Amending Limits; Calibration Methods - Elcometer 500 Guia Del Usuario

8 SETTING LIMITS - MODEL T (continued)

8.5 AMENDING LIMITS

1 Press Menu/Limit Memories/Edit Limit Memory/Amend Limit
Memory.
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2 Use the
amended and press 'Select'.
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3 Use the
Limit') and press 'Select'.
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4 Use the
5 If required, repeat Steps 3-4 for 'Set Lower Limit' (or 'Set Upper
Limit') and 'Set NDFT'.
6 When all values have been amended as required, use the
softkeys to highlight 'Save Limit Memory n' and press 'Select' to
save the changes.

9 CALIBRATION METHODS

Calibration is the process of setting the gauge to known coating
thickness values to ensure accurate and repeatable readings on
different coating materials.
A choice of calibration methods is available, see Table 2: Calibration
Methods. To select the calibration method, press Menu/Calibration/Cal
Method.
The calibration method currently selected is indicated by the
calibration method icon on the right of the measurement screen.
Calibration
Method
1 Point
Coating
Material
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softkeys to highlight the limit memory to be
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softkeys to highlight 'Set Upper Limit' (or 'Set Lower
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softkeys to set the required value and press 'Set'.
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TABLE 2: CALIBRATION METHODS
Icon Description
A reading is taken on a substrate with a coating
of known thickness and adjusted accordingly.
See Section 10.2 'Using 1 Point Calibration' on
page en-16 and Section 11 'Using the Coating
Calibration Mould' on page en-22.
The coating material is selected from a
pre-defined list of generic or user defined coating
materials, stored in the gauge memory. See
Section 10.5 'Using Coating Material Calibration'
on page en-19 and Section 11 'Using the Coating
Calibration Mould' on page en-22.
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