Changing Applications; Conveyor Applications; Pack Length; No-Pack Distance - Thermo Scientific APEX Quick Start Manual

4) Press the Go button and the keyboard
screen appears.
5) Key in a name for the product you are
testing using the keyboard screen.
6) Highlight the keyboard's exit-and-save
key (in the bottom right corner) and press
the Go button to exit the keyboard screen.

Changing Applications

The APEX can be configured to handle four
basic types of applications.
•

Conveyor applications

• Gravity-feed applications
• Pipeline applications
• Pharmaceutical (Rx) applications
When you received your APEX, it was
configured at the factory to meet your
particular working environment (for example,
a conveyor application). However, if you now
wish to use your APEX for a different
application (for example, an Rx application),
please contact Thermo (see "Contact
Information" below) for instructions on how to
configure the APEX to handle your new
application.
Contact Information
You can telephone technical support at USA
1-800-227-8891 (press option 3), or see
page 399 of the APEX User's Guide for more
contact options.
Conveyor Applications
Listed below are the most commonly used
functions for setting up a typical conveyor
application.

Pack Length

This is the length (mm or inches) of the
product you are testing.
1) Make sure the Main Menu is displayed.
2) Press the Go button and the full product
calibration screen appears.
3) Navigate to page 2 of this menu.
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Page 2
4) Highlight the pack-length function.
Pack Length
5) Press the Go button and an input screen
appears.
6) Key in the pack length (mm or inches).

No-Pack Distance

In most conveyor applications it is best to
enter identical values for the pack length and
no-pack distance (mm or inches).
1) Make sure the screen shown in the Pack
Length section above is displayed.
2) Highlight the no-pack distance function.
Detection no-Pack
distance
3) Press the Go button and an input screen
appears.
4) Key in the no-pack distance (mm or
inches).
Pack Gap
The pack gap is expressed as a percentage of
the no-pack distance and is best set to 100%.
Changing the pack gap allows you to fine-
tune whether the detector rejects only one or
both units of product based on product
spacing, when there is uncertainty about
which of the packs is contaminated.
1) Make sure the screen shown in the Pack
Length section is displayed.
2) Highlight the pack-gap function.
Pack Gap
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