Installation - BAQ kaloMAX Manual

BAQ kaloMAX Manual

2 Installation

The kaloMAX has to be located in a place, where no vibrations or agitations can occur during
the measurement.
The current supply is done by a wide range power supply with an input voltage range of 85 to
264 V and a frequency of 47 to 63 Hz.
Note: Due to the CE specifications the ranges stated at the type label are shortened by 10% at
the top and bottom.
Steel balls of appropriate diameter and diamond grinding paste are needed for operation.
The greater the steel ball, the flatter the spherical cap. I.e. with greater balls, the diameters
differ more and that results in a greater accuracy of measurements. On the other hand, more
material has to be ground away to obtain the same depth of the cap, so the time cost is greater
with greater balls. Usually, a ball diameter of 20 to 25 mm is a good compromise.
The grit size of the diamond grinding paste must be chosen according to the layer thickness. If
the paste is coarse, the grinding surface pattern is worse and the limits of a thin layer are no
more visible. Mostly a grit size of 1µm is adequate.
Polycristalline diamonds results in a slightly higher rate of material removal and also in
somewhat better grinding surface patterns.
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