FP-261

PMCC Flash Point Tester

Operation Manual

PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE OPERATION

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Content

I. Scope of application ..............................................................................2

II. Main technical specification and parameters........................................2

III. Instrument structure and electrical schematic diagram.......................2

IV. Usage of instrument.............................................................................4

V. Precautions.............................................................................................7

VI. Common breakdowns and maintenance...............................................7

VII. Full set and technical documents........................................................8

This instrument is high temperature and high precise instrument.

Please read the operation manual carefully before using it.

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I. Scope of Application
This instrument is designed and manufactured as per national standard GB/T 261-2008
Determination of Flash Point (Pensky-Martens Closed Cup).It is used to make determination of the
closed cup flash point of the petroleum products which flash point over 40 .
This instrument adopts LCD screen to display. English man-machine interaction interface.. It can
preset the flash point, the procedure A, procedure B. open or close of the automatic ignition and
heating up and other parameters. Equipped with prompting menu, prompting input operation
interface. This instrument is designed newly and easy to use. The test results are exact. It can be used
widely in the petroleum industry, railway, aviation, electric power, universities and colleges and
scientific research institute.

II. Main technical specification and parameters

1. Power supply: AC（220±10%）V, 50Hz.

2. Heating device: The furnace is silicon carbide material. Power is 600W heating
wire.

The heating power is adjustable from 0 W to 600W.

3. Rate of sample’s heating up: Procedure A ：(5～8 ) /min；
Procedure B：(1～1.5) /min；
Automatically control

4. Electric stirring device : Stirring motor：（BYGH101stepping motor）

Driving mode：flexible axle

Stirring vane size：8mm×40mm

5. Stirring rate: Accord with the requirements of GB/T 261-2008.

90～120 turns/min, suitable to test procedure A.

(250±10）turns/min, suitable to test procedure B.
6. Standard oil cup: Accord with the requirements of GB/T 261-2008.
⑴ Inner diameter：50.7 ㎜～50.8 ㎜
⑵ Depth：55.7 ㎜～56.0 ㎜
⑶ Scribed line depth of capacity of oil sample：33.9 ㎜～34.3 ㎜
⑷ Capacity of oil sample：about 70ml
7. Igniting device: Igniting source：gas（or other civilian fuels, the same below）

bore diameter：0.8mm

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8. Temperature testing probe : Pt100
9. Ambient temperature: ≤ 35
10. Relative humidity: ≤ 85％

11.Power consumption: ≤ 650W

III. Instrument structure and Electrical schematic diagram

1. Instrument structure
The Main structure is shown as Fig.1:

⑴ ⑵ ⑶ ⑷ ⑸ ⑹ ⑺ ⑻ ⑼ ⑽ ⑾

Fig.1

1) Air inlet valve: The supplied air source access to the air inlet valve to adjust the air demand

of igniting device.

2) Igniting device: Composed of flame adjusting knob and igniter head. It is used to adjust the

size of igniting flame and ignite the sample.

3) Latex tube: 2 pieces, used to connect the air inlet valve with igniting device

4) Stirring motor: Used to stir the sample in the oil cup.

5) Driving flexible shaft: Connect the stirring motor with stirring vane.

6) Temperature sensor: Pt100

7) Igniting component: Rotate the rotating handle on the igniting component clockwise to open

the igniting tuyere. Ignite the sample with igniting tuyere. It is used when doing manual ignition.

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The igniting device, stirring vane and jack of the temperature sensor are installed on this component.

8) Auto-igniting rotating wheel: Automatically ignite once per rotating turn. It is used

when doing manual ignition.

9) Hole of test glass: Place the sample oil cup or spring knob, stirring device.

10) Oil cup: Used to contain the sample and placed on the heating furnace.

11) Control panel: See below (Control panel)

2. Control panel
The control panel is shown as Fig.2
⑴ ⑵ ⑶ ⑷ ⑸ ⑹ ⑺ ⑻

Fig.2

1) LCD screen: Display the set parameters and real-time display test parameters.

2) Heat indicator: Show the working condition of the heating furnace. The heating

furnace works when the light is on and stops heating when the light is off.

3) Reset key: The single chip microcomputer system starts to work after press the key.

4) Start key: The instrument starts to work after press the key.

5) Up key: Multifunctional key, used to move the cursor up and make the number increase.

6) Down key: Multifunctional key, used to move the cursor down and make the number decrease

7) Record key: The instrument will record and show the test results on the screen after press this key.

8) Uncap key：The instrument will uncap and do ignition test after press this key.

3. Electrical schematic diagram

The electric circuit of the instrument is composed of single chip circuit, temperature sampling

circuit, heating drive circuit, stirring circuit, uncap circuit.

The Electrical schematic diagram is shown as Fig.3

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Temp. data S Control heating

C
Keyboard order Fig.3
M Control stir uncap

IV. Usage of instrument

1.Preparation before use

1) Please read the operation manual carefully before use the instrument.
2) Read the national standard GB/T 261-2008 Determination of Flash Point(Pensky-Martens Closed
Cup) carefully to know well of the test method,test procedure and test requirements.
3) Prepare all kinds of test tools and materials as per the requirements of GB/T261.The instrument
should be put at dark and sheltered place for the operator to observe the flash fire easily.
4) Check the instrument working condition to make sure that it is in coincidence with the
environment and condition required in operation manual.
5) Check the outer shell of the instrument to make sure it is in good ground state.

6) Pour the quantitative sample into the oil cup and then put it in the heating furnace.The stirrer will
moved by stirring motor via driving flexible shaft.Should be installed well.

2. Display interface and keyboard operation method

1) The display interface will shown as Fig.4 after switch on or press the Reset key:

Fig.4
At this time, the operator can press ▼key to move the cursor and press ▲key to change the
parameters and set states.

⑴ Set step is divided into A and B.

⑵ Automatic ignition has Open and Close.

⑶ Automatic heating has Open and Close.

⑷ The preset range of flash point is 0℃～400℃；

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The instrument will automatically store the set parameters after all the parameters have been set
up .

2) At the condition of switched on or reset, press Record key the operator can get the interface shown
as Fig.5

⑴ TC is modified value. It means the difference between actual temperature and measuring
temperature.

⑵ PC is the P parameter value of PID adjustment.

Fig.5
⑶ IC is the I parameter value of PID adjustment.

⑷ DC is the D parameter value of PID adjustment.

The operator can set the parameters above at this interface.

⑴ Press the Record key to move the cursor. Then press ▲key to increase the parameter or

press ▼key to decrease the parameter. The parameter will increase or decrease rapidly if the

operator keep pressing the ▲key or ▼key.

⑵ Under general condition, the three parameters of PC,IC,DC have been set up when
leaving factory, do not need to be revised casually.
3) Under the condition of Reset, press Start key the working interface will show as Fig.6

The Temp. means the location temperature of temperature sensor. The Power means heating
power. The heating power increase as the value growing up. The Time means the relative time when
working. At this time, the instrument does not really work. Press Start key again, the instrument
starts to go into work condition and the time value begins to change.

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Fig.6

3. Work pattern of step A

1. Set the step to be A state.Automatic ignition and automatic heating should be on.
2. Press Start key to make the instrument go into the initial working condition of step A.
3. Press Start key again to make the instrument to go into actual work condition of step A.
4. Under the condition of step A,the stirring rate is 90(r/min)～120(r/min) and the heating rate
is 5(℃/min)～6(℃/min).
5. Begin to ignite under the expected flash point 23（±5℃）. Ignite once every increase 1 and
stop stirring when igniting.

4. Work pattern of step B

1. Set the step to be B state.Automatic ignition and automatic heating should be on.
2. Press Start key to make the instrument go into the initial working condition of step B.
3. Press Start key again to make the instrument to go into actual work condition of step B.
4. Under the condition of step A,the stirring rate is 250（±10r/min)，and the heating rate is 1.0
(℃/min)～1.5(℃/min)。
5.Others are the same as step A.
Attention: The operator must use the instrument strictly according to the
requirements of GB/T 261-2008.

5. The automatic ignition is off state

After the instrument go into the actual working state,manually(press ▲key or ▼key.) change
the heating power to control the heating rate.

6. Record the flash point.

If the flash fire occurs in the actual working process,immediately press Record key to record the
flash point of this test.The stirring and heating will stop at this time.

V. Precautions
1. The power line must have good earth terminal to make sure of electrical safety.

2. The valve of flammable gas source must be shut after using the instrument.

3. Shut down the power switch and place it to ventilated dry place when the instrument unused.

4.Place the spare oil cup into cup base when it not heating to avoid turnover.

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5.This instrument is suitable to determine the petroleum products which closed cup flash point is
below 400℃.

6.If there is any breakdown in electric circuit, please let the professional to check and repair.

Warning：If there is any breakdown of the instrument,please shut down the

power in time.The instrument can be used again only after it cooling down and be
repaired by the professional to avoid any accident happen!

VI. Common breakdowns and maintenance

Common
Item Reasons Solutions
Breakdowns
The power is cut Check the outer power supply
The power
The Fuse is bad Check and replace the fuse
1 indicator does not
light Check and replace the power
The power switch is bad
switch
Check and replace the heating
The furnace does The heating wire is cut
2 wire
not heat
The SSR is bad Check and replace the SSR
Check and connect the motor
The Motor cable dropped
cable well
The control panel broke Check the control panel and get rid
The stirrer does down of the faults
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not work The flexible axle is not Check and connect the flexible
connected axle well
The stirring vane hits the
Check and get rid of this fault
wall
Check and connect the power
No power supply
supply
Check and connect the screen
The screen cable dropped
The screen cable
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doesn’t light The switching power supply Check the switching power supply
broke down to get rid of the faults or replace it
Check the screen and replace it if
The screen broke down
it truly broke down
The instrument shell is Check the instrument shell to
5 The screen glitters
ungrounded make it ground well

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Three exists electromagnetic Check the electromagnetic
interference around the interference around the instrument
instrument and get rid of it

VII. Full set and technical documents

1. Full set of instrument

Item Name Unit Qty Remarks

Including ignition unit, oil
1 FP-261 PMCC Flash Point Tester Set 1
cup etc.

2 Temperature sensor Piece 1 Pt100 platinum resistor

3 Driving flexible shaft Piece 1 Installed by user himself

4 latex tube φ3 0.5m Piece 2

5 Fuse 5A（Ф5×20） Piece 2

6 Igniting gun Handle 1

2. Technical documents
(1) Operation Manual 1 piece
(2) Quality Certificate 1 piece
(3) Repair Guarantee 1 piece

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