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SECTION 4 — BEAD RUPTOR OPERATION
4.2 KEYPAD LAYOUT
The keypad of the Bead Ruptor 24 (see diagram below) consists of an LCD screen, 4 arrow buttons,
and a “RUN” and “STOP” button.
The user can adjust four different homogenization
settings with this interface. The
UP and
DOWN
arrow buttons are used to navigate through the
menu and the
LEFT and
RIGHT arrow buttons
are used to adjust the parameters.
4.3 START UP OF THE EQUIPMENT
Turn the Bead Ruptor 24 on by pressing the ON/OFF switch located on the rear panel near the AC power input.
When the unit is turned on, a welcome screen is displayed for five seconds showing the following information:
From this screen the user can press and hold the
to select the display language. The user can choose from
F = French, E = English, G = German, I = Italian, S = Spanish.
After five seconds of the welcome screen, a menu displays the programming mode.
Programming mode displays the last program run before power was removed. Example:
PROG >04
20
°
C
S=4.50
C=02
T=0:10
D=0:10
READY
OMNI
INTERNATIONAL
BEAD RUPTOR 24
REV xx/xx/xxxx
• “S”
= denotes speed in m/s and can be adjusted
from 0.8m/s to 8m/s in 0.15m/s increments.
• “T”
= denotes the time in minutes:
seconds. Time can be set from 0:01 sec. to 9:59
minutes in 1 second increments.
• “C”
= denotes the number of times the cycle
(speed x time) is repeated; and can range
from 01 to 10 cycles.
• “D”
= denotes the time interval in seconds
of dwell/pause between each cycle and can be
controlled from 0 seconds to 9:59 minutes.
PROG 01
20 oC
S =4.50
C=02
T=0:10
D=0:10
READY
System Status
Cycle Time
Program Number
Speed in m/s
Number of Cycles
Temperature inside chamber
in Celsius*
Time interval or Dwell
between each cycle
