PASCO Specialty & Mfg. Materials Testing Machine ME-8236 用户手册
Model No.ME-8236
Appendix A: Calibration
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Calibration Procedure
The following steps describe how to use the “calibration wizard” in PASCO Capstone to create a compliance calibration for
the Materials Testing Machine. Please preview the steps to become familiar with the procedure before doing the calibration.
the Materials Testing Machine. Please preview the steps to become familiar with the procedure before doing the calibration.
Step One: Choose the Type of Measurement to Calibrate
In the Capstone software, select the “Calibration” icon ( ) in the
Tools palette to open the “Calibration” window.
Tools palette to open the “Calibration” window.
There are two types of calibration for the Materials Testing Machine.
One is a simple calibration of the force measured by the Load Cell. The
other, the default choice, is “Materials Testing System: Compliance
Calibration”. Use this choice to setup the program to automatically
make corrections on position data.
One is a simple calibration of the force measured by the Load Cell. The
other, the default choice, is “Materials Testing System: Compliance
Calibration”. Use this choice to setup the program to automatically
make corrections on position data.
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Click Next to show Step Two, the “Choose Calibration Action” menu.
Step Two: Choose Calibration Action
There are several choices in “Create New Calibration” that allow you to create, select, save, modify, and delete calibrations.
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Create New Calibration: This is the default choice. In this selec-
tion, the “calibration wizard” will take you through the steps
needed to create and save a new compliance calibration. This
includes prompting you to install the calibration rod (Step Three),
record a data run on the graph provided (Step Four), and create a
polynomial curve fit (Step Five) that will be stored as your com-
pliance calibration.
tion, the “calibration wizard” will take you through the steps
needed to create and save a new compliance calibration. This
includes prompting you to install the calibration rod (Step Three),
record a data run on the graph provided (Step Four), and create a
polynomial curve fit (Step Five) that will be stored as your com-
pliance calibration.
The following is a description of the other Calibration Action choices.
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Use Calibration: If the text window below “Use Calibration” is
blank, it means that there is no “active” calibration being used.
However, if any compliance calibrations have been saved previ-
ously in this Capstone file, they will be displayed in the pull down
menu (click the down arrow). (The previously saved compliance
calibration “7000 N cal (Tue Dec 17 11:37:30 2013)” is shown as
an example.) If you select a previously saved compliance calibra-
tion from the pull down menu, it becomes the “active” calibration.
When you click Finish, the selected calibration will be used to
make the compliance correction to any future data you collect.
blank, it means that there is no “active” calibration being used.
However, if any compliance calibrations have been saved previ-
ously in this Capstone file, they will be displayed in the pull down
menu (click the down arrow). (The previously saved compliance
calibration “7000 N cal (Tue Dec 17 11:37:30 2013)” is shown as
an example.) If you select a previously saved compliance calibra-
tion from the pull down menu, it becomes the “active” calibration.
When you click Finish, the selected calibration will be used to
make the compliance correction to any future data you collect.