Procedures for using Amsler

1. Start & check the following steps

- Ensure that a valve of water pipe outside E2 is open as shown in Fig. 1

Fig. 1 Open valve status of water pipe

- Check that the status of manual control of Amsler is RETURN as shown in Fig. 2. If it were not
RETURN, adjust it to RETURN.

Fig. 2 Amsler and its manual control

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- Turn ON the powers of Amsler as shown in Figs. 3 and 4

Fig. 3 Power 1 of Amsler

Fig. 4 Power 2 of Amsler

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- Press ON button of pump of Amsler as shown in Fig. 5

Fig. 5

2. Adjustment
- Place the bearing plate (1) which can move, under the center of loading plate (2) by adjusting a mark
point of bearing plate (1) and a mark point of (3) of Amsler as seen in the red circle in Fig. 6

Fig. 6

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- Keep the bearing plate constant (i.e. the wheels of bearing plate can rotate and cannot move along
the rails) by pressing MANUAL button on Amsler and then, adjusting the knob of MANUAL
CONTROL from RETURN to OPEN as seen in Fig. 7

Fig. 7

- When the wheels of bearing plate can rotate, press STOP button on Amsler and then, adjusting the
knob of MANUAL CONTROL from OPEN to HOLD as seen in Fig. 8. Please do this step carefully.
If you did this step carelessly, the bearing plate could be raisen up by MANUAL CONTROL and
thereafter, can touch the loading plate, resulting in Amsler is damaged.

Fig. 8

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3. Calibration
3.1 Calibration of loading values
Do the following steps on the screen (1) of Amsler:
Chose システム  アンプ調整  はい  calibration of loading values is carried out when a
needle of (2) rotates as shown in Fig. 9.

Fig. 9

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3.2 Calibration of the accuracy of the needle
Do the following steps on the screen (1) of Amsler,
Chose 指示針  chose  or  so that the neddle of (2) locates in the position of 0 value as shown
in Fig. 10.

Fig. 10

3.3 Setting up test conditions

Do the following steps on the screen (1) of Amsler,
Chose ファイル  chose number 1, 2, 3, or 4 which were set up the conditions of maxium loading
value, loading rate  呼び出し chose 試験 as seen in Fig. 11.

Fig. 11

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4. Loading preparation
Do the following steps:
- Put a load cell in the center of the bearing plate
- Connect the load cell and the data logger as seen in Fig. 12 if the position of loading value recored
in the computer is the position of 0. If not, please connect the load cell and the data logger at the
corresponding position of loading value recored in the computer

Fig. 12

- Turn on the power of the data logger

5. Testing
- Place a specimen in the center of the load cell
- Connect two strain gauges attached on the specimen to the data logger. For the strain gauge having
two wire, please set up the brige as seen in Fig. 12. Similar to the load cell, please connect each strain
gauge and the data logger at each corresponding position of strain value recored in the computer

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- LOAD
Do following figures

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Load by adjusting MANUAL CONTROL to OPEN slightly

Adjust two values of strain using two strain gauges to be nearly the same (i.e. allow the difference of
two values of about 10. Then, press START

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After testing, release the crosshead by pressing UP and then, save data

Delete the previous data in order to obtain the next data by carrying out the next specimen

Clean up the place around the loading cell

6. After finishing the test

- Adjust knob of MANUAL CONTROL to RETURN and wait until when the wheels of the bearing
plate can move along the rails
- Press OFF button of pump of Amsler as shown in Fig. 5
- Turn OFF the powers of Amsler as shown in Figs. 3 and 4
- Clean up

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