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Contents
Section One
About Your Neutec/Rio Grande
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J-2
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Introduction
1-1
Site Requirements
1-2
Features
1-2
Section Two
Safety
Introduction
2-1
Recommended Safety Gear
2-2
General Safety Warnings
2-3
Compressed Gas
2-3
Environmental Concerns
2-4
Fire Extinguisher Equipment
2-4
Section Three
Set-Up
Start-Up Kit
3-1
Setting Up Your J-2
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3-2
Section Four
Crucible Chamber Parts
Removing the Hood
4-1
Removing the Filling Cone
4-1
Removing the Crucible Chamber Parts 4-2
Installing the Crucible Chamber Parts 4-2
Section Five
Sealing Rod
Replacing a Sealing Rod Ball
5-1
Removing the Sealing Rod Assembly 5-3
Adjusting the Sealing Rod Tension
5-4
Section Six
Installing the Thermocouple
6-1
Section Seven
Installing the Stirring Rod
7-1
Section Eight
Operating the Temperature Controller
Setting the Casting Temperature
8-1
Setting the Casting Balance
8-2
Section Nine
Casting With Your J-2
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Startup Checklist
9-1
Starting the J-2
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9-1
Charging the Crucible with Metal
9-2
Positioning the Flask
9-3
Casting
9-4
Shutting Down
9-6
Appendices
A NeuSprue™ Wax-to-Metal
Weight Conversion
B Controller Parameters
C J-2
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Parts and Accessories
D Alloy Melting Points
E Troubleshooting
F Revision History
