USTER HVI SPECTRUM User manual

Date: June 2008
Part Number: 255-450-00671
English
USTER® HVI SPECTRUM
HIGH VOLUME FIBER TEST S
Instruction Manual
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Uster Technologies, Inc.
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW ...................................... 1-1
1PURPOSE ...........................................................................1-1
2INTRODUCTION ...................................................................1-1
3VISUAL CUES USED IN THIS MANUAL .........................................1-2
4MAJOR SYSTEM DISTINCTIONS ................................................1-3
5HVI SPECTRUM EQUIPMENT .................................................1-4
6SYSTEM DRAWING ...............................................................1-6
7 HVI SPECTRUM SYSTEM MODULES .........................................1-7
7.1 Micronaire Module...................................................1-7
7.2 Length/Strength Module ............................................1-8
7.3 Color/Trash Module .................................................1-8
7.4 Moisture Probe.........................................................1-9
8SOFTWARE FEATURES ............................................................1-9
8.1 Error Messages ........................................................1-9
8.1.1 Keyboard Commands ..................................1-10
8.2 Exit.......................................................................1-10
8.3 Labels ...................................................................1-11
CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION ................................ 2-1
1GENERAL REQUIREMENTS .......................................................2-1
2ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS .....................................................2-2
2.1 Required Laboratory Conditions..................................2-2
2.2 Air Requirements ......................................................2-3
2.2.1 Air Quality Requirements................................2-3
3UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES (UPS)....................................2-4
4FLOOR SPACE REQUIREMENTS..................................................2-4
4.1 Standard
HVI SPECTRUM ..........................................2-5
4.2
HVI SPECTRUM I ......................................................2-6
4.3
HVI SPECTRUM II .....................................................2-7
5CONNECTIONS...................................................................2-9

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CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE OVERVIEW .................... 3-1
1CONTROL SYSTEM................................................................3-1
2SOFTWARE.........................................................................3-3
2.1 HVI SPECTRUM Main Menu.......................................3-3
2.1.1 Testing .........................................................3-4
2.1.2 Setup .........................................................3-4
2.1.3 QualiProfile ..................................................3-5
2.1.4 Reports ......................................................3-5
2.1.5 Bale Manager...............................................3-5
2.1.6 Help ............................................................3-6
2.1.7 Quit.............................................................3-6
3RESETTING THE SYSTEM..........................................................3-7
CHAPTER 4 CALIBRATION .................................. 4-1
1OVERVIEW.........................................................................4-1
2COTTON CALIBRATION..........................................................4-2
3MODULE CALIBRATION ..........................................................4-4
3.1 Length/Strength Calibration .......................................4-6
3.1.1 Length/Strength and Uniformity Calibration ......4-7
3.2 Micronaire Calibration............................................4-10
3.2.1 Calibration Procedures for Micronaire............4-12
3.3 Color Calibration ...................................................4-13
3.4 Trash Calibration....................................................4-17
3.4.1 Procedures for Flash Calibration....................4-18
3.4.2 Procedures for Trash Calibration ...................4-19
3.5 Temperature and Humidity Calibration ......................4-21
3.6 UV Meter Calibration..............................................4-23
CHAPTER 5 SYSTEM CHECK................................ 5-1
1OVERVIEW.........................................................................5-1
2SYSTEM CHECK SELECTION MENU ............................................5-1
2.1 Micronaire ..............................................................5-2
2.1.1 Calibration Check .........................................5-2
2.1.2 Calibration Test.............................................5-5
2.2 Length/Strength........................................................5-6
2.2.1 Calibration Check .........................................5-6
2.2.2 Calibration Test.............................................5-7
2.3 Color/Trash.............................................................5-8

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2.3.1 Calibration Check .........................................5-8
2.3.2 Calibration Test.............................................5-8
CHAPTER 6 CONFIGURATIONS .......................... 6-1
1INTRODUCTION ...................................................................6-1
2SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SCREEN............................................6-1
2.1 Test Setup Tab..........................................................6-2
2.1.1 Lot Limits ......................................................6-5
2.1.2 Creating Lot Limits .........................................6-6
2.1.3 Edit Lot Limits ................................................6-9
2.1.4 Delete Lot Limits...........................................6-11
2.2 Measurement Selection Tab .....................................6-12
2.3 General Setup Tab .................................................6-13
2.4 Temperature and RH Tab.........................................6-14
2.5 Retest Tolerance Tab ...............................................6-15
2.6 USTER® SCI Regression Coefficients .........................6-17
2.6.1 Changing the SCI Equation...........................6-18
CHAPTER 7 TESTING PROCEDURES ..................... 7-1
1OVERVIEW.........................................................................7-1
2TESTING SEQUENCE QUICK REFERENCE .....................................7-2
2.1 Step 1—Access the Main Testing Screen .....................7-3
2.2 Step 2—Choose from Additional Selections .................7-4
2.3 Step 3—Operator Identification..................................7-5
2.4 Step 4—Identify the Sample.......................................7-6
2.5 Step 5—Perform the Micronaire Test ...........................7-7
2.6 Step 6—Perform L/S and C/T (Optional Module) Tests..7-9
2.7 Exit from Testing.....................................................7-10
2.8 Printing the Test Results............................................7-10
3DETERMINING THE ACTION WHEN COTTON FAILS TO MEET LOT LIMITS7-11
CHAPTER 8 REPORTS ......................................... 8-1
1INTRODUCTION ...................................................................8-1
2CATEGORIES.......................................................................8-2
2.1 Creating Categories .................................................8-2
2.2 Overview of the Category System...............................8-4
2.3 Changing the Pre-Defined Categories..........................8-5
3DESIGNING/DELETING/MODIFYING REPORTS..............................8-6
3.1 Type and Format of Test Data.....................................8-6

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3.2 Designing a New Report ...........................................8-8
3.3 Modifying/Deleting a Report ...................................8-11
3.4 Generating a Report ...............................................8-12
3.5 Graphs .................................................................8-13
3.6 Creating a New Graph...........................................8-13
3.7 Deleting a Graph ...................................................8-15
3.8 Generating a Graph ...............................................8-16
3.9 Exporting Data.......................................................8-17
3.9.1 Export Data Type ........................................8-17
3.9.2 Export Options............................................8-18
3.10 Using the HVI SPECTRUM Database .........................8-19
3.10.1 Delete All Data for a Specific Lot .................8-19
3.11 Delete Multiple Records for a Lot...............................8-21
CHAPTER 9 QUICK REPORTS .............................. 9-1
1INTRODUCTION ...................................................................9-1
CHAPTER 10 BALE MANAGER .......................... 10-1
1OVERVIEW.......................................................................10-1
2ACCESSING BALE MANAGER ................................................10-2
3MAIN FUNCTIONS .............................................................10-4
3.1 File .......................................................................10-4
3.1.1 Data Import ................................................10-5
3.1.2 Exit............................................................10-7
3.2 Configure ..............................................................10-8
3.2.1 System Status..............................................10-9
4DEFINING CATEGORIES .....................................................10-11
4.1 How the Category System Works ...........................10-11
4.2 Number of Categories...........................................10-12
4.3 Why Category Definitions Should Remain the Same..10-12
4.4 Defining Categories—Initial Definition.....................10-13
4.4.1 Define Categories to Reflect Inventory ..........10-14
4.4.2 Define Growth Areas .................................10-16
4.4.3 Define Proportional/Centered Mix Criteria ...10-18
4.4.4 Define SCI Calculations..............................10-20
4.4.5 Changing the SCI Equation.........................10-21
4.5 Edit.....................................................................10-22
4.5.1 Bale Data.................................................10-22
4.5.2 Delete for Lot ID ........................................10-24
4.5.3 Delete for Growth Areas.............................10-25

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4.5.4 Delete Mix History.....................................10-26
4.5.5 Change Growth Area ................................10-27
4.6 Mix ....................................................................10-28
4.6.1 Make a Mix .............................................10-28
4.6.2 Active Mixes.............................................10-29
4.6.3 Preview/Accept Mix ..................................10-30
4.7 View...................................................................10-30
4.7.1 View Inventory Bale Data ...........................10-31
4.7.2 View Mix History.......................................10-32
4.7.3 View Mix History Details ............................10-33
4.7.4 View Mix History Histograms ......................10-34
4.7.5 View Mix History Trends.............................10-35
CHAPTER 11 USTER® QUALIPROFILE ................ 11-1
1INTRODUCTION .................................................................11-1
2QUALIPROFILE ...................................................................11-3
2.1 Selecting a Profile...................................................11-5
2.2 Designing a QualiProfile .........................................11-6
CHAPTER 12 DIAGNOSTICS ............................. 12-1
1INTRODUCTION .................................................................12-1
2DIAGNOSTICS...................................................................12-2
3ERROR LOG ......................................................................12-5
CHAPTER 13 MAINTENANCE............................ 13-1
1INTRODUCTION .................................................................13-1
2CLEANING THE SYSTEM .......................................................13-1
2.1 As Required...........................................................13-1
2.2 After Each Shift ......................................................13-1
2.3 Daily.....................................................................13-2
3CALIBRATION TILE CARE .......................................................13-2
3.1 Cleaning Calibration Tiles .......................................13-3
4SERVICE ..........................................................................13-4
CHAPTER 14 APPENDIX................................... 14-1
1
HVI SPECTRUM SPECIFICATIONS ..........................................14-1
2DISK INFORMATION............................................................14-3
2.1 Diskettes................................................................14-3

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2.2 Disk Operating System............................................14-3
2.3 Monitor Information ................................................14-4
2.4 Printer Information ..................................................14-4
2.5 Balance Configuration ............................................14-5
2.6 Recommended Lot Limits for Cotton ...........................14-7
2.7 Transmission Architecture.........................................14-8
2.8 Universal Record Format........................................14-10
2.9
HVI SPECTRUM Record Formats..............................14-12
2.9.1 Length/Strength ........................................14-12
2.9.2 Micronaire ...............................................14-15
2.9.3 Color & Trash ...........................................14-16
2.9.4 SCI..........................................................14-18
2.9.5 Maturity ...................................................14-18
2.9.6 Moisture...................................................14-19
2.9.7 NEP Count ...............................................14-20
2.9.8 UV ..........................................................14-21
3ERROR MESSAGES............................................................14-23
CHAPTER 15 GLOSSARY .................................. 15-1
CHAPTER 16 INDEX......................................... 16-1