Loma IQ3+, User Manual

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Table of Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................. 1
About this Guide .................................................................................................................................. 2
General ............................................................................................................................................ 2
Audience .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Purpose ............................................................................................................................................ 2
Organisation ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Document Change Control .................................................................................................................. 4
Document Key ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Notes and Warnings ........................................................................................................................ 4
Hyperlinks ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Copyright and Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................... 5
The Loma Group of Companies .......................................................................................................... 6
About Metal Detection .............................................................................. 7
How a Metal Detector Works ............................................................................................................... 8
General ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Balance Stability .............................................................................................................................. 8
General and Foil Wrapped Products ............................................................................................... 8
Product Effect and Phasing ................................................................................................................. 8
Product Effect .................................................................................................................................. 8
Phasing ............................................................................................................................................ 9
Tracker Feature ................................................................................................................................. 10
Metal Free Zone ................................................................................................................................ 10
Detector Performance ....................................................................................................................... 10
Types of Metal ................................................................................................................................... 12
Shapes and Orientation of Metal ....................................................................................................... 12
Testing Metal Detector Performance ................................................................................................. 13
Test Frequency .............................................................................................................................. 13
Product Test Samples .................................................................................................................... 14
Test Wands .................................................................................................................................... 14
Testing Guidelines ......................................................................................................................... 14
Test Records .................................................................................................................................. 14
Learn Feature .................................................................................................................................... 15
Full Learn ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Update Learn ................................................................................................................................. 16
Reverse Learn ............................................................................................................................... 16
Learn Setup ................................................................................................................................... 16