Cleaning The Instrument; Maintaining Transducers; Using Instrument Resets - Olympus 38DL PLUS User Manual

DMTA-10004-01EN, Rev. D, November 2016

15.2 Cleaning the Instrument

First, clean the instrument with a dry damp cloth. If necessary, after closing the I/O
door and the connector dust flap, use a wet damp cloth with a mild detergent to wash
the instrument. Dry the instrument before using it.

15.3 Maintaining Transducers

The ultrasonic transducers used with the 38DL PLUS are rugged devices that need
little care. However, they are not indestructible, and some attention to the following
items result in the longer life span.
• Make high-temperature measurements only with suitable high temperature
transducers. Standard transducers can be damaged or destroyed if put in contact
with surfaces hotter than approximately 52 °C (125 °F).
• Cutting, pinching, or pulling the cables causes damage to the cables. Be careful to
prevent mechanical abuse to the cables. Never leave a transducer where a heavy
object can be placed on the cable. Never remove a transducer from the gage by
pulling on the cable; pull on the molded connector only. Never tie a knot in the
transducer cable. Do not twist or pull the cable at the point where it connects to
the transducer.
• Excessive wear at the tip of the Transducer degrades its performance. To
minimize wear, do not scrape or drag the transducer across rough surfaces.
Operating the transducer may become erratic or impossible when a transducer tip
becomes rough or cracked. Although some wear is normal, severe wear limits
transducer life. Take particular care with plastic delay line transducers; replace
worn delay lines.

15.4 Using Instrument Resets

The 38DL PLUS includes reset functions to quickly restore the gage to its default
parameters. Resets are useful shortcuts to known configurations. The reset functions
are:
MEASUREMENT RESET
Changes the measurement parameters to the default factory values listed in
Table 27 on page 265.
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