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1. INTRODUCTION.
Your Electrothermal IA9000 series Digital Melting Point Apparatus has been designed for general
purpose laboratory use in which samples submitted for analysis are enclosed in a glass capillary
tube and brought to a melt point condition under strick controlled parrameters of time and
temperature.
All of the models with in the IA9000 range are operated in a simular manor. An advanced
Micorcontroller and step through menu system accuratly controll oven temperature and ramp rate.
Melt temperatures can be recorded using the new ergonomicly designed keypad using a single
touch keypad entry and ‘One Touch’ enty / storage.
The IA9200 and IA9300 models contain an internal memory which can be used for storage of run
data. These units are able to output data information via the printer, USB flash drive or direct to a
host PC using Hyperterminal.
In addition the IA9200 and IA9300 units contain the facility to support the following features:-
Start of ramp temperature and ramp rate can be touch keypad selected for different test
standards.
The operating menu system permits batch serial numbers to be allocated via the touch
keypad.
All stored data enables the reproduction of hard copies which contain the date, time and
batch number associated with a built in ‘real time’ clock.
Ceiling temperatures may be set in order to preserve chemicals for analysis should they
failed to perform as anticipated
Daylight balanced LED oven illumination assists in the clear viewing of melt points.
All IA 9000 series Digital Melting Point Apparatus from Firmware version V0.30 will support
Electrothermal
’s ECO mode power saving facility which gives the user the option of setting time
out for the oven on/off facility together with the display back light and oven illumination LED’s.
