Cannon Instrument miniAV-LT - Manual (Page 3)

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CANNON ® miniAV Automatic Viscometer with VISCPRO ® Instruction & Operation Manual
Version 1.0g— August, 2008; CANNON ® Instrument Company
2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA 16803 • USA
Inserting/deleting a sample ID in the test sequence ................................................... 68
Saving Sample ID information ................................................................................. 69
miniAV analysis modules ......................................................................................... 70
Configuring the VI Matcher ................................................................................................. 70
Turning off the VI Matcher ...................................................................................... 72
Handling errors ................................................................................................................... 72
5 OPERATING, MAINTAINING
AND SERVICING THE miniAV 73
miniAV components ............................................................................................................ 73
Bath Unit ................................................................................................................ 73
Solvent Dispensing System ...................................................................................... 74
Maintaining the solvent system ............................................................................................. 74
Filling the solvent container(s) .................................................................................. 75
Emptying the Waste Receiver .................................................................................. 75
Dual-solvent washing .............................................................................................. 76
Viscometer tubes ................................................................................................................ 76
Thermistor operation ............................................................................................... 76
Timing bulb determination ........................................................................................ 76
Temperature bath ................................................................................................................ 77
Filling the bath ........................................................................................................ 77
Draining the bath ..................................................................................................... 78
Bath fluid safety features ......................................................................................... 78
Checking solvent levels ........................................................................................... 78
Solvent/drain lines ................................................................................................... 78
Ventilation ........................................................................................................................... 78
Checking bath temperature ................................................................................................. 78
Dual-solvent washing .......................................................................................................... 79
Solvent wash by computer .................................................................................................. 79
Preventive maintenance ....................................................................................................... 79
miniAV repair/replacement components ............................................................................... 80
6 ANALYSIS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 81
Creating an analysis ............................................................................................................ 81
Sorting analysis data ........................................................................................................... 82
Using the date filter ............................................................................................................. 83
Using the sample filter ......................................................................................................... 84
Using the report/port output filter ......................................................................................... 85
Reconfiguring a displayed analysis ....................................................................................... 85
Resizing table columns ........................................................................................................ 85
Saving a current analysis ..................................................................................................... 86
Deleting an analysis configuration ......................................................................................... 86
Printing an analysis .............................................................................................................. 86