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Elastocon
Manual – Cell Ageing Oven EB 36
Quick guide to initiate a ramp
(temperature cycle) and run it.
1.
From the main instrument windows press the
ramp button symbol.
2.
Fill in the header controls
Temp
and
Laps
.
Temp
is the standby temperature before the ramp
(temperature cycling) is started and
Laps
multiplies the number of cycles to run.
3.
Fill in the
Time
and
Final temp
for a number of
legs to build all individual ramps in a full
temperature cycle. Nine legs are available in the
first ramp screen. Another 13 legs can be initiated
in the next ramp screen. Press the button
Next
to
enter the next ramp window. Four screens are
available. First screen has 11 legs and the following
screens have 13 legs per screen. 50 legs in total.
Event buttons [EV]
(visible on instruments with this option)
To activate the event output, click and set the
event
ON
for each leg that is supposed to activate
the event output. Instruments with the LTP option
will open the cooling water valve on any leg that
has this option set to
ON
. This option is only
available on the first temperature cell/chamber,
if the instrument has more than one temperature
cell/chamber.
4.
When the full cycle has been programmed with all
legs necessary, the total time will be calculated and
shown in the header indicator
Total [h:m]
.
5.
The temperature cycle can now be started. To start
the temperature cycle, press the header button
PLAY
(Start).
6.
The ramp symbol will start to blink on the main
screen, when the main screen is restored
automatically after two minutes or if the operator
presses the ESC key below the screen to restore
the main screen.
