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Crane Systems
GREER COMPANY 1918 E. Glenwood Place, Santa Ana, CA 92705 Telephone: (714) 259-9702 Fax: (714) 259-7626
MicroGuard® 586 Retrofit Calibration Manual PN W458199 Rev A 09/27/02
Up to seven points may be stored; these points must include fully retracted and fully extended booms.
Intermediate points should be chosen where individual sections of the boom start to telescope and/or
where other sections stop telescoping, as the boom is extended.
For booms exhibiting an appreciable amount of flexibility or droop, it may be necessary to include an
extra point to improve accuracy, especially if there is a long distance between obvious points of
calibration. This is usually pertinent for long proportional booms, which may require only a fully retracted
and fully extended calibration.
Some booms exhibit a sudden droop when nearing the fully telescoped position. This droop is often due
to the design and fitting of wear pads inside the boom, which allow sections to hang on each other when
nearing the fully telescoped limit. Though this has little affect on main boom radius accuracy, the radius of
fly’s/jib may be affected by this characteristic. It is essential here to add an extra calibration point at about
90% of the boom extension.
For each extension calibration, the system requires a stable measurement of the moment (via its own
pressure sensors) and radius (via the calibration operator’s measurements) at a high angle only. Try to
pick angles of 60 ° – 70 ° for high angles. For low angles use 30 – 40 °.
Take care to accurately measure the radius at each calibration point. Using a single part-of-line
will be helpful.
When entering the Tare load in the calibration routine, it is usually a good idea to add a little to the hook
weight. Adding 100 pounds (or 50 Kilos) will help guarantee a slightly positive load reading in all operating
configurations.
Procedure:
1. Determine whether this will be a new calibration or an existing calibration with new or added points.
Be aware that a new calibration will destroy all radius moment data previously calibrated.
2. Enter the tare-load, which is the weight of extras added to the boom, i.e. the hook block, rope and
shackles.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen. For each length/calibration point:
i) Telescope to the desired length.
ii) Boom to a high or low angle.
iii) Measure and enter the radius. Allow the boom bounce to settle, and then move on.
iv) Boom to the other required angle; measure and enter the radius.
The routine can be exited at any time by pressing the “cancel” key.
Always check the computer to ensure that the angle is identified as a ‘high” or “low” angle. If the
display has indicated a different setting, use the up “high” or down “low” arrow keys to correct this.
To restart a calibration length, press “cancel” once.
Calibrated lengths are stored in Personality memory. To re-enter a single length, simply re-enter the
radius/moment routine. Select “No” for a single length. Select “yes” for a brand new calibration. Then
telescope to the required length and calibrate.
The boom parameters computed during a radius/moment calibration can be manually entered or adjusted
using the “EDIT” function available with the SETUP/OK key when first entering the routine.
07 Deflection
This routine is used to quantify the amount that a boom or attachment bends when under load. The boom
has its own bending factor called “F.” Each jib combination can have its own independent “F” value.
Before entering the routine, the display will show the angle of the boom head under no load and under the
current load.