BAQ kaloMAX NT II
Manual
2.8 Filling the cartige with abrasive slurry
Take care that the slurry has as few air bubbles as possible, when filling the cartidge.
Close the cartidge with a blind plug and then fill it maximum half-full.
Push the plunger down the cartridge until it touches the abrasive slurry. The air in the
cartridge can escape at the side of the plunger . Take care, that there is no air between
the plunger and the abrasive slurry! Be careful, that the abrasive slurry is not pressed
between the plunger and the cartridge wall. Now the cartridge adapter and the needle
are fastened.
2.9 Dosing parameters
Before the dosing process can start, pressure and duration must be set.
Parameters for a drop with a mass of about 35 mg :
Pressure:
0.45 bar
Duration:
150 ms
The pressure is adjusted by a fine setting valve at the rear side of the device. The
duration can be programmed in the menu.
When the cartridge has just been filled, the slurry must first be pressed into the
needle. Therefore, no drop will be build the first few times the START-button is
pressed. It is not recommended to use the first 5-6 drops for measurements.
The drop size is constant with a tolerance of about
1 mg.
A single drop can be released by pressing the STOP-button when the main screen is
displayed unless a grinding is in progress.
2.10 Manual dosage with a pipette
A rubber bulb is attached to a clean pipette. Only clean pipettes should be filled with
abrasive slurry (draw up). The abrasive slurry should be stirred up with the provided
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