Major tech MT960 Instruction Manual

Major tech MT960 Instruction Manual

Timber moisture meter

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
MT960
TIMBER MOISTURE METER

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  • Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL MT960 TIMBER MOISTURE METER...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Page no 1. User Instructions................4 2. Meter Description................4 3. Measuring Instructions..............5 4. Using the Instrument without the Temperature Probe......5 5. Automatically Temperature Corrected (ATC).........5 6. Set-Up Automatically Switch-Off Time..........5 7. Calibration Check................6 8. Calibration Check................6 9. Calibration Tables for Wood..............6 9.1.
  • Page 4: User Instructions

    1. USER INSTRUCTIONS This instrument is a conductivity moisture meter specifically designed for the timber industry. The instrument has eight calibration scales, enabling the user to take accurate moisture measurements in 150 wood species. Moisture measurements can be taken using the integral pin electrodes, or using the heavy duty moisture probe.
  • Page 5: Measuring Instructions

    3. MEASURING INSTRUCTIONS Remove the cap to expose the needle electrodes OR Connect the heavy duty moisture probe socket on the right hand side of this instrument and switch-on by pressing " ". Select the appropriate wood calibration scale (A, B, C, E, F, G, H or J) by referring to the enclosed wood calibration table and pressing "...
  • Page 6: Calibration Check

    7. CALIBRATION CHECK There are two checked calibration in the cap of the instrument. Use the needle touch the two poles of calibration cap. When checking the calibration, the A scale should be selected and the temperature probe must be disconnected. Correctly calibrated the instrument will register %H2O values in the range 17.7 to 18.3 (at the "T"...
  • Page 7 Dahoma Mansoia Danta Maple, Pacific Douglas Fir Maple, Queensland Elm, Japanese Grey Bark Maple, Rock Elm, English Maple, Sugar Elm, Rock Matai Elm, White Meranti, Red (dark/light) Empress, Tree Meranti, White Erimado Merbau Fir, Douglas Missanda Fir, Grand Muhuhi Fir, Noble Muninga Greenheart Musine...
  • Page 8: Botanical Names Of Timber

    Pine, Lodgepole Silky Oak, African Pine, Maritime Silky Oak, Australian Pine, New Zealand White Spruce, Japanese (8-18%mc) Pine, Nicaraguan Pitch Spruce, Japanese (18-28%mc) Pine, Parana Spruce, Norway (European) Pine, Ponderosa Spruce, Sitka Pine, Radiata Stringybark, Messmate Pine, Red Stringybark, Yellow Pine, Scots Sterculia, Brown Pine, Sugar...
  • Page 9 Cassipourea melanosana Gonystylus macrophyllum Castanea sutiva Gossweilodendron balsamiferum J Cedrea odorata Gossypiospermum proerox Ceratopetalum apetala Grevillea robusta Chamaecyparis spp (8-18%mc) Guarea cedrata Chamaecyparis spp (18-28%mc) C Guarea thomsonii Chlorophora excelsa Guibortia ehie Cordial alliodora Hevea barsilensis Corton megalocarpus Intsia bijuga Cryptomelia japonica Juglans nigra Cupressus spp...
  • Page 10 Picaenia excelsa Quercus spp Pinus caribaea Ricinodendron heudelotti Pinus contorta Sarcocepalus diderrichii Pinus lampertiana Scottellia coriacea Pinus nigra Sequoia sempervirens Pinus palustris Shorea smithiana Pinus pinaster Shorea spp Pinus ponderosa Sterculia rhinopetala Pinus radiate Swietenia candollei Pinus spp Swietenia mahogani Pinus strobus Syncarpia glomulifera Pinus sylvestris...
  • Page 11 Building material measuring: selected scale A and measure building material, referring the following table can obtain the building material moisture value. Chip Scale Build Species Group board %H2O 11.0 10.1 10.0 10.3 11.5 11.0 10.8 10.9 12.1 11.6 10.5 11.7 11.5 10.4 12.7...
  • Page 12 MAJOR TECH (PTY) LTD South Africa Australia www.major-tech.com www.majortech.com.au sales@major-tech.com info@majortech.com.au...

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