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CHAPTER 1 WARRANTY AND SAFETY................................................................... 1
1.1 W ARRANTY .......................................................................................................... 1
1.2 S AFETY ................................................................................................................ 1
CHAPTER 2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL .......................................................................... 2
2.1 I F YOU ’ RE NEW TO U LTRASONICS ........................................................................ 2
2.2 I F YOU ’ RE NEW TO FASTENER MEASUREMENT .................................................... 2
CHAPTER 3 QUICK STA RT GUIDE ........................................................................... 3
3.1 O VERVIEW ............................................................................................................ 3
3.2 G ETTING THE MINI-MAX READY ........................................................................ 3
3.3 S ETTING UP THE MINI-MAX ............................................................................... 3
3.4 C REATING A N EW G ROUP TO S TORE M EASUREMENTS ..................................... 6
3.5 S ETTING THE A PPROXIMATE L ENGTH ............................................................... 13
3.6 M EASURING R EFERENCE L ENGTHS .................................................................. 16
3.7 M EASURING E LONGATIONS ............................................................................... 17
CHAPTER 4 KEYBOARD, MENU, & CONNECTOR REFERENCE ..................... 19
4.1 M ENU K EY (O PERATION & S UB M ENUS ) ......................................................... 19
4.2 CAL – M ENU ...................................................................................................... 21
4.3 MATL ( MATERIAL ) – M ENU ............................................................................... 21
4.4 GEOM ( GEOMETRY ) – M ENU ........................................................................... 22
4.5 DISP ( DISPLAY ) – M ENU ................................................................................... 23
4.6 TUNE – M ENU .................................................................................................. 23
4.7 AUTO – M ENU .................................................................................................. 24
4.8 SETUP – M ENU ................................................................................................ 25
4.9 DATA – M ENU ................................................................................................... 25
4.10 UTIL ( UTILITIES ) – M ENU .................................................................................. 26
4.11 XFER ( TRANSFER ) – M ENU .............................................................................. 26
4.12 CLR ( CLEAR ) K EY ............................................................................................. 27
4.13 MEAS ( MEASUREMENT MODE ) K EY .................................................................. 27
4.14 OK K EY .............................................................................................................. 29
4.15 ESC K EY .............................................................................................................. 29
4.16 A RROW K EYS ....................................................................................................... 29
4.17 ENTER KEY ......................................................................................................... 29
4.18 AUTO SET K EY .................................................................................................. 29
4.19 ON/OFF K EY ....................................................................................................... 30
4.20 T OP & B OTTOM E ND C APS .................................................................................. 30
CHAPTER 5 THEORY OF OPERATION.................................................................. 32
5.1 U LTRASONIC M EASUREMENT OF B OLTS ........................................................... 32
5.2 F EATURES OF THE MINI-MAX.......................................................................... 33
5.3 U LTRASONIC WAVES .......................................................................................... 33
CHAPTER 6 BOLT PREPARATION ......................................................................... 34
6.1 U SE OF ULTRASONIC COUPLANT ........................................................................ 34