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3.4.5. Safety and Protection
The ExtraLab Plus has built-in protections, to assure the user and the equipment security. The
software is permanently checking the equipment status monitoring if any anomaly is detected.
Every time an anomaly occurs, the operator is immediately noticed, by command box display and
by the PC software.
The most important safety/errors warnings that may happen are:
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Emergency Pressed: Front panel emergency button activated (to deactivate turn
clockwise the mushroom and release it);
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Security door open: The security door was open, during machine movement;
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Extraction Test Null: The extraction test value was null;
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Torque Test Null: The torque test value was null;
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Memory Full: The maximum number of test has been reached (99 tests). In this
situation, the user should acquire the values from the equipment, save them and
afterwards delete the existing tests on the equipment, like described in previous
chapters;
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Extraction - Maximum Force Exceeded: The load cell responsible for the Extraction
Force exceeded it maximum capacity;
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Torque - Maximum Force Exceeded: The load cell responsible for the Torque test
exceeded its maximum capacity;
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Communication Fail: A communication fault with the equipment has occurred (see
chapter 2.2.
3.5. START A TEST
3.5.1. Connect the equipment
After performing the setup of the machine like described on chapter 2.3 and 2.2, connect the
equipment, pressing the “power” button or “0/1” at command box the frontal panel (Figure 7)
