Hanatek FILM SHRINK TESTER User manual

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©Rhopoint Instruments Ltd.
Rhopoint House • Enviro 21 Park • Queensway Avenue South
St Leonards on Sea • TN38 9AG UK
Web: www.hanatekinstruments.com • Main Office: [phone]
OPERATING MANUAL
FILM SHRINK TESTER

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Contents
Contents.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Product Safety..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Equipment........................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Package Contents............................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Operation............................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Assembly......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Powering the instrument................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Set Test Conditions ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Selecting test conditions................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Sample Preparation ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Sample selection............................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Using the sample templates ........................................................................................................................................................... 5
Performing a Test................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Running a test ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Test Results......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Evaluation of test results ................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Calculations..................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Service and Repair .............................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Calibration....................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Spares.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Certificate of Conformity .................................................................................................................................................................... 9
RoHS and WEEE ................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Product Safety
WARNING REASONABLE CARE MUST BE TAKEN AT ALL TIMES –THE HANATEK FILM SHINK TESTER HAS HOT AREAS ON THE TOP
OF THE INSTRUMENT THAT CONSTITUTE BURNING HAZARADS. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN AT ALL TIMES. SUITABLE PROTECTIVE
EYEWEAR/CLOTHING/HEATPROOF GLOVES SHOULD BE WORN WHERE NECESSARY.
Please read this manual before operating the instrument and keep it for future reference
FST FILM SHRINK TESTER MANUAL ISSUE B OCTOBER 2018

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Equipment
Package Contents
1x
Hanatek Film Shrink Tester
1x
Mains lead –US (for 115V)
1x
Sample Template - 50mm diameter
1x
Calibration certificate for instrument
1x
Pack of Foil Disks –70mm diameter (25)
1x
Knife
1x
Silicon Oil
1x
Manual
1x
Mini pipette
1x
Tweezer
2x
Mains leads –EU&UK (for 240V)
Label
Function
1
Test area hot plate
2
Viewing area
3
Temperature display
4
Power display
5
Timer
4
5
3
2
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Operation
Assembly
•Remove the instrument from all packaging. Retain the packaging so that the equipment can be returned for calibration
and service repairs.
•Place the instrument on a suitable bench ensuring the instrument is level.
•Check the hot-plate grill is in the ‘down’ position.
Powering the instrument
•Use the supplied mains lead to connect the instrument to a suitable mains supply –the correct voltage MUST be used.
This equipment must be used with an earthed supply.
•Switch the instrument on using the button at the rear of the instrument –the hot-plate will start to heat up
Set Test Conditions
Selecting test conditions
•The top figure on the display (figure 1) shows the actual temperature and will be increasing to match the set point. The
bottom figure is the target temperature.
•To set the temperature press the ‘UP’ button until the required temperature is displayed.
•Allow the instrument to reach at the required temperature and then stabilise for 20 minutes prior to performing the
first test.
UP button
Figure 1 –Temperature display

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Sample Preparation
Sample selection
•Identify the area of the sample to be tested. It should be free from contamination and creases.
Using the sample templates
•Position the supplied template over the area and carefully cut around the template.
•Mark the samples to indicate the ‘machine direction’ (figure 2).
•If the test standard requires pre-conditioning this must be applied before using the instrument.
Figure 2 - Marked sample

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Performing a Test
Running a test
•Add a few drops of silicon oil to the hot-plate (figure 3). This will form a film approximately 0.25mm thick.
•Place a foil disk, with the edges turned up, in the heating area.
•Set the timer for the exact time required by the test standard –typically 30-40 seconds.
•Add a few drops of silicon oil to the foil disk (figure 4). After the oil spreads, place the prepared sample on the foil. The
oil will draw the film disc down and there should be no obvious bubbles underneath.
•Start the timer at the same time as placing the film.
•When the timer alarm sounds, remove the sample from the foil disk and place on the cooling area.
•Turn on the backlight, centralise the sample and read the percentage shrinkage (figure 5). The carrier disk can be reused if
undamaged. Should the sample curl instead of shrinking then it may be found useful to cover the upper surface of the test piece with
oil before placing in on the hot-plate.
Figure 3
Figure 5
Figure 4

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Test Results
Evaluation of test results
Generally, because of different properties with and across the machine direction, shrinkage is anisotropic, and the discs will have
assumed an elliptical shape. Noting the machine direction, measure both the ‘Major’ and ‘Minor’ axes. The result is then
reported as a percentage of the original dimension.
Calculations
The percentage free shrinkage is given by:
Unrestrained linear shrinkage,
% = (Lo –Lf) x 100
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Lo
Where: Lo = initial length (=dia. 50mm)
Lf = length after shrinking (=dimension of major and minor axes of final ellipse)

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Service and Repair
Calibration
To maintain the optimum performance of this machine Hanatek Instruments recommends an annual recalibration of the
equipment.
A full list of service centres can be found on the Hanatek website:
https://www.hanatekinstruments.com/support/authorised-service-centres/
Spares
Product
Order Code
Silicone oil, 50ml
HAN-H-SILICONOIL210H
Silicone oil, 250ml
HAN-H-SILICONOIL210H/250
Carrier discs, pack of 25
HAN-H-FOIL
FST Mains Cable - EU
H-W3CORE-EU
FST Mains Cable - USA
H-W3CORE-USA
FST Mains Cable - UK
H-W3CORE-UK
For any service or repair quires contact HANATEK instruments:
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Web Site: www.hanatekinstruments.com

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Certificate of Conformity

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RoHS and WEEE
EU Directive 2002/96/EC on WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) and RoHS (Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous
Substances).
The European Union's Directive on Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment
(ROHS) defines each of 10 categories of electrical and electronic equipment in Annex I . Category 9 is defined as follows:
9. Monitoring and control instruments
Smoke detector
Heating regulators
Thermostats
Measuring, weighing, or adjusting appliances for household or as laboratory equipment
Other monitoring and control instruments used in industrial installations (e.g. in control panels).
The RoHS Directive defines the scope of restrictions in Article 2 as follows:
"1. Without prejudice to Article 6, this Directive shall apply to electrical and electronic equipment falling under the categories I, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 set out in Annex IA to Directive No 2002/96/EC (WEEE) and to electric light bulbs, and luminaires in households."
This product is supplied as a Monitoring and Control instrument and as such falls within category 9 of the EU directive 2002/96/EC
and so is excluded from restrictions under the scope of the RoHS Directive.
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive is intended to reduce the amount of harmful substances that are added
to the environment by the inappropriate disposal of these products through municipal waste.
Some of the materials contained in electrical and electronic products can damage the environment and are potentially hazardous
to human health; for this reason, the products are marked with the crossed-out wheelie bin symbol which indicates that they must
not he disposed of via unsorted municipal waste.
Rhopoint Instruments Ltd have arranged a means for our customers to have products that have reached the end of their useful
life safely recycled. We encourage all end users to us at the end of the product's life to return their purchase to as for recycling as
per Article 9 of the WEEE Directive.
Please contact us on [phone] and we will advise on the process for returning these waste products so we can all
contribute to the safe recycling of these materials.