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INDEX
1
Operator Safety
7
1.1
General information
7
1.2
Safety precautions
7
2 Introduction
8
3
ABOUT THE PGX+
9
3.1
Instrument specifications
9
3.2
PC specifications
9
3.3
Scope of supply
9
3.4
Consumables and accessoiries
9
4
Setup Software
10
5
Calibration and Validation
12
5.1
Calibration Procedure (Perspex plate)
12
5.2
Validation Procedures
12
6
Setting up the instrument
13
6.1
Preparing a specimen
13
6.2
Special specimens
13
6.3
Pump dispenser
14
7
Software functions
15
7.1
Graphmaster camera
15
7.2
Graphmaster test
16
7.3
Graphmaster database
20
8
Test methods
21
8.1
Static Mode
21
8.2
Dynamic mode
22
8.3
Advancing mode
23
8.4
Superlow contact angles mode
24
8.5
Surface tenson
25
8.6 Wettability
26
8.7
Manual testing in static and dynamic mode
27
8.8
Surface ‘free’ energy (SFE)
27
8.9
Options screen
28
9 Application
29
9.1
Manual application
29
9.2
Automatic application
29
10
Trouble shooting
30
11 Miscellaneous
32
11.1
Instrument storage
32
11.2 Transportation
32
11.3 Droplets
32
11.4 Pump
33
11.5
Conversion chart
34
