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10 Press on the “OK” button. The crosshead will move downwards to touch the
compression plates together and apply the preload force.
11 The crosshead will automatically lift to the position defined in step 4 then a dialog will
indicate that the sample should be placed on the bottom compression plate.
12 Place the sample onto the bottom compression plate then press on the “OK” button.
13 The test will be performed and test progress displayed in the “Graph” area.
14 Note that the “Live” display on the left hand side of the “Graph” area shows the
“Height” during the test, e.g. 154.66mm in the example screen shown above.
15 When the test finishes, the test graph and results will be displayed. The example
screen shown below shows that the “Free Height” is 202.48mm, the “Height at L1” is
165.12mm and the “Height at L2” is 147.18mm.
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