Summary of Contents for Fakopp TreeSonic
- Page 1 TreeSonic Microsecond Timer User’s guide FAKOPP Enterprise H-9423 Agfalva, Fenyo u. 26. HUNGARY www.fakopp.com 2005...
- Page 2 TreeSonic microsecond timer is designed for tree stiffness prediction, measures the stress wave time between start and stop transducer. The structure of TreeSonic tool is designed by Weyerhaeuser Co. The equipment is patent pending. Patent holder is Weyerhaeuser Co. Preparation for the work Connect the start sensor to the start connector of the timer.
- Page 3 Drive in the spike of the transducers into the tree you want to test using the sliding hammer. Spike need to penetrate through the bark and stabilize the transducer in the wood material. Please apply 45 degree as spike and fiber angle. See figure 2. Please do not bend the tip while inserting (straight in and avoid the knots) and extracting (straight and completely out) the probes.
- Page 4 switches of automatically if no hit on start sensor arrives within 30 seconds. This function saves the battery. The standard setup is shown on figure 3. The recommended distance between transducer is 1 meter. There is a 1 m mark on the start transducer cable.
- Page 5 Safety The transducer has sharp spike. Pleas take care of the spike of the sensor, may injure yourself or person nearby you. When out of use please apply protector tube. Wearing safety shoes, safety glass and gloves is recommended. Fix upper (starter) probe properly, if probe would fall down, never catch while falling.
- Page 6 For the TreeSonic device, including two sensors the guarantee is one year. The guarantee starts at the date displayed on the invoice and valid for the following one year. The repair can be asked from the manufacturer. The guarantee does not concern to the break or deliberate damage of the machine.
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