Preparing The Force Tester; Fitting A Load Cell; T Slot Table - Ametek Chatillon CS1100 User Manual

5.0 PREPARING THE FORCE TESTER

5.1 FITTING A LOAD CELL

Place the load cell fixing screw through the top of the hole in the crosshead and carefully
offer up the load cell with the connecting lead facing inwards under the crosshead.
Screw the fixing screw into the load cell, taking care to ensure that the locating dowel on top
of the load cell, locates in the hole in the moving crosshead. Tighten the screw with the
8mm hexagonal key provided. Connect the load cell plug into the socket on the top of the
moving crosshead and finger tighten the two retaining screws.
The Load cell Cable Support can be adjusted up or down the Column Extrusion by
loosening the thumbscrew. Ensure there is plenty of length in the cable connected to the
crosshead so that the crosshead can travel without pulling on the cable.

5.2 T SLOT TABLE

The base of the force tester is fitted with a "T" slot table together with a universal mounting
plate to allow a range of fixtures to be used.
The mounting plate is secured to the "T" slot table using 2 fixing bolts and this can be
positioned as required by loosening the bolts using the 5mm hexagonal key provided.
The mounting plate has 4 tapped holes to allow a range of Chatillon fixtures to be used.
The dimensions of the tapped holes are shown below. Note that these are all imperial
threads except for the M12 x 1.75 which is a metric thread.
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