HYPROP system
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Table of content
1
HYPROP system
5
1.1
Safety instructions and warnings
5
1.2
Content of delivery
6
1.3
Foreword 7
1.4
Expression of thanks
7
1.5
Intended use
9
1.6
Guarantee 9
2
Process summary
10
3
Product description
11
3.1
System components
11
3.2
Sensor unit
11
3.2.1
Main body
11
3.2.2
Pressure transducers
12
3.2.3
Tensiometers 13
3.2.4
Temperature sensor
14
3.2.5
Plug connector
14
3.3
Sampling ring
15
3.4
Software tensioVIEW
®
15
4
Get ready to start a measuring campaign
16
4.1
Soil samples
17
4.1.1
Take soil samples
17
4.1.2
Saturate the samples
17
4.2
Filling 18
4.2.1
Important cautions
18
4.2.2
Introduction 20
4.2.3
Refilling with the HYPROP service kit
20
4.2.3.1
Degassing the ceramic tip and tensiometer shaft
22
4.2.3.2
Degas the sensor head
26
4.2.3.3
Reassemble the HYPROP sensor head
28
4.2.4
Filling with vacuum pump
31
4.2.5
Check the HYPROP
32
4.3
Attach the sampling ring
33
4.3.1
Auger the Tensiometer holes
33
4.3.2
Assemble sensor unit and sampling ring
34
5
Set-up the HYPROP
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5.1
Connect the system components
36
5.1.1
Connect sensor units
37
5.1.2
Connect the scale
38
5.2
Software tensioVIEW
®
39
5.2.1
Menu 39
5.2.1.1
Find devices
39
5.2.1.2
Single device mode
39
5.2.1.3
Multiplexed devices mode
39
5.2.2
Device window
40
