EN-3
3. OPERATION
3.1 Display and Controls
How to Prepare a Test
Moisture determinations can be made very simply. The three steps are:
(1) Setting the drying temperature
(2) Setting the drying time, and
(3) Preparing the sample to be tested:
Place the Pan Handler with empty test pan on the Pan Support (see Section 2).
Press Tare to zero out the pan weight.
Remove the test pan and place the test sample onto the test pan. The sample must be greater than 0.5g.
Spread the sample evenly across the test pan.
Place the test pan with the sample on the Pan Support. The weight value of the sample will be displayed.
How to Perform a Test
(1) Close the Heater Cover.
(2) Press
Start
to begin the test (press
Start
again to stop the test in progress).
(3) When the test is over the display will blink showing the final result.
(4) To change the displayed units, press
%g
.
(5) To print the current displayed value, press
.
(6) Press
Tare
to exit to Weigh mode.
Stable indicator
Percent solids
Percent moisture
grams
Temperature setting or current chamber temperature (Celsius)
Time setting (minutes : seconds)
