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TRIAX TOUCH WIRELESS SURFACE IMPACT 

TESTER 

 

USER’S MANUAL 

 

REVISION 0.9  September 18, 2020 

 

Sales and Technical Support 

 

Alpha Automation, Inc. 

127 Walters Avenue 

Trenton, New Jersey 08638 

United States of America 

(V) 609.882.0366     

 

Paul Bamburak 

(E) 

[email protected]

 

 

Jon Aubel (Technical Support) 

(E) 

[email protected]

 

 

Matt Appleby (Sales) 

(E) 

[email protected]

 

 

Training and Standards 

 

Canadian Playground Advisory, Inc. 

1097 West River Road 

Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5S5 

Canada 

 

Rolf Huber 

(v) 647.212.5661  (E) 

[email protected]

 

Summary of Contents for AS/NZS4422

Page 1: ...Jersey 08638 United States of America V 609 882 0366 Paul Bamburak E paulb alpha automation com Jon Aubel Technical Support E jona alpha automation com Matt Appleby Sales E matta alpha automation com...

Page 2: ...0 Report Generation PC Application 22 Appendix A Verification and Calibration 30 Appendix B Memory Card 33 Appendix C A Missile System 36 Appendix D Troubleshooting 43 Appendix E Missile Specification...

Page 3: ...liance with standards including but not limited to ASTM F1936 ASTM F355 The use of Triax A missile system is applicable to a wide range of additional standards including Wrestling Mats ASTM F1081 Tram...

Page 4: ...up to 1000 drop tests and allows the user to copy the drop test results to the included proprietary application program running on a Windows compatible platform for report generation and archival purp...

Page 5: ...Nickel Metal Hydride NiMH batteries are of a lower power density than Lithium Ion batteries thus allowing the Triax system components to be transported by aircraft if required Typical battery life on...

Page 6: ...o 1 Triax Touch Hand Held Photo 2 Triax Touch Hand Held Side view Photo 3 Using a pen or pointed object press the SD card in until it clicks To remove press SD card in and it will protrude Power push...

Page 7: ...6 PHOTO 4 Triax Touch easily fits in the pocket...

Page 8: ...to return to a drop screen to see the OFF button Hand held will automatically turn off after 5 minutes of no use 3 2 Hand Held to Missile Communications and conducting drops The Triax Touch uses wire...

Page 9: ...hand held will cease and the system will appear to be non operational Moving back into range will allow communications to resume after an approximately 30 second delay Some wireless devices such as l...

Page 10: ...onfirming the initial screen the following screen appears Press the power button on the head form and it will pair with the hand held Prepare the drop by pressing START Press RELEASE to release head f...

Page 11: ...ordingly Pressing the MENU button will show the following options SETTINGS UNITS FT FT SEC CM CM SEC RELEASE TRIPOD E MISSILE TUBE A MISSILE SWING DELTA HIDE SHOW TIMER ON OFF PAIRING YES NO CFH G HIC...

Page 12: ...11 VIEW DROPS Scroll up and down drops by pressing LAST or NEXT To view the details of a drop highlight the drop line and press DETAIL Pressing GRAPH will bring up the graph for the drop...

Page 13: ...TING IN FIRE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THE TRIAX TOUCH WITH THE CHARGER CONNECTED To charge either the head form or hand held plug the charger into the charger receptacle and plug the...

Page 14: ...ng force and not inappropriately release allowing the head form to fall the face of the magnet and the steel block must form a perfect connection with no gaps If the face of the magnet should become r...

Page 15: ...14 E Missile HIC tester...

Page 16: ...ached to the top of the tripod nine snap together sections of legs are provided with the Tripod to allow a maximum drop height of up to approximately 12 feet drop height is measured from the bottom of...

Page 17: ...r other debris The connectors are precision fitted and any foreign object on the connectors could prevent them from properly connecting To start the coupling align an A leg section with spring button...

Page 18: ...ter the desired number of leg sections is connected carefully stand the Tripod up while simultaneously spreading the legs out for stability WARNING Always use the same number of legs sections on each...

Page 19: ...ing to the side the surveyor s rod supplied with every Triax E missile system is used to verify the height of the missile Fine height adjust can be made by holding the locking device while loosening t...

Page 20: ...ting without setup of the tripod can be conducted using the optional hand held drop handle The use of the drop handle is shown in photo 6 When using the handle leave the release mechanism set to magne...

Page 21: ...not yet established communications with the head form pressing START will not appear As soon as connection has been established and after pressing START the hand held will display the battery charge...

Page 22: ...re starting surface tests Not performing the prior to use test could render field data invalid if the subsequent verification test shows a non compliance issue NOTE Most standards require the verifica...

Page 23: ...as the operator desires 7 1 Installation Error Messages NOTE When installing the software on some computers several warning and error messages may appear The first error message will warn the user th...

Page 24: ...ng Upload ensure that the location of the memory card and folder shown in the Memory Card Path box is correct If not correct click the Browse button and select the correct folder Tip To select a group...

Page 25: ...th the number of the drop 001 to 100 After drop tests have been uploaded and saved on the PC Windows Explorer may be used to delete the DRP file so as to prevent confusion for the user during subseque...

Page 26: ...to indicate the location on the surface the drop test was made or any observation particular to the specific drop To add or edit a comment click once on the desired drop and then hit the ENTER key A t...

Page 27: ...comment to summarize all the drops within a report double click on the text box immediately below the menu bar A text box will appear allowing the adding of a new report comment or editing of an exis...

Page 28: ...format with a file extension of TRW 7 7 Retrieving Archived Data To retrieve test data select Load Data File under the File menu option A text box will appear prompting for a file name from which all...

Page 29: ...cal detail regarding how the HIC was calculated for a given drop Some new standards are using the HIC Interval as an added pass fail criteria but it has not yet found wide use Most users will want to...

Page 30: ...e as per EN1177 four drop tests must be performed changing the drop height to result in increasing HIC values The drops are uploaded as described in section 7 2 and selected by clicking on each of the...

Page 31: ...d at normal room temperature and humidity conditions in order to provide reliable results After transport or storage involved extended temperature or humidity allow the pad to acclimate to normal room...

Page 32: ...before proceeding NOTES 1 Reference pad values should be recorded and be included in every test report 2 There are no user accessible means of performing calibration or adjustments A 4 Calibration Al...

Page 33: ...er Serial Number _________________ TRIAX TOUCH Head Form Serial Number _________________ TRIAX TOUCH Reference Pad Number _________________ TRIAX TOUCH Tripod Serial Number _________________ Date Peak...

Page 34: ...ows the user to store drop results in one of ten folders on memory card When a new memory card without any folders is installed in the Triax Touch drop test results will be stored in the ROOT folder t...

Page 35: ...t a new folder If a new folder is not selected the default ROOT folder will be used for drop test data If the memory card is not inserted into the Triax Touch or the card is write locked the user will...

Page 36: ...and memory card will hold a total of 1000 drops requiring approximately 2 5 megabytes of storage Although not recommended the remainder of the memory card can be used for storing other user data witho...

Page 37: ...ively C 2 Guide Tube The guide tube is designed to automatically set the 24 inch drop height as required by ASTM F1936 for testing of playing fields Before use the aluminum base plate must be attached...

Page 38: ...37 NOTE When using A missile guide tubes of 36 inch or 39 4 inch drop heights use the specific height in place of the nominal 24 inch height Photo C 2 Base plate attached and ready for use...

Page 39: ...the A missile is a sensor used in the calculation of the impact velocity For proper operation of the A missile system this sensor must be aligned with the trigger block mounted just above the black r...

Page 40: ...ead form in the top of the tube It will be prevented from falling by a metal pin protruding into the tube about 4 down from the top 2 Turn the Triax Touch on and press the gray push button on the head...

Page 41: ...d save the drop RE DROP will begin and overwrite the current drop If you press RE DROP and don t conduct a drop the original information will be saved WARNING BEFORE PULLING THE RELEASE KNOB LOOK TO E...

Page 42: ...be restrained in the guide tube using the supplied locking pin To use the locking pin place the A missile at the bottom of the guide tube Rotate the A missile until its cross drilled hole is aligned w...

Page 43: ...42 Photo C 6 The Triax GMAX system is easily transported to different test sites...

Page 44: ...OSSIBLY RESULTING IN FIRE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE D 2 Sensor Error The sensor accelerometer in the head form is sensitive to moisture such as might be experience from condensation on the head form Care sh...

Page 45: ...s 4 60 kg 0 02 kg Shape Hemisphere Diameter 6 30 inches 0 10 inches 160 mm 2 mm Material 6061 T6 aluminum solid billet E 2 A Missile Weight 20 0 pounds 0 11 pounds 9 10 kg 0 05 kg Shape Cylinder Diame...

Page 46: ...will appear if the drop data is outside the Targeted HIC values however the user may continue STRICT A notification will appear if the drop data is outside the Targeted HIC values the user will be re...

Page 47: ...LOC Which location user is at Up to 10 locations available HGT Which height user is at Up to 4 heights available DRP Which drop user is on Depending on which mode is selected 1 drop or 3 drops availab...

Page 48: ...of the purchaser and user to determine its application in any particular circumstance The purchaser and user of the Surface Impact Tester is directed to the Precision and Bias section of the ASTM F12...

Page 49: ...ence to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television recept...

Page 50: ...SSILE The Triax Touch system for surface resiliency testing meets the equipment performance requirements as stated in ASTM F1292 18 04 20 2020 Paul Bamburak P E Engineers and Manufacturers Electronic...

Page 51: ...SSILE The Triax Touch system for surface resiliency testing meets the equipment performance requirements as stated in ASTM F3313 19 04 20 2020 Paul Bamburak P E Engineers and Manufacturers Electronic...

Page 52: ...ch system for surface resiliency testing meets the equipment performance requirements as stated in EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 1177 2018 04 20 2020 Paul Bamburak P E Engineers and Manufacturers Electronic In...

Page 53: ...SILE The Triax Touch system for sports surface testing testing meets the equipment performace requirements as stated in ASTM F355 16 04 20 2020 Paul Bamburak P E Engineers and Manufacturers Electronic...

Page 54: ...mitter approval TRIAX IMPACT TEST SYSTEM The Triax Impact Test System contains FCC ID T9J RN42 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1...

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