instruction manual
IMPORTANT WARNING \
THIS MANUAL MUST BE CAREFULLY READ BY ALL INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE OR WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR USING OR
SERVICING THE PRODUCT. Like any piece of complex equipment, the
CALIBRATION TEST SYSTEM MODEL R CHECK KIT USING FLOW
CONTROL PART NO. 459948 will perform as designed only if it Is used
and serviced in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
OTHERWISE IT COULD FAIL TO PERFORM AS DESIGNED AND
PERSONS WHO RELY ON THIS PRODUCT FOR THEIR SAFETY
COULD SUSTAIN SEVERE BODILY INJURY OR DEATH.
The warranties made by Mine Safety Appliances Company with respect
to the product are voided if the product is not installed, used and serviced
in accordance with the instructions in this manual. Please protect
yourself and your employees by following them. We encourage our
customers to write or call for a demonstration of this equipment prior to
use or for any additional information relative to use or repairs.
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The warranties made by Mine Safety Appliances Company with respect to the product are voided
if the product is not installed, used and serviced in accordance with the instructions in this
manual. Please protect yourself and your employees by following them. We encourage our
customers to write or call for a demonstration of this equipment prior to use or for any additional
information relative to use or repairs.
Table of Contents
Instructions
2. Connect the hose to the flow control and 5 68 to 84% 76 to off scale
to the instrument inlet fitting. 53 40 to 51% 53 to 68%
40S 50 to 70% 65 to 95%
3. Open the flow control valve.
4. Record the meter reading after it "This instrument has an internal span control.
Adjust the span control to obtain the correct
stabilizes. reading for the gas used; if this cannot be done,
replace the detector filament.
NOTE: It is not necessary to operate the
aspirator bulb to obtain the
If the instrument does not read within the
calibration sample. Depending on acceptable range, replace the detector
which calibration gas is used, the filament unit (the black filament, part no.
instrument reading should be 11355 in Models 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3, 4, 6, 20
within one of the following
and 21, 40, 40S and 53 OR part no. 75476
ranges: in the Model 5) and repeat the calibration
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check procedure. See applicable instrument 6. Remove the hose from the flow control
Instruction Manual for complete service and the inlet fitting on the instrument.
details.
7. Remove the flow control from the
5. Close the flow control valve. calibration gas tank.
Calibration Test System Model R Check Kit Using Flow Control part no. 459948
PARTS REQUIRED
Flow Control 459948
Hose 449401
Calibration gas, 50% LEL Pentane (Pentane 0.75% and Oxygen 15% in nitrogen) 476304
NOTE: The Model 260 and 261 are normally factory-calibrated on pentane.
Instructions
Test the operation of the pump and sample not in the correct range, remove the right
flow indicator by momentarily placing a end of the indicator and adjust the SPAN
finger over the sample inlet of the or "S" control to obtain 50%.
instrument. The flow indicator should be at
the top of the window when the inlet is 5. Verify the oxygen meter indication; it
open; the indicator should then fall from should be between 13 and 17%. (This is a
view when the inlet is blocked. If not, see response check only. The oxygen sensor
the instrument Instruction Manual for should be calibrated to 20.8% oxygen in
required maintenance. fresh air before each use.)
1. Attach the flow control to the calibration 6. Disconnect the hose fitting from the
gas tank. instrument.
2. Connect the hose to the flow control. 7. Close the flow control valve.
3. Open the flow control valve. 8. Remove the hose from the flow control.
4. Connect the hose fitting to the inlet of the 9. Remove the flow control from the
instrument; after about 15 seconds the calibration gas tank.
LEL meter should be stable and indicating
between 47 and 55%. If the indication is
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Flow Control 459948
Hose 449401
Calibration gas, Carbon Monoxide 60 ppm 461768
Calibration gas, Carbon Monoxide 300 ppm 461769
Instructions
Before the calibration can be checked, the 4. Open the regulator valve.
Model 70 must be in operating condition.
The instrument must be allowed to stabilize 5. Set the MODE switch to the ON position
for at least 1 hour in the STAND-BY mode if and the RANGE switch to the range being
previously stored OFF. If a sampling line checked.
and/or moisturizing bottle are to be used
with the instrument, they must be connected 6. Allow the instrument to reach a stable
to the instrument while the calibration is indication. Adjust the SPAN control, if
checked. necessary, to obtain the correct indication
for the calibration gas used.
1. Attach the flow control to the calibration
gas tank. 7. Remove the hose from the regulator and
instrument.
2. Connect the hose to the flow control.
8. Close the regulator valve.
3. Connect the hose fitting to the instrument
inlet or to the instrument sampling line, if 9. Remove the regulator from the calibration
one is to be used. gas tank.
Calibration Test System Model R Check Kit Using Flow Control part no. 459948
PABT NO.
Flow Control 459948
Hose 449401
Calibration gas, 28% LEL Propane (Propane 0.6%) 459943
Instructions
Test the operation of the pump and sample LEL indication should be stable and
flow indicator by momentarily placing a indicating between 24 and 33% LEL (If
finger over the sample inlet of the the indication is not in the correct range,
instrument. The flow indicator should be at remove the right-hand side cover and
the top of the window when the inlet is adjust the SPAN or "S" control to obtain a
open; the indicator should then fall from reading of 28).
view when the inlet is blocked. If not, see
the instrument Instruction Manual for 5. Disconnect the hose fitting from the
required maintenance. instrument.
1. Attach the flow control to the calibration 6. Close the flow control valve.
gas tank.
7. Remove the hose from the flow control.
2. Connect the hose to the flow control.
8. Remove the flow control from the
3. Open the flow control valve. calibration gas tank.
PART NO.
Flow Control 459948
Hose 449401
Calibration Gas, 40% LEL Methane (2.0% methane ) 459945
AND Calibration Gas, 28% LEL Propane (0.60% Propane) 459943
Instructions
2. Connect the hose to the flow control and 5. Close the flow control valve.
instrument inlet fitting.
6. Remove the hose from the flow control
3. Open the flow control valve. and instrument inlet fitting.
4. Record the meter reading after it 7. Remove the flow control from the
stabilizes. calibration gas tank.
NOTE: It is not necessary to operate the 8. Repeat the steps 1 through 7 using the
aspirator bulb to obtain the other calibration gas.
calibration sample. Depending on
which calibration gas is used, the If the instrument does not read within the
instrument reading should be acceptable range, replace the detector
within one of the following filament unit, part no. 11355, (in the well
ranges: marked WHITE). Repeat the calibration
check procedure; see instrument
Instruction Manual for complete service
details.
Calibration Test System Model R Check Kit Using Flow Control part no. 459948
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Flow Control 459948
Hose 449401
Calibration gas, Butane, 8% in Nitrogen 460345
NOTE: Calibration gas can is not accurate when used at temperatures below SOT.
Instructions
Before the calibration can be checked, the 4. Close the flow control valve.
instrument and its aspirator sampling bulb
must be in operating condition as described 5. The instrument reading should be within
in the instrument Instruction Manual. the range of 7.6 to 8.4% gas. If the
instrument does not read within this
NOTE: Calibration should be done at a range, use a small screwdriver to adjust
temperature between 50° and 90T. the panel SPAN control until a reading of
8.0% is obtained.
1. Attach the flow control to the calibration
gas tank. 6. Remove the hose from the flow control
and the instrument inlet fitting.
2. Connect the hose to the flow control and
to the instrument inlet fitting. 7. Remove the flow control from the
calibration gas tank.
3. Open the flow control valve and allow the
calibration gas to flow through the
instrument for 10 to 20 seconds.
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Instructions
Test the operation of the pump and sample check only. The oxygen sensor should be
flow indicator by momentarily placing a calibrated to 20.8% oxygen in fresh air
finger over the sample inlet of the before each use.)
instrument. The flow indicator should be at
the top of the window when the inlet is 6. Disconnect the hose fitting from the
open; the indicator should then fall from instrument.
view when the inlet is blocked. If not, see
the instrument Instruction Manual for 7. Close the flow control valve.
required maintenance.
8. Remove the flow control from the
1. Attach the flow control to the pentane calibration gas tank.
calibration gas tank.
9. Attach the flow control to the carbon
2. Connect the hose to the flow control. monoxide calibration gas tank.
3. Open the flow control valve. 10. Open the flow control valve.
4. Connect the hose fitting to the instrument 11. Connect the hose fitting to the instrument
inlet; after approximately 15 seconds, the inlet; after approximately 1 minute, the
LEL readout should stabilize and indicate TOX readout should stabilize and indicate
between 47 and 55%. If the indication is between 54 and 66 ppm. If the indication
not in the correct range, remove the right is not in the correct range, remove the
end of the instrument and adjust the LEL right end of the indicator and adjust the
SPAN control to obtain 50%. TOX SPAN control to obtain 60 ppm.
5. Verify the oxygen reading; it should be 12. Disconnect the hose fitting from the
between 13 and 17%. (This is a response instrument.
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13. Close the flow control valve. 15. Remove the flow control from the
calibration gas tank.
14. Remove the hose from the flow control.
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Instructions
Before the calibration can be checked, the NOTE: It is not necessary to operate the
instrument and its aspirator sampling bulb aspirator bulb to obtain the
must be in operating condition as described calibration sample. Depending on
in the Maintenance section of the the instrument type and the
instrument Instruction Manual. calibration gas used, the
instrument reading should be
The Gascope RANGE switch must be in the within one of the following
0-5 position (Model 60) or the LEL ranges:
position (Models 62, 62S and 62 Special).
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