EDjunior Dynamometer User Instructions
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Safety is always a concern in overhead lifting and tensioning applications. To limit your
liability always insist upon factory supplied shackles and pins and factory tested and
certified safe optional equipment. All DILLON products are designed to meet the
published Safe Working Load (SWL) and Ultimate Safety Factor (USF) standards of the
United States Military.
Do not grind, stamp or deform the metal on the dynamometer body in any way.
Any significant damage or deformation to the loading element is cause for evaluation
by Dillon,
particularly
in the element side members to the right and left of the display.
Relieve all torsional and off axis loads.
Apply load in the center of the shackle bow with this instrument.
Off center loading results in substandard performance.
Instrument requires time to stabilize when changing temperatures.
Use only the hardware supplied with this instrument. If no hardware was supplied,
insure that the mating pin and shackle bow is equivalent to the hardware used at
calibration. Otherwise substandard performance can result.
This instrument is not designed for the following:
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Applications that see rapid, dramatic temperature swings or thermal shock.
Wide variation in readings can occur.
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Environments with high electromagnetic fields such as cranes employing
electromagnets to lift metal. These induce trace voltages that are picked up
within the load cell lead wiring and appear as inaccurate loads.
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Intrinsically safe environments. This unit has not been Factory Mutual
tested.
Dillon recommends only using qualified rigging hardware and cannot be responsible
for unapproved hardware.
