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Operating and Maintenance Instructions

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Hard spot inspection trolley • PLAMAT-M • 18201

Operating and Maintenance Instructions • V2.0

CONTENTS

1 GENERAL

1.1 Intended use of this device 7
1.2 Disclaimer of liability 7
1.3 Safety instructions 7

1.3.1 General 7
1.3.2 Personnel’s responsibilities 8
1.3.3 Operating the inspection system 9
1.3.4 Maintenance of the inspection system 10
1.3.5 Cleaning work 11
1.3.6 Working on the electric system 11
1.3.7 Behavior during accidents 11
1.3.8 Remaining hazards and protection 11

1.3.9 Remaining hazards during normal use 12
1.3.10 Hazards caused by electric energy 12
1.3.11 Hazards caused by work materials 12

1.4 Disposal instructions 13
1.5 Conformity 13

2 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES 14

2.1 Introduction 14
2.2 Measurement approach 14
2.3 Eddy current 16
2.4 Incremental permeability 18
2.5 Upper harmonics 19

3 STRUCTURE AND HANDLING OF THE TROLLEY 20

3.1 Inspection unit 22

3.1.1 Exchanging the probes 23
3.1.2 Exchanging the rollers 24
3.1.3 Exchanging the tension spring and rubber buffer 24
3.1.4 Cleaning of the probes and steel plate 24

3.2 Power supply modes 25

3.2.1 Operating via battery 25
3.2.2 Operating via mains 26

3.3 Encoder 27

3.4 Battery storage station 28
3.5 Electronic unit 29
3.6 Chalk marking unit 30
3.7 Guide rollers 31

3.7.1 Swiveling the guide rollers down 31
3.7.2 Exchanging the guide rollers 31

3.8 Lifting handle 32
3.9 Gas brake 32
3.10 Transversal adjustment 32
3.11 Crane eyes 32
3.12 Exchanging the socket and the shaft 32
3.13 Exchanging the rail rollers 33
3.14 Exchanging the vertical rail system 34
3.15 Exchanging the horizontal rail system 35
3.16 Exchanging the snapping piece and the clamping piece 36
3.17 Lubrication 36

4 SOFTWARE 3MA-X8 MMS 37

4.1 Installation, program start & login 37
4.2 Access hierarchy 37
4.3 Pre- and post-processing 38
4.4 Tab: Inspection 39

4.4.1 Overview 39
4.4.2 Combination of multi-mapped traces 41
4.4.3 Creating a report (example) 42
4.4.4 Measurement report 44

4.5 Tab: Measurement and calibration 45

4.5.1 Overview 45
4.5.2 Sub-tab: Normalization 46
4.5.3 Sub-tab: Calibration 46
4.5.4 Sub-tab: Harmonics & raw signals 48
4.5.5 Sub-tab: Incremental permeability 48
4.5.6 Sub-tab: Eddy current 49
4.5.7 Sub-tab: Settings 49
4.5.8 Sub-tab: Channel tuning 50

4.6 Tab: Raw signals 51
4.7 Tab: Expert settings 52

4.7.1 Overview 52
4.7.2 Device settings 52
4.7.3 Calibration settings 53
4.7.4 Compensation settings 54
4.7.5 Other settings 55

5 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE 56

5.1 Introduction 56
5.2 Classification methodology 56

5.2.1 Initial operation - Normalization 57
5.2.2 After initial operation – Calibration workflow 58

5.3 Calibration steps 60
5.4 Error messages 66
5.5 Recommended calibration parameters 67
5.6 Referencing 67

5.6.1 Reference plate 67
5.6.2 Mechanical evaluation 67

6 SCANNING PROCEDURE 68

6.1 Overview 68
6.2 Short run 69
6.3 Long run 70
6.4 Image Stitching 71

6.4.1 Iteration 1 – Measurement 71
6.4.2 Iteration 2 – Find limits 71
6.4.3 Iteration 3 – Turn short run 72
6.4.4 Iteration 4 – Combine stripes 72

7 TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION 74

7.1 Module: Overview 74
7.2 File recording and compensation process 75
7.3 Performing measurement after compensation 78

8 BAR CODE READER 79

8.1 First set-up 79
8.2 Reading bar code 80

9 APPENDIX 81

9.1 Spare parts 81
9.2 Maintenance checklist 82
9.3 Technical drawings and parts lists 82

LIST OF FIGURES 83
LIST OF TABLES 84

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