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MAINTENANCE AND CARE 

Maintenance 

 
On principle, maintenance of the Fractometer II will be carried out by  
the manufacturer or by an authorized service company. According to  
the conditions of guarantee, the Fractometer II should be send in for  
a first inspection after one year at the latest. 
 

GUARANTEE CONDITIONS

 

 
The term of guarantee for the Fractometer II is 24 month. The guarantee 
is based on the condition that the instrument will be used exclusively for 
the purposes it has been designed for and the safety instructions below 
are observed. The manufacturer will not be liable for damages owing to 
inappropriate utilization or handling. The warranty for defects does not 
cover normal wear and tear (wearing parts) nor damages resulting from 
inappropriate or negligent handling and excessive strain that have not 
been provided in the contract of purchase.  

(

Please also refer to the manufacturer’s „General Terms of Business“)

 

 
 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR UTILIZATION 

 
The user accepts 

the manufacture’s instruction for utilization,  

when he operates the instrument for the first time. The instrument  
must not be operated unless the user has thoroughly read the present 
instructions for use.  
The manufacturer will not be liable for damages owing to inappropriate 
handling, employment of the instrument for purposes that are not provided  
in the present instructions for use, and non- observance of the safety 
instructions. 
 

 

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 

 
The instrument must not be utilized other than the purpose described  
in the present instructions for use (examination of wood or material that  
is similar to wood). The manufacturer (vendor) will not be liable for 
inappropriate employment of the instrument.  
The buyer agrees to hand the present instructions of use over to any  
person whom he may lend the instrument and to draw his/ her attention  
to the important notes concerning danger.   

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ENGLISH 

Summary of Contents for FRACTOMETER II

Page 1: ...GUARANTEE POLICY IML Instrumenta Mechanik Labor System GmbH Parkstra e 33 69168 Wiesloch Germany Phone 49 0 6222 6797 0 Fax 49 0 6222 6797 10 Website www iml de E mail info iml de FRACTOMETER II made...

Page 2: ...Procedure of the measurement Fibre direction during the bending strength measurement 4 5 Measurement of the compression strength Procedure of the measurement Fibre direction during the compression str...

Page 3: ...for The bending angle display can be examined with the test pin Bending Angle in zero position Insert the test pin into the bending device and Display link up the bending lever Read off the value of...

Page 4: ...nststoffgeh use welches ber den Zuwachsbohrer geschoben wird ist auch eine Verletzungsgefahr beim Ausdr cken der Bohrkerne weitestgehend ausgeschlosse Ejector 2 INCREMENT BORER With the use of the inc...

Page 5: ...achte Kraft Diese Kraft entspricht dann der Versagenslast F ENGLISH Introduction THE STRUCTURE OF THE FRACTOMETER II The Fractometer II consists of 6 basic components Lever for the measurement of the...

Page 6: ...n axial direction to the trunk In roots and curved trunks we will see perpendicular stress or radial tensions The radial tension strength is the resistance which the trunk opposes to a failure by perp...

Page 7: ...uchwinkelmesser When measuring the radial bending moment the core sample fails first on the tension side Therefore the radial bending strength can be used as a measurement for the radial tension stren...

Page 8: ...Fractometer II is positioned counter clockwise to the zero mark Make sure that the fiber direction of the core sample is positioned parallel to the applied force that presses onto the core sample IMPO...

Page 9: ...w indicator stops with the measured value and that can be read off immediately in Mpa and or Newton units ENGLISH 7 Instruction Manual Compression Failure Compression Strength Failure Distance Point 2...

Page 10: ...are only an example Don t forget to focus on the overall structure and health of a tree Resources for Tables and Graphs Different Strengths of Green Woods G tz 2000 Research Center in Karlsruhe German...

Page 11: ...9 ENGLISH Compression Strength in Fiber Direction Tables and Graphs...

Page 12: ...he contract of purchase Please also refer to the manufacturer s General Terms of Business INSTRUCTIONS FOR UTILIZATION The user accepts the manufacture s instruction for utilization when he operates t...

Page 13: ...nclusions with respect to the examined object ex Core sample of tree will be left to the sole responsibility of the person who performs the examination The manufacturer of the instruments will not be...

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