Agilent Technologies Helium Leak Detector
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At the main screen, the system blinks the split flow symbol
when split flow is
ON.
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When split flow is turned ON, it displays the corrected leak rate but it knows the
real leak rate value.
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When ZERO is pressed with when split flow ON, the system zeros out background
up to a limit equal to the maximum split flow value.
To activate split flow:
1. Place the system into TEST mode and let the leak rate stabilize. Calibrate the system.
2. Press the Split Flow blue check button. The leak detector prompts you to enter the leak
rate for the customer's calibrated standard leak (what the leak rate should be).
The leak detector displays the corrected leak rate, essentially calculating a split flow
gain value. The leak detector automatically calculates the split flow factor, turns on and
calculates the range stop, based on the split flow factor.
When Split Flow is turned OFF, the system reverts back to the uncorrected leak rate.
This process must be repeated when reactivating split flow.
To setup:
1. Connect the leak detector and secondary rough pump to the test chamber as seen in
2. Install the External Calibrated Leak on the test chamber.
3. Press
Test
on the leak detector.
4. Open valve on secondary rough pump to evacuate test chamber.
5. Select
Test Configurations > Applications Setup
and Figure 5-13 appears.
6. Select
Split Flow
and press
Setup
The information icon provides the necessary directions for a suc-
cessful external calibration.
