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6.2 T RANSDUCER CONTACT REQUIREMENTS .......................................................... 35
6.3 B OLT END REFLECTORS ..................................................................................... 36
CHAPTER 7 TRANSDUCER SELECTION .............................................................. 38
7.1 S ELECTING THE T RANSDUCER .......................................................................... 38
CHAPTER 8 MEASURING SYSTEM ZERO (CALIBRATION) ............................. 39
8.1 I NTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 39
8.2 C ALIBRATION / Z ERO MISNOMER ....................................................................... 40
8.3 U SING A STANDARD BOLT .................................................................................. 40
8.4 C ALIBRATION / Z ERO BARS & T RIPLE S IDED G LASS B LOCK ............................. 62
CHAPTER 9 TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION.................................................. 81
9.1 P URPOSE ........................................................................................................... 81
9.2 M ANUAL M ODE .................................................................................................. 81
9.3 S EMI A UTOMATIC M ODE .................................................................................... 82
9.4 A UTOMATIC M ODE ............................................................................................. 84
CHAPTER 10 BOLT MATERIAL CALIBRATION .................................................... 85
10.1 W HY DO WE NEED TO CALIBRATE ...................................................................... 85
10.2 V ELOCITY CALIBRATION ..................................................................................... 85
10.3 S TRESS FACTOR CALIBRA TION .......................................................................... 89
10.4 T EMPERATURE FACTOR CALIBRATION ............................................................... 92
CHAPTER 11 LOAD MEASUREMENT .................................................................... 96
11.1 C ALCULATING A LOAD FACTOR .......................................................................... 96
11.2 C ALIBRATING A LOAD FACTOR (F IELD C ALIBRATION )........................................ 99
11.3 P ERFORMING A F IELD C ALIBRATION ...............................................................100
CHAPTER 12 MEASUREMENT AND THE WAVEFORM DISPLAY.................113
12.1 Q UANTITIES OF M EASUREMENT ......................................................................113
12.2 D ISPLAY V IEW O PTIONS ..................................................................................114
12.3 A DJUSTING THE D ISPLAY .................................................................................120
12.4 G AIN .................................................................................................................125
12.5 T HRESHOLD .....................................................................................................127
12.6 G ATE ................................................................................................................130
12.7 I NTERPRETING THE W AVEFORM ......................................................................134
12.8 M ANUALLY L OCATING THE ECHO .....................................................................136
12.9 A UTOMATIC ECHO OPTIMIZATION .....................................................................138
12.10 U NLOADED LENGTH AND E LONGATION MEASUREMENTS ...............................142
CHAPTER 13 ADDITIONAL FEATURES ...............................................................143
13.1 P ULSE W IDTH ..................................................................................................143
13.2 A LARM M ODE ...................................................................................................144
13.3 P OLARITY .........................................................................................................147
13.4 R ECTIFIED W AVEFORM (F ILLED / UNFILLED ).....................................................148
CHAPTER 14 DATA STORAGE – SETUP, EDIT, & VIEW GROUPS ..............150