Installing Your Apex Detector; Unpacking Your Apex - Thermo Scientific APEX 100 User Manual

Installing Your APEX
Detector
The first thing to do is unpack and inspect your detector and then familiarize yourself
with its basic operating, environmental, safety, installation, and wiring requirements.
Please read the "Theory of Operation" section, because this will help you properly install
the detector as well as operate it successfully. You should also note that one of the keys
to making a successful installation is minimizing two types of interference. For example,
installing the detector near electric motors (which are a major source of radio-frequency
interference) or close to large metal objects will negatively affect its performance.
Once you've covered the theory part, you'll move on to the practical "nuts and bolts"
details about how to hard wire your detector as described on page 283. Thereafter, you
may need to set up and wire in additional components such a product reject device and
so on. Please go to page 291 (the "Mechanical Set-Up" section) for more details.
For now, let's get on with unpacking the detector. Your APEX is a sensitive instrument
and should not be handled in rough manner. Doing so may affect the integrity of the
equipment and cause failure or compromise safety.

Unpacking Your APEX

Your APEX metal detector has been properly packaged for shipment. Inspect all
packages before opening. If there is any evidence of shipping damage, notify the
shipping carrier immediately, because the carrier may be responsible for the damage.
Check the contents of the shipment against the order or packing slip. Be sure to look for
any accessories, such as reject devices or product tubes ordered and shipped with the
detector. Some of the component pieces are small and may be inadvertently discarded
with the packaging.
Check the equipment for any signs of damage in shipment. If there is any evidence of
shipping damage, notify the shipping carrier immediately. Included with each APEX
metal detector are the following.
• APEX Metal Detector User's Guide—the manual you are currently reading.
• Quick-Start manual.
• Installation and mounting parts.
•
Metal test samples.
Thermo Scientific APEX User's Guide Page 271