Branson Krautkramer MIC 10, User Manual

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5.1 Hardness measurement
The following chapter informs you about how hard-
ness measurements are made with the MIC 10 and
how to carry out adjustments.
If you wish to carry out measurements on low-alloy or
unalloyed steels then instrument calibration is not
necessary because the parameters are already preset
into the instrument.
However, you must carry out instrument calibration if
you wish to measure high-alloy steels or materials
such as non-ferrous metals.
The execution of measurements and adjustments
(hardness scale, alarm thresholds) is basically the
same in both cases.
Turning on the instrument and viewing
the software version number
–
You turn on the MIC 10 with
M
.
The MIC 10 automatically carries out a system self-
check. On the display then appears the following indi-
cation for about 2 seconds:
In the middle of the display you can see the software
version code of your instrument. The last three digits
of the version number are displayed, e.g.: 01.0
1.05
(the first digits are hardware identifiers that you do not
need to identify your instrument).
L indicates the Data Logger version as active instru-
ment version. Additionally, you see the hardness
scales on the right and the display symbols at the top
of the display.
0
Note:
If there is a system error then a code number will be
displayed. You will find a breakdown of code numbers
in Chapter 9.2.
Finally, the instrument will give a short signal tone indi-
cating that it is ready for measurement:
base version Data Logger version
Operation
Hardness measurement
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5.1 Hardness measurement
The following chapter informs you about how hard-
ness measurements are made with the MIC 10 and
how to carry out adjustments.
If you wish to carry out measurements on low-alloy or
unalloyed steels then instrument calibration is not
necessary because the parameters are already preset
into the instrument.
However, you must carry out instrument calibration if
you wish to measure high-alloy steels or materials
such as non-ferrous metals.
The execution of measurements and adjustments
(hardness scale, alarm thresholds) is basically the
same in both cases.
Turning on the instrument and viewing
the software version number
–
You turn on the MIC 10 with
M
.
The MIC 10 automatically carries out a system self-
check. On the display then appears the following indi-
cation for about 2 seconds:
In the middle of the display you can see the software
version code of your instrument. The last three digits
of the version number are displayed, e.g.: 01.0
1.05
(the first digits are hardware identifiers that you do not
need to identify your instrument).
L indicates the Data Logger version as active instru-
ment version. Additionally, you see the hardness
scales on the right and the display symbols at the top
of the display.
0
Note:
If there is a system error then a code number will be
displayed. You will find a breakdown of code numbers
in Chapter 9.2.
Finally, the instrument will give a short signal tone indi-
cating that it is ready for measurement:
base version
Data Logger version
Operation
Hardness measurement
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