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Table of Contents
safety preCautions .........................................................................................................................i
revisions to this manual ...............................................................................................................ii
table of Contents ......................................................................................................................... iv
TAbLE oF FIgURES ........................................................................................................................................................ VI
prefaCe ............................................................................................................................................... vi
PURPoSE oF ThIS MANUAL ........................................................................................................................................ VI
Who ShoULD USE ThIS MANUAL ............................................................................................................................. VI
MANUAL oRgANIzATIoN ............................................................................................................................................ VI
CoNVENTIoNS USED IN ThIS MANUAL ..................................................................................................................VII
1. introduCtion ................................................................................................................................1
1.1 UNPACkINg YoUR hYSTERESIS DYNAMoMETER ........................................................................................... 1
1.2 FEATURES oF ThE hYSTERESIS DYNAMoMETER ............................................................................................ 2
1.2.1
hD SERIES ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.2.2
ED SERIES ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.3 DATA ShEET ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
2. inputs/outputs ...........................................................................................................................16
2.1 REAR PANEL ............................................................................................................................................................. 16
2.2 REAR PANEL INPUTS AND oUTPUTS.................................................................................................................. 16
3. installation/Configuration ..................................................................................................18
3.1 REMoVAL oF ThE LoAD CELL ShIPPINg/RESTRAININg boLT .................................................................. 18
3.1.1
hD-100, -400 AND -500 SERIES ................................................................................................................ 18
3.1.2
hD-700 SERIES ........................................................................................................................................... 19
3.1.3
hD-800 SERIES ........................................................................................................................................... 19
3.1.4 ED-715 .......................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.1.5 ED-815 .......................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.2 EARTh gRoUND ...................................................................................................................................................... 20
3.3 SYSTEM CoNFIgURATIoNS .................................................................................................................................. 21
3.3.1
MANUAL TEST SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................................ 21
3.3.2
PC-bASED TEST SYSTEMS ...................................................................................................................... 22
3.3.3
AIR CooLINg ............................................................................................................................................. 23
4. testing ...........................................................................................................................................25
4.1 TESTINg CoNSIDERATIoNS ................................................................................................................................. 25
4.1.1 SAFETY ........................................................................................................................................................ 25
4.1.2 ACCURACY ................................................................................................................................................. 25
4.1.3
PoWER DISSIPATIoN ................................................................................................................................ 26
4.1.4
FIxTURES AND CoUPLINgS ................................................................................................................... 38
4.1.5 WINDAgE .................................................................................................................................................... 38
4.1.6 FRICTIoN .................................................................................................................................................... 39
4.1.7 VIbRATIoN ................................................................................................................................................. 39
4.1.8 CoggINg .................................................................................................................................................... 40
4.1.9
EDDY CURRENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 40
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