Thermo Scientific APEX 100, User Manual

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Thermo Scientific APEX User’s Guide
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Table of Contents
Getting Started ........................................................................... 11
Setting Global and Application-Specific Parameters ........................................... 11
Setting Product Parameters ........................................................................... 11
Managing Product-Rejection Parameters .......................................................... 12
Choosing Your Application Type ...................................................................... 12
Setting Up Conveyor Applications ............................................... 13
Understanding Your Detector ........................................................... 14
Understanding the Detector’s Control Panel ..................................................... 14
Using the Detector’s Buttons .......................................................................... 15
Understanding the Screen Shots Used in this Manual ........................................ 16
Understanding the Detector’s Main Menu ......................................................... 17
Choosing a Language .................................................................................... 17
Clearing the Speed-Filter Warning Screen ........................................................ 20
Displaying Help Text ..................................................................................... 20
Choosing Your Preferred Units of Measure ....................................................... 22
Naming the Product ........................................................................ 24
Setting Up the Conveyor and Photo-Eye ............................................ 27
Keying In the Product Speed .......................................................................... 27
Keying In the Photo-Eye-to-Detector Distance .................................................. 28
Checking the Polarity of the Photo-Eye Input ................................................... 30
Selecting the Correct Photo Registration for Rejects .......................................... 32
Setting Product Parameters ............................................................. 35
Keying In the Pack Length ............................................................................. 35
Keying In the No-Pack Distance ...................................................................... 37
Disabling the Detection No-Pack Function ........................................................ 38
Keying In the Pack Gap ................................................................................. 40
Setting Reject Parameters ............................................................... 43
Keying In the Distance to the Reject Device ..................................................... 44
Keying In the Signal Duration for the Reject Device .......................................... 46
Setting Contaminant-Detection Parameters ....................................... 47
Establishing Noise Thresholds with No Product Present ...................................... 47
Calibrating the Speed Filter Using a Ferrous Test Stick ...................................... 50
Establishing Basic Product Parameters ............................................................ 52
Changing the Current Product ........................................................................ 60
Set-Up Check List for Conveyor Applications ...................................... 61
Parameters You Have Already Set Up .............................................................. 61
Additional Parameters You May Want to Set Up ................................................ 62
Setting Up Gravity-Feed Applications ......................................... 63
Setting Reject Parameters ............................................................... 65
Understanding Reject-Delay and Reject-Duration Timing ................................... 65
Setting the Reject-Delay Time ........................................................................ 66
Setting the Reject-Duration Time .................................................................... 67
Setting Contaminant-Detection Parameters ....................................... 69
Establishing a Baseline with No Product Present ............................................... 69
Calibrating the Speed Filter Using a Ferrous Test Ball ........................................ 72
Establishing Basic Product Parameters ............................................................ 73