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Precautions

Foreword

This manual guides you through the installation, starting up, operation and maintenance procedures of testo 
DiSCmini Diffusion Size Classi

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 nd information about the system as. 

• safety
• functionality of testo DiSCmini
• technical information and specifaction
• unpacking the instrument
• handling, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting
• software installation and operation

Follow instructions provided by this manual for safe and proper operation of the DiSCmini Diffusion Size 
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 er Miniature.

Note

Before operating the testo DiSCmini, the user has to read carefully this manual. For 
improper function, damages or injuries caused by ignoring the instructions by this 
manual no liabilities are accepted.

Liabilities

Testo SE & Co. KGaA accepts no liability to improper function or injury caused by: 
•  neglecting the instructions provided by this manual or instructed person.
•  improper installation, operation, application or maintenance.
•  operation by untrained staff.
•  any technical modi

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 cation not carried out by Testo SE & Co. KGaA or an authorised service partner.

•  use of not genuine spare parts.

Liability to content

The content of this manual is generated with most accurateness. Testo SE & Co. KGaA does not guaran-
tee completeness, correctness and being up to date. Testo SE & Co. KGaA reserves the right to revise the 
content of the manual at any time and without notice.

Follow the guidelines below to ensure proper operation of the instrument:
•  Read this instruction manual before installation and operation.
•  Handle the electrometers with care
• Due to the volatile fraction emission measurements can only be carried out with corresponding gas 
  conditioning. Refer to chapter Speci

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•  Always use genuine replacement parts supplied by Testo SE & Co. KGaA.
•  Do not start operating before heating process for all stages is accomplished.

Copyright ©

All work and contents done are generated by Testo SE & Co. KGaA are subject of copyright © and law for 
intellectual property. This copyright includes all specifaction data of the instrument or part of it, electrical and 

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 uidic and mechanical schematics, pictures, diagrams and text. Copying, editing, publishing or any other 

utilisation requires a written agreement of Testo SE & Co. KGaA.

Safety

Summary of Contents for DiSCmini

Page 1: ...testo DiSCmini Diffusion Size Classifi er Miniature Instruction Manual Version V1 12 September 2016...

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Page 3: ...icators and Connections 7 Aerosol Inlet 7 LCD screen 8 Main Screen 8 Raw Data Screen Main 8 Surface Area Screen Main 9 Advanced mode navigation 9 Charger Screen advanced 9 Flow Screen advanced 9 Heati...

Page 4: ...nd spare parts purchase ordering contact your local distributor or testo techsup port Email support nanoparticle testo de Sales support and customer service For commercial request please contact your...

Page 5: ...n not carried out by Testo SE Co KGaA or an authorised service partner use of not genuine spare parts Liability to content The content of this manual is generated with most accurateness Testo SE Co KG...

Page 6: ...Warnings Warnings for testo DiSCmini Caution Caution means be careful If do not follow the manual instruction you might result an in strument or accessories damage but no human injury Also Caution ref...

Page 7: ...y damage the instrument High particle concentrations To avoid premature aging of the instrument do not expose it to extremely high aerosol concentrations such as undiluted cigarette smoke Large partic...

Page 8: ...les will preferably deposit on it by diffusion and detected as an electrical current The remaining particles end up in a second stage the filter stage and are also detected as an electrical current Th...

Page 9: ...let The aerosol inlet is at the bottom of the instrument The impactor is used to remove larger particles 0 7 microns which would alter the measurements The impactor must always be fitted before starti...

Page 10: ...or heating and a blinking circle when recording On the lower right corner the remaining battery charge is displayed This is only an approximate value Pressing the right arrow button will lead you to t...

Page 11: ...advanced menu described below press 3 sec the menu button Press on menu to jump from one screen to the other Charger Screen advanced 3244V 9nA H OFF HIGHVOLT ON 3244V 9nA H OFF HIGHVOLT ON The charger...

Page 12: ...g table during the offset compensation Date Time Screen advanced SET DATE TIME 2000 04 18 29 SET DATE TIME 2000 04 18 29 You can set the clock and date in this screen Every element year month day will...

Page 13: ...s the record REC button The testo DiSCmini will indicate that it is recording by blinking a recording symbol in the upper right corner of its display Stop the recording by pressing the REC for few sec...

Page 14: ...een 2 and 4 hours depending on the current status of the battery The LED on the charger indicates if it is still charging or if charging is finished Measuring with testo DiSCmini The purpose of this a...

Page 15: ...ts pump once an hour for one minute and continues recording data testo DiSCmini does not use this data immediately instead the offline testo DiSCmini software detects the intervals where the pump was...

Page 16: ...ameter displays the average particle diameter over time in the graph panel LDSA displays the lung deposited surface area over time in the graph panel Induction correction Rapidly varying charge concen...

Page 17: ...Temperature displays the instrument temperature over time in the graph panel Flow displays the flow in the instrument over time in the graph panel Note that this is not actual flow in l min but the s...

Page 18: ...d in the instrument or if the SD card is not formatted properly If this warning appears despite that there is an SD card in the instrument then you should reformat the SD Card File system error If thi...

Page 19: ...act Testo or your local distri butor for service Noise levels too high Run testo DiSCmini with filtered and dried air for several hours to remove a water film on the insulators which can form at high...

Page 20: ...2E3 1E6 pt ccm 100nm 5E2 5E5 pt ccm Accuracy 30 in size and number typical Flow rate 1 0 L min 0 1 L min Operating conditions Pressure 800 1100 mbar abs ambient p max at inlet 20mbar Temperature 10 30...

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