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moving the transducer to a completely different location on the bolt, thus
causing potentially erroneous measurements. Be consistent and as methodical
in your methods as possible. This will help to avoid transducer placement
errors.
5) Press the
key, located in the bottom left corner of the keypad, to locate
the detection point, or end of the bolt.
6) Press the
key to save the current approximate length in the highlighted
cell location.
Note:
If the measurement was saved in error, press the
key at anytime to
clear the stored reading and re-measure using the steps 4 – 6 above.
Note:
The
Group View Box
can be aborted at any time by pressing the
key.
3.7 Measuring Elongations
Now that the reference lengths have been measured and saved, we’re ready to start
measuring elongation values. We’ll start off by assuming the bolt has been stretched
or tightened, the transducer has been once again coupled to the bolt in the same
location as before, and we’re ready to measure the elongation as follows:
Measuring an Elongation
Important Note (recap):
Always be sure to place the transducer in the same
exact location if it will be removed in between reference lengths and elongation
measurements. This will eliminate any potential sound path error caused by
moving the transducer to a completely different location on the bolt, thus
causing potentially erroneous measurements. Be consistent and as methodical
in your methods as possible. This will help to avoid transducer placement
errors.
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