Egitron TorsiLab User manual

TorsiLab

Cork and Bar Top

Torsion Force Measuring System

UserManual

Version 1.2.1

Valid for PC interface software version 1.2.0 or above

Valid for embedded software version 2.3.0 or above

Rua Centralda Vergada, 1280

4535 - 166Mozelos VFR

PORTUGAL

Tel (+351) 227 471 120 ●Fax. (+351) 227 471 129

E-mail: info@egitron.pt ●URL: www.egitron.pt

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RESPONSIBILITY EXEMPTION

This manual was written and revised to explain the TorsiLab functioning and characteristics the

most correct way possible, particularly the PC interface and control software. However, this

user manual and/or the equipment can be changed with previous notice. EGITRON is not

responsible for any damage caused by any direct or indirect error, omission or discrepancies

between the TorsiLab and the instructions of this user manual.

This document, or any part of this document, cannot be reproduced or transmitted under any

format and for any purpose, without EGITRON written permission.

TRADE MARKS

Excel, Windows and Microsoft are Microsoft Corporation registered trademarks. Other

trademarks or registeredtrademarks not listed above can be used in this manual.

CONFORMITY DECLARATION

This product exhibits CE marking, according to European Unionapplicable directives.

GENERAL PRECAUTIONS

EGITRON equipments are produced to optimise security and minimize effort. Nevertheless, certain

precautions should be taken to reduce the risk of any human physical damage or equipment

damage.

Please read carefully the general precautions below and take attention to the warning signs in the

manual text.

•Keep away from children access;

•The machine should be operated only by persons with the appropriate training;

•Do noremove any cover or mechanical protection;

•All maintenance should be executed by specialized technicians;

•The machine should not operate when exposed to severe environment conditions,

like heavy dust or humidity;

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•The equipment should beconnected to the ground by the power supply plug;

•In case of successive power supply breakdowns, the equipment should be

disconnected from the power supply;

•The equipment transporting and handling should be done with extremely

precautions because it has fragile parts. For transportation use an adequate pack

so the machine remains well accommodated and protected.

WARRANTY AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

EGITRON guarantees the correct functioning of products with the EGITRON trade mark, in general

for 1 year, or for a different period when specifically written by EGITRON. The warranty covers

workmanship and materials but not the equipment transportation or onsite displacements, which will

be charged according to the standard prices in practice at the time.

This is valid excepting for the first onsite displacement or equipment transport if required within the

first month of the warranty period, which will be free. In this last case, EGITRON will decide the

most appropriate option between the technician onsite displacement and the equipment

transportation to EGITRON facilities and back to the client.

If the equipment presents any malfunctioning during the warranty period, EGITRON, according to

its own criteria, will repair or replace without any charge, excepting the situations described below.

Any product and/or part that have been replaced will be EGITRON property.

The warranty will not have effect in malfunctioning caused by non imputable causes to the

equipment such as:

•Anomalies caused by maltreatment, recklessness or handling contrary to the manual

instructions;

•Modifications or incorporations of non authorized parts, and/or done by non authorized

technicians;

•Defects caused by short circuit or mechanical injury;

•Indemnitiesfor personal or material damages directly or indirectly caused;

•Defects caused by any installation service , functioning explanation or user training at client

facilities, when not directly imputable to EGITRON technicians;

•Equipment replacement.

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To request for the warranty services contact EGITRON technical support. EGITRON can ask for the

purchase proof / equipment invoice. This equipment is suitable only for the design purposes and

EGITRON is not responsible for its improper use.

In case of malfunctioning or request for technical support

Before asking for EGITRON support read the Troubleshooting chapter, if included in the user

manual, call your company technical support (if available) and/or use all existing auto-helptools.

If the problem remains unsolved contact EGITRON, having with you the following information:

•Equipment name

•Serial number

•Purchase date

•Problem description

•Error message that may appear.

You can contact EGITRON by:

•Phone: (+351) 227 471 120

•Fax: (+351) 227 471 129

•E-mail: info@egitron.pt

•Post: Rua Central da Vergada, 1280

4535-166 Mozelos VFR - PORTUGAL

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INDEX

WELCOME NOTES.................................................................................................................................................7

1 - MANUAL CONTENTS........................................................................................................................................7

2 - CONVENTIONS..................................................................................................................................................8

3 - TORSILAB AND PC INTERFACE SOFTWARE SETUP................................................................................. 9

3.1

MACHINE

SETUP........................................................................................................................................ 9

3.2

INTERFACE

SOFTWARE

SETUP

AND

CONFIGURATION............................................................10

4 - OPERATION STATEMENT AND FEATURES OF THE EQUIPMENT........................................................11

4.1.

GENERAL ASPECTS...............................................................................................................................11

4.2

–

CONTROLING

THRU

COMMAND

BOX..................................................................................................14

4.2.1 – Connecting-up........................................................................................................................................................14

4.2.2 - Range Selection......................................................................................................................................................14

4.2.3 - Discs for cork position.............................................................................................................................................15

4.2.4 - Initialize....................................................................................................................................................................15

4.2.5 - Start a new test .......................................................................................................................................................15

4.2.5 - Check information on display..................................................................................................................................16

4.2.6 – Delete tests in memory..........................................................................................................................................16

4.2.7 – Calibration...............................................................................................................................................................17

4.3

INTERFACE

SOFTWARE...................................................................................................................17

4.3.1 - Data Tables.............................................................................................................................................................18

4.3.2 - Report Configuration...............................................................................................................................................19

4.3.3 - Range Configuration...............................................................................................................................................20

4.3.4 - Acquire Tests ..........................................................................................................................................................20

4.3.5 - Saving Reports........................................................................................................................................................22

4.3.6 - Opening saved reports............................................................................................................................................23

4.3.7 - Printing Reports.......................................................................................................................................................23

4.3.8 - Data export to Microsoft Excel................................................................................................................................24

4.3.9 - Calibration................................................................................................................................................................25

4.4

COMMON

EQUIPMENT

AND

SOFTWARE

OPERATIONS...................................................................27

4.4.1 - States.......................................................................................................................................................................27

4.4.2 - Initialize....................................................................................................................................................................27

4.4.3 - Acquire Tests ..........................................................................................................................................................28

4.4.4 - Deleting test.............................................................................................................................................................28

4.4.5 - Stop Test.................................................................................................................................................................28

4.4.6 - Safetyand Protection..............................................................................................................................................29

5 - EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.........................................................................................................................29

6 - TROUBLESHOOT............................................................................................................................................30

6.1

–

CONVERTION

CURVE

LOAD

FAULT

START-UP ...........................................................................30

6.2

COMMUNICATION

ERROR

BETWEEN

THE

EQUIPMENT

AND

THE

PC...........................................30

6.3

SYSTEM

BLOCKED...................................................................................................................................30

7 - OPTIONAL DEVICES.......................................................................................................................................31

7.1

ALIBRATION

...........................................................................................................................................31

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7.2

LAMPS FOR

ORK STOPPERS

.......................................................................................................31

ANNEX A.................................................................................................................................................................32

A-1

–

TECNICAL

CONSIDERATIONS

ABOUT

THE

TORSIOMETER...........................................................32

A-2

–

CALCULATION

CUT

TENSION.........................................................................................................32

ANNEX B.................................................................................................................................................................33

B-1

–

OMMUNICATION

ABLE

..............................................................................................................................33

B-2

–

“D

-S

WITCH

”

ONFIGURATION

....................................................................................................................33

ANNEX C – CALIBRATION...................................................................................................................................34

ANNEX D - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................................38

NOTES....................................................................................................................................................................39

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WELCOME NOTES

Congratulations for the purchase of TorsiLab – Cork and Bar Top Torsion Force Measuring System.

With this excellent equipment it is possible to assess the flexibility and the resistance of cork

stoppers, following the standards in practice, or to verify the gluing of Bar Top corks.

The user has at his disposal one easy to use control equipment with small dimensions, developed

with metrological precise techniques, assuring at the end, a high standard quality control.

TorsiLab is supplied with a software application for Windows operating systems, providing the user

a very friendly way to setup and carry out the quality control tests, to check at any time the

equipment status allowing a quick resolution of anomalies that may occur during its functioning.

This user manual contains instructions to setup the TorsiLab, supplying detailed information

regarding its functioning and the Windows interface software.

1 - MANUAL CONTENTS

This user manual describes the TorsiLab functioning, particularly, the PC interface software,

compatible with all Microsoft Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista operating systems. This software

was specifically developed for the TorsiLab and it allows the user to:

•Monitor the equipment;

•Collect the tests data from the TorsiLab and present it graphically;

•Save the tests into a database for later consult;

•Print reports in several languages;

•Setup the communication parameters;

•Do the equipment calibration;

•Export data to Microsoft Excel.

Along with the user manual you can find the following items:

•PC interface control software setup CD;

•Serial communication cable;

•Power cable;

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•Calibration certificate from a credited laboratory (optional).

This user manual starts with TorsiLab characteristics, the setup procedure, the connection to a PC

and the interface control software setup. After the setup, the user manual describes the TorsiLab

functioning, the test process and the data collect from the software. In the following chapters, you

can find information regarding saving the tests, opening saved tests and printing reports. Next, the

user manual explains the data export to Microsoft Excel. At the end, the user manual describes the

equipment calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting.

2 - CONVENTIONS

Abbreviations

In this user manual one can find the following abbreviations:

•TorsiLab – Cork and Bar Top Torsion ForceMeasuring System

•Report – Group of tests of one or more corks or bar tops

•Test – Torsion testto a single cork or bar top

•PC – personal computer

Messages

Some messages are used in this manual to call your attention to important information. Each

messagetype is identified lie the following:

Warning! The warning signal informs that an improper equipment use or not following the

instructions, can cause personal and/or equipment damages.

Please read. This is a suggestion or advices which can help you toget more benefits from

the equipment.

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3 - TORSILAB AND PC INTERFACE SOFTWARE SETUP

3.1 - MACHINE SETUP

TorsiLab is supplied with one power cable which should be connected to a power plug with

same voltage and frequency indicated on the equipment specifications.

TorsiLab is also supplied with one serial communication cable to connect TorsiLab to a personal

computer. The communication cable has two 9 pin connectors (type DB9), one to be plugged to a

PC serial/COM port (Figure 1) and the other to the TorsiLab RS232 serial port on TorsiLab

command box rear (Figure 2 and 3).

If the computer only has USB communication ports, you should contact EGITRON and order a

RS232/USB converter.

Connect TorsiLab to compress air using the available plug on the TorsiLab back panel. The feeding

tube should have 6mm diameter and the pressure must be between 6 to 8 Bar.

Figure 1 –PCserial communicationports

Figure 2 – TorsiLab serial communication port Figure 3 – TorsiLabcommandbox rear

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3.2 - PC INTERFACE SOFTWARE SETUP AND CONFIGURATION

To install the PC interface software, please follow the next steps:

1. Place the setup CD at the computer CD/DVD drive

2. Using the windows Start button, select Run command and write “D:\Setup\setup.exe”,

where D is the CD/DVD drive letter. To open the Run command you can also use the

keyboard shortcut ‘Windows+R’.

After software installation, start the control software from the shortcut “TorsiLab” on the menu

programs (clicking with the mouse right button is possible to send a shortcut to Desktop).

At start up, the software makes a communication test with the equipment. If there is no

communication, some software options are disabled, e.g. the possibility to carry out the tests, and

the user receives a warning of the anomaly with the possible causes. However, the user can still

open saved reports from the database.

For changing the communication settings the user should select at the toolbar the “Configuration”

option and then “Communication”. After this, a new window like Figure 4 shows up.

On the interface software it is

possible to configure the PC serial

port number (COM) where the

communication cable is

connected, and the communication

settings, including Baud-Rate,

parity, bits number and Stop bits

number.

The communication settings for TorsiLab are: “19200,N,8,1”.

For changing the port number or communication settings, the user should press the “Edit” button.

After making the necessary changes, the user should press “Save”and then “Test” for test the

communications.

If even after changing the port number and the communication settings, the communication

between the equipment and the PC is not possible, the user should verify if the cable is well

connected and if TorsiLab is turned on.

Figure 4 – Configuration of communication settings

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