Advanced Spring Rater - Roehrig Engineering

check the box under the Spring Test tab. When this is selected, the spring will be
compressed to the max force and coil bind will be determined. If the box is not
checked, the spring will not be tested to coil bind, the max force entered in the
test window will only be a maximum allowable force that the test is not to exceed.
Manual operation control
Clicking on the manual control icon will open the manual control panel. If
the gap has not been measured (red light on) you will need to measure the gap
before running any other test. From this window, the operator can manually
operate the rater to a displacement or force move. This window is useful to get a
force reading at a given displacement point. Gap Move will move the lower platen
to the desired gap spacing entered in the move target box. (Gap is the distance
between the spring platforms.) Absolute move will move the lower platen the
distance entered in the target box. Force move will compress the spring to the
force entered in the Force Target window. Relative move will move the lower
platform the distance entered in the Move Size window. You can click on the up
or down buttons to move the entered distance a number of times.
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