Computrac MAX-1000 User's Manual - Arizona Instrument

The PAN TARE OPTIONS offers the userthree mutually exclusive selections toadjust the relationship between tare-timeand tare-error to improve overall operationfor a given product or purpose. The nexttable summarizes the menu choices and theparameters associated with each choice.Figure 31 FAST SELECTMENUCHOICEINITIAL TARETIMEPOTENTIALDRIFT ERRORPOTENTIALTARE TIMEFAST 6 seconds up to 20 mg 6 secondsSTANDARD 6 seconds 1.0 to 2.0 mg UP to 60 secondsLOWMOISTURE 18 seconds less than 1.0 mg UP to 2 minutesULTRA-LOWMOISTURE 30 seconds less than 0.3 mg UP to 3 minutesThe FAST tare option, as the name implies, is the fastest. If this option is selected,the MAX-1000 zeros the balance, waits six seconds, and records the balancereading as tare weight. There is no check for balance drift. This could cause theending error to be as great as 20 milligrams. The standard, low moisture and ultralowmoisture options do check for balance drift caused by temperature changes andoffer greater accuracy but at increased tare times. In these three options, the pantare algorithm checks to ensure the balance has drifted less than 0.3mg during avariable TARE TIME (a few seconds to several minutes). For example, a pan tareusing the ULTRA-LOW MOISTURE option checks to ensure that the balance hasdrifted less than 0.3mg in the preceding 30 seconds since the tare command wasissued to the balance. This requires that the balance be tracked for the initial 30seconds. If the drift is excessive at the end of that time, the balance is recheckedevery six seconds, and the value is compared against the previous 30 seconds of datauntil the 0.3mg criteria is met. Depending upon the situation, an ultra-low moisturetare can take as long as four minutes.The ULTRA-LOW MOISTURE option should be used for samples with a moisturecontent between 0.005 and 0.2 percent. This option may be used to improveaccuracy for samples with a moisture content in excess of 0.2 percent but willincrease the overall testing time.When the tare criteria has been successfully met, the balance is re-tared to zero andthe unit beeps to indicate that the it is ready for the sample to be loaded.33