Acculab ATL-224 Operating Instructions Manual

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98648-015-55 Operating Instructions ACCULAB ATILON Electronic Analytical and Precision Balances ...

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3 Warnings and Safety Precautions 4 Getting Started 5 Installation 11 Operation 11 Display and Operating Elements 12 Basic Weighing Function 14 Calibration/Adjustment 17 Configuration (Operating Menu) 17 Functions of the Keys during Configuration 18 ...

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3 Safety § To prevent damage to the equipment, please read these operating instructions carefully before using the balance. !Do not use this equipment in hazardous areas. !The balance may be opened only by trained service technicians. !Disconnect ...

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4 Storage and Shipping Conditions – Do not expose the balance to extreme temperatures, moisture, shocks, blows or vibration. Unpacking the Equipment § After unpacking the equipment, please check it immediately for any external damage. $ If you de...

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Installation Setting Up the Balance Instruments with sliding-door draft shield: § Place components inside the chamber in the following order: – Draft shield base plate – Drip/breeze ring – Pan support – Weighing pan Instruments with a round ...

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Connecting the Balance to AC Power/Safety Precautions Use only original Acculab AC adapters. For use within – Europe: part no. 6971412 – U.S./Canada: part no. 6971413 § 1) Connect the angle plug to the balance § 2) Connect the AC adapter to th...

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7 NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits pursuant to part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radi...

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8 Connecting Electronic Peripheral Devices § Make sure to unplug the balance from AC power before you connect or disconnect a peripheral device (printer or computer) to or from the interface port. Warmup Time To ensure accurate results, the balance...

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9 Below-Balance Weighing A port for a below-balance weighing hanger is located on the bottom of the balance. $ Below-balance weighing is not permitted in legal metrology. § Open cover plate on the bottom of the balance. Important: set the balance ...

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Leveling the Balance Purpose: – To compensate for unevenness at the place of installation Always level the balance again any time after it has been moved to a different location. Only the 2 front feet are adjusted to level the balance. § Retract t...

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11 Overview of Display Elements Operation 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 11 10 9 8 7 ATILON ZERO TARE PRINT ON/OFF ENTER MENUECLEAR CAL Pos. Designation 1 Weight unit 2 Menu level indicator 3 Symbol: “GLP printing mode active” 4 Symbol: “Printing mode active...

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12 Features – Taring the balance – Printing weights Preparation § Switch on the balance: Press (ON/OFF) § Tare the balance, if necessary: Press (TARE) $ If necessary, change the configuration settings: See the chapter entitled “Configurati...

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13 Example Simple Weighing Step Key (or instruction) Display/Printout Balance in standby mode 10:32:30 1. Switch on the balance (ON/OFF) 0.0 g Self-test is performed, followed by automatic initial tare function. 2. Place container on weighing pan ...

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Purpose Calibration is the determination of any difference between the measured value displayed and the true weight (mass) of a sample. Adjustment is the correction of this difference, or its reduction to an allowable level within maximum permissibl...

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15 Internal Calibration/Adjustment (Only on ATL…-I und ATL…-V models) Set the following parameters: SETUP - Waage - CAL.Just. - Cal.Int. (menu code 1.1. 9. 4) The built-in motorized calibration weight is applied and removed automatically for int...

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External Calibration Parameters (changes in factory settings): SETUP - Waage - CAL.Just. - Cal.Ext. (menu code 1.1. 9. 1) The required calibration weight is configured at the factory (see “Specifications”) Step Key (or instruction) Display 1. Un...

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17 You can configure the balance; i.e., adapt it to individual requirements. Functions of the Keys during Configuration Symbol Key Function V (MENU)* Scroll through menu items Press and hold > (ENTER) One menu level lower ↵ (ENTER) Confirm menu...

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Menu Navigation Example: Setting the Language Step Key (or instruction) Display 1. Open the menu: (MENU)* (hold) Applic. In weighing mode: first menu item is shown 2. Scroll upward within the Repeatedly: (MENU)* Input menu level; after the last ...

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19 Parameter Settings: Menu Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Menu code Setup Bal.Scal. Ambient Ambient conditions 1. 1. 1. Balance parameters app.fil. Application filter 1. 1. 2. Stab.Rng. Stability range 1. 1. 3. Taring Taring 1 ) 1. 1. 5 AutoZer. Auto ...

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Parameter Settings: Overview ο = Factory setting √ = User-defined setting Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Menu code Setup Bal.Scal. Ambient V.Stable Very stable 1. 1. 1. 1 Balance Ambient ο Stable 1. 1. 1. 2 parameters conditions Unstabl 1. 1. 1...

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21 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Menu code Setup Interf. Baudrate 600 1. 5. 1. 3 Interface ο 1200 1. 5. 1. 4 2400 1. 5. 1. 5 4800 1. 5. 1. 6 9600 1. 5. 1. 7 19200 1. 5. 1. 8 Parity ο Odd 1. 5. 2. 3 Parity Even 1. 5. 2. 4 None 1. 5. 2. 5 StopBit...

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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Menu code Setup Prnt.Out Prt.Init. Off 1. 6. 5. 1 Printing Printing appli- ο All All parameters 1. 6. 5. 2 cation parameters MainPar. Main parameters 1. 6. 5. 2 Format Line 16 Char. 16 characters (w/o ID) 1. 6. 6. 1 ...

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23 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Menu code Applic. Weigh 2. 1. Applic. Unit Disp.Dig. 1 ) ο All 2. 2. 2. 1 programs Toggle units Display Minus 1 2. 2. 2. 2 accuracy Counting Resolut. ο Disp.Acc. Display accuracy 2. 3. 1. 1 Resolution 10-fold 1...

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Input: ID number, Date and Time Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Menu Code Input ID No. ID input for ISO/GLP compliant data record; 3. 1. Input 7 characters max. Permitted characters: 0 to 9; A to Z; dash/hyphen; space DATE Menu item for setting the date 3....

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25 Example: ID No., Date and Time Step Key (or instruction) Display 1. Open the menu:In weighing mode; (MENU)* hold APPLIC. first menu item is displayed 2. Select “Input” (MENU)* Input 3. Select input for ID no. twice (ENTER) ID NO. 4. Set or ch...

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Device Information Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Example Menu code InFormation version Show software version rel.36.03 4. 1. Ser. No. Show serial number 10801234 4. 2. To toggle focus between upper and lower display sections, press (MENU)* model Show m...

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27 Display symbol: Z Purpose With the Counting program you can determine the number of parts that each have approximately equal weight. To do this, a known number of parts (the reference sample quan- tity) is weighed first, and the individual piece w...

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Example : Counting parts of equal weight Parameter: Applic. - Count. (menu code 2. 3.) Step Key (or instruction) Display/Data output 1. Place empty container + 22.6 g on the balance 2. Tare the balance (TARE) 0.0 g 3. Add reference sample quantity to...

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29 Display symbol: % Purpose This application program allows you to obtain weight read- outs in percent which are in proportion to a reference weight. Preparation § Select the Weighing in percent application in the menu: see “Configuration.” §...

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Example: Determining residual weight in percent Parameter settings: Applic. Percent (menu code 2. 4.) Reference percentage: Ref 100% Step Key (or instruction) Display/Data output 1. Tare the balance (TARE) 0.0 g 2. Place sample equal to 100% on th...

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31 Display symbol: C Purpose With this application program you can calculate weight value using a multiplier or divisor. This can be used, for example, to determine the weight per unit area, or “gsm” weight (grams per square meter), of paper. Pr...

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Example: Calculating the weight per unit area of paper: An A4 sheet of paper is used in this example, with surface dimensions of 0.210 m + 0.297 m = 0.06237 m 2 . To determine the weight per unit area, the total weight is divided by the surface. Par...

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33 Display symbol: V Purpose Use this program to determine the weights of unstable samples (e.g., live animals) or to determine weights under unstable ambient conditions. With this program, the bal- ance calculates the weight as the average of a defi...

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Example: Determining animal weight with automatic start and 20 subweighing operations (measurements) Parameter settings: Applic. AnimalW. (menu code 2. 7.) Step Key (or instruction) Display/Data output 1. Place animal weighing bowl on the balance ...

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35 Display symbol: R Purpose With this application program you can weigh in individual components either by their individual weight or by the total weight. You can print out both the total weight and the indi- vidual weights of the components. Prepar...

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Example: Counting parts into a container Parameter settings: Applic.-Net-Tot (menu code 2. 5.) Step Key (or instruction) Display/Data output 1. Place empty container on the balance. 65.0 g 2. Tare the balance (TARE) 0.0 g 3. Add first component + 12...

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37 Display symbol: R Purpose With this application program you can add values from suc- cessive, mutually independent weight values to a total that exceeds the capacity of the balance. Preparation § Select the Totalizing application in the menu: se...

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38 Example: Totalizing weight values Parameter settings: Applic. Total Comp.Prt On (Code 2. 6. 1. 2) Step Key (or instruction) Display/Data output 1. Tare the balance (TARE) 0.0 g 2. Place sample balance + 380.0 g (in this example: 380 g) 3. Store...

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39 Display symbol: W Purpose This application program lets you determine the density of solid substances using the buoyancy method. You can have results displayed with one decimal place, or no decimal places: see “Configuration” . Note: the samp...

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40 Example: Determining the density of a solid sample. Parameter settings: Applic.-Density-Dec.Plcs-1 Dec. Pl (menu code 2. 9. 1. 2) Step Key (or instruction) Display/Data output 1. Attach sample holder to suspension wire 2. Tare the balance (TARE...

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41 Purpose With this application program you can change the weight value displayed from the basic weight unit to any of 4 application weight units (see table on next page). Preparation § Select the Unit application for toggling weight units: see ch...

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42 Example: Change display from the basic unit (in this example, grams [g]) to pounds [lb] and then to Troy ounces [ozt]. Set the following parameters: Applic. Unit (Code 2. 2.) Step Key (or instruction) Display Preparation: 1 Begin selection of an...

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43 The following weight units are available in your Atilon balance (in legal metrology, only units permitted by national law are available): Menu item Unit Conversion factor Display symbol 1) UserDef. 1 ) Grams 1,00000000000 o 2) Grams (factory ...

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Features You can have device information, ID texts and date and time printed before (GLP header) and after (GLP footer) the values of a weighing series. These parameters include: GLP header: – Date – Time at beginning of measurement – Balance ...

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45 The ISO/GLP-compliant printout can contain the following lines: -------------------- Dotted line 17-Aug-2006 10:15 Date/time (beginning of measurement) ACCULAB Balance manufacturer Mod. ATL-8201 Model Ser. no. 10105355 Balance serial number Ver. n...

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Purpose Your balance comes equipped with an interface port for connection to a computer or other peripheral device. You can use a computer to change, start and/or monitor the functions of the balance and the application programs. Preparation You can ...

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47 Error codes are shown on the main display for approx. 2 seconds. The program then returns automatically to the previous mode. Display Cause Solution No segments appear No AC power is available Check the AC power supply on the display The power su...

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Care and Maintenance Repairs § Repair work must be performed by trained service technicians. Any attempt by untrained persons to perform repairs may result in considerable hazards for the user. If the instrument requires repairs, please contact your...

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49 Safety Inspection If there is any indication that safe operation of the balance is no longer warranted: § Turn off the power and disconnect the equipment from AC power immediately. > Lock the equipment in a secure place to ensure that it ca...

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Specifications Built-in motorized All ATL...-I and ATL...-V models calibration weight AC power source/power AC adapter 230 V or 115 25 V, requirements, voltage, frequency +15% to – 20%, 48 – 60 Hz Power consumption VA maximum 16; typical 8 (ST...

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51 Specifications for Individual Models Model ATL-224, ATL-224-I ATL-124, ATL-124-I ATL-84, ATL-84-I Weighing capacity g 220 120 80 Readability g 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 Tare range (subtractive) g 220 120 80 Repeatability <±g 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 (...

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52 Specifications for Individual Models Model ATL-6202, ATL-4202, ATL-2202, ATL-822, ATL-6202-I ATL-4202-I ATL-2202-I ATL-822-I Weighing capacity g 6200 4200 2200 820 Readability g 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 Tare range (subtractive) g 6200 4200 2200 820 Rep...

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53 Verified Models with EC-type Approval: Specifications Model ATL-224-V ATL-124-V ATL-84-V Type BD ED 100 BD ED 100 BD ED 100 Accuracy class 1 ) kkk Weighing capacity, Max 1 ) g 220 120 80 Scale interval d 1 ) g 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 Tare range (s...

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54 Verified Models with EC-type Approval: Specifications Model ATL-6202-V ATL-4202-V ATL-2202-V Type BD ED 200 BD ED 200 BD ED 200 Accuracy class 1 ) KKK Weighing capacity, Max 1 ) g 6200 4200 2200 Scale interval d 1 ) g 0.01 0.01 0.01 Tare range ...

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55 Product Order No. Data printer YDP03-0CE with date, time, statistics evaluation, transaction counter functions and LCD Remote display 1 ), reflective YRD02Z (for connection to data interface port) External rechargeable battery packYRB05Z With b...

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The balance complies with the following EC Directives and European Standards: Council Directive 89/336/EEC “Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)” Applicable European Standards: Limitation of emissions: In accordance with product standard EN 61326...

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