Malfunction during start-up 7 Troubleshooting 7.1 Malfunction during start-up Problem Cause Remedy The instrument does not start. The power supply cable is not or incorrectly connected. Correctly connect the power supply cable (see "Connecting the power supply cable", page 8). The fuse has melted. Replace the fuse (see Chapter 6.2.3, page 30). 7.2 Error messages from the software Problem Cause Remedy Error 4209 "Lamp is not on" The lamp is no longer burning.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 8 Technical specifications 8 Technical specifications 8.1 Interfaces Ethernet connection socket 8.2 Ethernet connector for data transmission to a PC Power connection Nominal voltage range 100 to 240 V ± 10% (autosensing) Frequency 50 and 60 Hz (autosensing) Fuse Diameter 5 mm, length 20 mm 250 V, 5 A (slow-acting) 8.3 Ambient conditions Temperature range Operation 5 to 40 °C Storage –20 to 70 °C < 93% relative humidity, no condensation Humidity 8.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 8.5 Safety specifications Wavelength precision Based on one instrument < 0.005 nm Based on an instrument group < 0.02 nm Photometric noise 400 to 700 nm < 50 mAU 700 to 2,500 nm < 20 mAU 8.5 Safety specifications This instrument fulfills the following electrical safety requirements: CE marking in accordance with the EU directives: ￭ 2006/95/EC (Low Voltage Directive, LVD) ￭ 2004/108/EC (EMC Directive, EMC) Design and testing According to EN/IEC/UL 61010-1, CSA-C22.2 No.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 8.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 9 Warranty (guarantee) Metrohm guarantees that the deliveries and services it provides are free of defects in materials, design or manufacturing. The general warranty period is 36 months (exclusions below) from the date of delivery, or 18 months in the event of continuous operation. The warranty remains valid on the condition that the servicing is provided by a service organization authorized by Metrohm at defined intervals and with a defined scope.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 9 Warranty (guarantee) The same warranty periods that are specified for a corresponding new part apply to parts that are replaced or repaired within the above-mentioned warranty periods. However, replacement or repair of a part does not extend the warranty period of the entire system. Deficiencies arising from circumstances that are not the responsibility of Metrohm, such as improper storage or improper use, etc., are expressly excluded from the warranty.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 10 Accessories Up-to-date information on the scope of delivery and optional accessories for your instrument can be found on the Internet. NOTE When you receive your new instrument, we recommend downloading the accessories list from the Internet, printing it out and keeping it together with the manual for reference purposes.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 10 Accessories The Partslists webpage will be displayed. 7 Select the desired output language. 8 With the article number entered, click on the command Generate PDF. The PDF file with the accessories data will be created in the language selected. Direct access for all instruments If you are unable to find your instrument using the search as described above, this may be due to the instrument not being sold anymore.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Index Index A Accessories Set up ................................ 15 I Instrument Switch on ........................... 11 D Data connection Establish ............................. 10 M Mains voltage ............................. 4 Metrohm Service ...................... 20 G Guarantee ................................ 36 P Power supply Establish ............................... 8 40 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ S Safety instructions ...................... 3 Service ................................
