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LaboPress-3
Instruction Manual
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6. Trouble-Shooting
Display/error Cause Action
Error Message
Overload The motor has been overloaded. Let the motor cool down and start the
mounting press again. If this does not
help: Call a Struers service technician.
Acoustic Signals
Long beep. The command can not be accepted. Check User’s Guide, Section 2.
Machine Problems
Process will not start. Heating time and cooling time are
set at zero. Set the correct times.
Incorrect setting of force/pressure. Set the correct parameter. Insufficient compression.
Defect in the pressure system. Call a Struers service technician.
Incorrect setting of time or
temperature for heating. Set the correct parameters. Insufficient heating.
Defect in the heating system. Call a Struers service technician.
Incorrect setting of time for cooling. Set the correct parameter.
Mains tap supplying cooling water
is either closed or not opened
sufficiently.
Filter at the water inlet is blocked.
The water is too hot.
Open the tap.
Clean the filter.
Insufficient water within the
Recirculation Cooling Unit. The
water is too hot. Fill to the correct water level. See the
section: Maintenance.
Insufficient cooling.
Defect in the cooling system. Call a Struers service technician.
Cooling water drips
underneath the machine. The quick coupling is not mounted
correctly. Remove the cover from the mounting unit
and check the quick coupling connections.
The top closure is not mounted
correctly. Press the top closure straight down,
turning it counter-clockwise until you hear
a click.
Turn the top closure clockwise.
The upper ram is too hot. Let the top closure and the upper ram cool
down.
Reduce the mounting temperature.
Cured resin inside the mounting
cylinder. Clean the mounting cylinder with a brass
wire brush.
Cured resin on the cylindrical
surface of the upper ram. Clean the ram with the scraper supplied.
The top closure will not start
threading on the mounting
cylinder.
The top closure has been dropped
on the floor/table, causing a bulge
in the edge of the ram. Replace the upper ram.