Installing The Top Closure; The Mounting Process; Heating On; Heating Off - struers LaboPress-1 Gebrauchsanweisung

Installing the Top Closure

The Mounting Process

Heating On

Heating Off

Removing the Top Closure

LaboPress-1
Instruction Manual
Remove resin dust from the upper part of the mounting
cylinder.
Clean the cylindrical surface of the upper ram. Cured resin
can easily be removed without damage to the surface of the
ram using the scraper supplied.
Apply "Mould Release Agent" to all accessible surfaces of the
upper ram.
Place the top closure with the upper ram on the mounting
cylinder.
Press the top closure straight down, turning it counter-
clockwise until you hear a click.
Press the top closure down and turn it clockwise until its
lower limit.
Turn the top closure a quarter of a turn back.
If the ram does not fit in the cylinder check ram and cylinder for cured resin.
The tolerance between the cylinder and the ram is very fine and even small
amounts of resin from previous mounting may cause problems.
Press HEATING 180°C or 150°C to select the temperature.
Press HEATING ON
O
Press RAM UP
desired. If the force should become too high: Press RAM
N
DOWN briefly.
Maintain the force (pressure) during the heating period by
pressing the appropriate RAM UP/DOWN
When the heating period is finished, press HEATING OFF
to switch off the heating unit.
Open the cooling water tap on the water mains.
Maintain the force (pressure) during the cooling period.
When the cooling period is finished, close the cooling water
tap on the water mains.
If you have stopped the machine during the mounting process:
Cool the mounting cylinder a minimum 2 min before opening, after a heating
period. Please note that the mount might be destroyed.
When the mounting process is finished:
Press RAM DOWN
Turn the top closure counter-clockwise until released from the
thread.
O
Press RAM UP
Place the top closure in the top closure holder.
IMPORTANT
¹
to switch on the heating unit.
until the force, indicated on the gauge, is as
N
briefly to relieve the pressure.
to raise the raise ram to its upper limit.
ON
key.
º
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