iCANNONCANNONCANNONCANNONCANNON® High-Temperature High-Shear Viscometer Series II Instruction & Operation ManualRevision 1.0d—June, 2011;CANNONCANNONCANNONCANNONCANNON® Instrument Company2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA 16803 • USACONTENTS1 INTRODUCTION 1Overview ............................................................................................................................ 1Manual .................................................................................................................... 1Components ............................................................................................................ 1HTHS Specifications .......................................................................................................... 2Operator safety ................................................................................................................... 3Apparatus description ......................................................................................................... 5Operation ............................................................................................................................ 6Safety features: ................................................................................................................... 6Protective housing .................................................................................................. 6Pressure relief ......................................................................................................... 6Thermostat .............................................................................................................. 62 ASSEMBLY 7Unpacking/inspection ......................................................................................................... 7Installation procedure ......................................................................................................... 7Connecting the Syringe Hose Adapter ................................................................... 8Connecting the nitrogen supply .............................................................................. 8Checking the power supply .................................................................................... 9Verifying VPU operation ........................................................................................ 93 HIGH SHEAR VISCOSITY CALCULATOR 11Program Installation ......................................................................................................... 12Initial software configuration ........................................................................................... 12Configuration disk ................................................................................................ 124 HTHS PRE-OPERATION CHECKLIST 135 STANDARD HTHS TEST PROCEDURE 15Preliminary checklist ........................................................................................................ 15Soaking the test sample .................................................................................................... 16Setting sample volume ..................................................................................................... 17Testing sample(s) .............................................................................................................. 18