AMTG-2 Accurate Magnetic Thickness Gauge - Using Manual (V.20150122 - 0 To 6 MM Measuring Range)
AMTG-2 Accurate Magnetic Thickness Gauge - Using Manual (V.20150122 - 0 To 6 MM Measuring Range)
AMTG-2 Accurate Magnetic Thickness Gauge - Using Manual (V.20150122 - 0 To 6 MM Measuring Range)
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Content
1. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1
3. Structure........................................................................................................... 1
5. Accessories ....................................................................................................... 3
8. Operation ......................................................................................................... 5
14. Maintenance................................................................................................... 22
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1. Introduction
AMTG-2 Accurate Magnetic Thickness Gauge adopts the magnetic probe sensing technology. It’s used for
performing the non-destructive thickness measuring of non-magnetic materials, such as plastic, glass,
Basing on the principle of Hall Effect, with different sizes of steel balls and analyzing the different signal
strength feedback from the balls, the accurate measurement can be achieved.
2. Technical data
Dimension (mm): 210 x 150 x 65 (L x W x H)
3. Structure
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1 2 3 4 5
7 6 8
1) Probe cable socket (mainframe)
5) Power switch
Connect the mainframe and probe with the probe cable, please pay attention to the sockets for mainframe and
probe, it is different.
Notes: Before leaving the factory, the instrument has been well calibrated basing on a complete set of
mainframe, probe cable and magnetic probe. And they were labeled with a same serial number. So please
match the numbers when using. In case some parts are changed, it may cause the data inaccurate.
Therefore, the instrument needs to be performed a multi-point calibration for correcting the data.
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5. Accessories
Steel Balls Includes: 0.187" (4.76 mm) ball, 0.125" (3.18 mm) ball, 0.063" (1.59 mm) balls, three diameters
0.187" (4.76 mm) 3% ±0.003 mm 1% ±0.003 mm 0.094 in (2.38 mm) 0.00 – 6.00 mm
0.125" (3.18 mm) 4% ±0.003 mm 2% ±0.003 mm 0.063 in (1.59 mm) 0.00 – 4.00 mm
0.063" (1.59 mm) 5% ±0.003 mm 3% ±0.003 mm 0.031 in (0.79 mm) 0.00 – 2.00 mm
Standard block gauge includes: 0.230 mm / 0.500 mm / 1.000 mm / 2.000 mm / 3.000 mm / 4.000 mm / 5.000
mm (7 pcs totally) (The following block gauges could be ordered if necessary: 1.500 mm / 2.500 mm / 3.500
Steel ball support include: 1.59 mm ball support, 3.18 mm ball support, 4.76 mm ball support. Please match
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6. Functional buttons
2) Q-CAL button (Demagnetizing button): To clear the residual magnetism of the probe, same to the Q-CAL
5) SAVE button: Save data, save the current data by pressing this button.
6) SEND button: Send out data, send out the current data by pressing this button.
9) GRAPH Button: To display the graph, minimum value, maximum value and average value.
7. Magnetic Probe
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8. Operation
1) Well connect the mainframe and probe, switch on the instrument.
2) After the screen display the measurement information, choose the proper steel ball and put it into the
corresponding steel ball support for preparing the single point calibration. (Caution: please don’t put the
4) And the “BALL OFF” marking will show on the screen. It means to press the “CAL” button again to
confirm when the probe is in no-load status, so that the mainframe can detect the data when the probe is
no-load.
5) Then the “BALL ON” marking will show on the screen, it means to put the steel ball (the type that is
going to be used for measuring) onto the probe. Now please put the steel ball support together with the
steel ball onto the probe gently (in avoiding the sensing tip damaged by fierce impact). The steel ball will
be jack-up a little by the probe. That means the probe and steel ball are in contact. Then press the “CAL”
button to confirm, and the system will return to the measuring screen automatically. Please take out the
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6) After entered the measuring screen, it is ready to perform the measurement. To carry out a measurement,
simply place the probe tip on one side of the material, then place the steel ball (the one that calibrated in
the previous operation) on the other side near the probe tip. The ball will be attracted to the probe tip by
magnetic field. Once the ball is within range, the system will begin to display thickness values providing
the tip and ball are both in contact with the material. The value display on screen is the actual value. Or to
recheck the accuracy of the instrument, please use the steel ball to measure the equipped standard block
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Notes: During the measuring, the steel ball and magnetic probe will bring some magnetism to the probe
tip, which will affect the measures. Therefore, please do not perform the measure in a rapid and
continuous way. Please wait for 5 seconds before measuring a new sample or changing a new standard
block gauge. Or press the “QCAL” button located on the side of the probe to demagnetize.
9. Single-Point calibration
The Single-Point calibration, it is to let the instrument to detect the zero point when the probe is in no-load
status and the steel ball type that is being used (whether it is 4.76 mm, 3.18 mm or 1.59 mm steel ball). So the
Single-Point calibration is not a linear one, and it does not lead to any linear correction.
This is a simple and convenient way of operation. Granted that a wrong calibration has been done, it just needs
to simply do it again to correct it with a few steps in couple seconds. So generally, it is suggested that users to
Notes: During the measuring, the steel ball and magnetic probe will bring some magnetism to the probe
tip, which will affect the measures. Therefore, please do not perform the measure in a rapid and
continuous way. Please wait for 5 seconds before measuring a new sample or changing a new standard
block gauge. Or press the “QCAL” button located on the side of the probe to demagnetize.
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Press the “CAL” button on front panel to enter the Single-Point calibration screen.
1) On the screen, it shows the “Calibration Step 01”. Please press the “CAL” button to confirm when the
2) Then the screen will enter step 02, please put the steel ball onto the ball support and put them together onto
3) After the calibration is done, system will return to the measuring screen automatically. And the screen
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4) Use the steel ball which has been calibrated just now for the measures. Measuring range refers to the
below table:
detail linear section, divided the measure range up to 13 segments and calibrates them respectively, which to
1.59 mm A1 B1 C1 D1 E1
3.18 mm A2 B2 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2
4.76 mm A3 B3 C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 H3
Please perform the multi-point calibration according to the above table and select the corresponding steel ball
to measure the sample within the corresponding measuring range as below table. Please note that the accuracy
will not be ensured if the measurement is out of measuring range as below table. (Caution: the accuracy is
only basing on the correct method of the multi-point calibration. Otherwise, the accuracy may not be
ensured. Please contact us for advice if there is any doubt of the multi-point calibration process.)
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The calibration data is saved in the system, only when the Multi-Point calibration is performed will the data of
A-H be re-written to the table. Referring to the table data, system will detect the strength of magnetism and
Therefore, when performing the Multi-Point calibration, it MUST be very careful. If there is any mistake
during the process, it will cause the data error to the table and finally lead to the inaccurate measurement.
Generally, the above data table will be used when performing the single-point calibration. Performing the
multi-point calibration is attended to modify the data of the above table. If the measurement is accurate in the
Single-Point calibration mode, there is no need to perform the Multi-Point calibration. Unless there is a large
deviation occurred in the Single-Point calibration mode, it is necessary to perform the Multi-Point calibration
In addition, the Multi-Point calibration to every type of steel ball is independent from each other. That means
when calibrating the 4.76 mm steel ball, it will only rewrite the A3, B3, C3, D3, E3, F3, G3, H3 data, while the
When finishing a Multi-Point calibration, user can use the standard block gauges to perform a comparison test
More standard block gauges could be ordered to build up a more accurate linear section, such as: 1.500 mm,
2.500 mm, 3.500 mm, 4.500 mm, 5.500 mm standard block gauges. With these additional standard block
gauges, the multi-point calibration shall be carried out from the thin standard block gauge to the thick ones.
For example, when performing the multi-point calibration with 4.76 mm magnetic steel ball, please use the
standard block gauges as the following sequence: 0.230 mm, 0.500 mm, 1.000 mm, 1.500 mm, 2.000 mm,
2.500 mm, 3.000 mm, 3.500 mm, 4.000 mm, 4.500 mm, 5.000 mm, 5.500 mm. Including the 0.000 mm data,
the maximum data which will be written into the data table is 13.
Notes: During the measuring, the steel ball and magnetic probe will bring some magnetism to the probe
tip, which will affect the measures. Therefore, please do not perform the measure in a rapid and
continuous way. Please wait for 5 seconds before measuring a new sample or changing a new standard
block gauge. Or press the “QCAL” button located on the side of the probe to demagnetize.
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Procedure of Multi-Point calibration (For example: 4.76 mm steel ball. According to the above table, the
following standard block gauges are needed: 0.230 mm / 0.500 mm / 1.000 mm / 2.000 mm / 3.000 mm /
1) Press the “SETUP” button on the front panel to enter the menu and select “CALIBRATION” to go ahead.
2) In the “CALIBRATION” screen, press option “MULTIPOINT” to change its status from “OFF” to “ON”,
which means to activate the Multi-Point calibration mode. Since the Multi-Point calibration mode is not a
frequent-used mode and in case the users forget to turn it off after the calibration, the default option of
“MULTIPOINT” is “OFF”. When the instrument is power off and restarted, the status of option
“MULTIPOINT” will be “OFF”. If users need to perform the Multi-Point calibration, please activate it in
the menu.
4) After returning to the measuring screen, press “CAL” button to enter the Multi-Point calibration screen.
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5) In the “BALL OFF” screen, please press the “CAL” button to confirm when the probe is in no-load status.
6) When screen shows the “BALL ON” marking, please put the steel ball onto the ball support and put them
together onto the probe gently and press the “CAL” button to confirm. It equals to set the probe zero and
input the A3 data on the table. After pressing the “CAL” button, please take out the ball support from the
probe.
7) After entering the step 3, it will need to use the standard block gauges for calibrating. Regarding to the
4.76mm steel ball, we offer the 0.230 mm standard block gauge as the first standard block gauge. If users
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have their own qualified block gauges, they may replace the supplied one. The calibration principle is to
measure from the thinnest one to the thickest one, the data order must be from small to large.
8) Put the standard block gauge onto the probe gently, then put the steel ball into the standard block gauge.
The “Measure Value” will display the value before calibration. As per below, corresponding to the 0.230
mm standard block gauge, the “Measure Value” is 0.251 mm which is far larger than 0.230 mm. So, it has
to be corrected. Please press the right side of “Setting Value” (yellow frame area of below photo) and use
the numeric keyboard on the right side of screen to input 0.230 mm then press button “ENTER” to
confirm. Then press “CAL” button to save the setting and move to next step automatically. It equals to
9) Follow the above procedure and continue to set the step 4 for 0.500 mm standard block gauge. Press
“CAL” button to move to next step after the setting is done. It equals to input the C3 data on the table.
10) Follow the above procedure and continue to set the step 5 for 1.000 mm standard block gauge. Press
“CAL” button to move to next step after the setting is done. It equals to input the D3 data on the table.
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11) Follow the above procedure and continue to set the step 6 for 2.000 mm standard block gauge. Press
“CAL” button to move to next step after the setting is done. It equals to input the E3 data on the table.
12) Follow the above procedure and continue to set the step 7 for 3.000 mm standard block gauge. Press
“CAL” button to move to next step after the setting is done. It equals to input the F3 data on the table.
13) Follow the above procedure and continue to set the step 8 for 4.000 mm standard block gauge. Press
“CAL” button to move to next step after the setting is done. It equals to input the G3 data on the table.
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14) Follow the above procedure and continue to set the step 9 for 5.000 mm standard block gauge. Press
“CAL” button to move to next step after the setting is done. It equals to input the H3 data on the table.
Since the 5.000 standard block gauge is the final one for 4.76 mm steel ball, please press button “ESC” to
quit the multi-point calibration process and be back the main interface.
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Notice:
*Regarding to other dia. Steel ball, the multi-point calibration process is same as the above. Please just
*For each dia. of steel ball, up to 12 standard block gauges could be used to perform the multi-point
calibration. It will return to the main interface automatically after finishing calibrating the 12th
*Please remember to set the “MULTIPOINT” to be “OFF” in menu after multi-point calibration. This
is to let the instrument to be back to single-point calibration status. Otherwise, the instrument may go
A. There is a big deviation between the measuring value and standard value.
B. In case of the probe has been changed, dropped or touched the strong magnetic object.
C. In case of the probe has been abrasive wear due to long time of using.
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1) SETUP MENU: Main menu
- Entering menu, press the “SETUP” button in the measuring screen to enter the “SETUP MENU”
- ID NUMBER: the serial number of saved sample. For setting the serial number of saved samples
which display on the measuring screen. For example, if users want the serial number started with 0001,
please set this data as 0001, then the system will save the samples with serial number from 0001.
- RESOLUTION: Accuracy selection. Optional for “HIGH” with resolution 0.001 mm and “LOW” with
resolution 0.01 mm
- BRIGHTNESS: Set the brightness of the screen from 0-100. The screen is brighter when the setting is
- FOOTSWITCH: foot switch, optional for “SAVE” (save data), “SEND” (send out data via
communication port) and “CYCLE” (to start and stop the “Delayed start & Auto-stop” mode)
the data of primary window is real time value, and the data of secondary window is minimum value. If
selected “Primary” in this option, when press the “SAVE” or “SEND” button, system will save or send
out the data in primary window, likewise, if selected “Secondary” in this option, system will save or
- AUTO QCAL: automatic demagnetize. “ON” means is activate, “OFF” means deactivate. During the
measuring, the magnetism on the probe will keep accumulating which may cause the measure value
keep shifting. By activating this function, the system will auto demagnetize in a fixed period when
there is no ball on the probe tip. This function is the same as pressing on the “QCAL” button located
- QCAL interval: auto demagnetize interval which could be set from 1-999 seconds. Default setting is 5
seconds. It means if there is no measurement over 5 seconds, the system will perform the
demagnetizing automatically for one time, to ensure the probe will work in the best status.
- MULTIPOINT: Multi-Point calibration. “ON” means is activate, “OFF” means deactivate. It was
defaulted as “OFF” in the system, every time when the instrument is power off and restarted, the
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option will be changed to “OFF” automatically.
- Before carry out this operation, please consider it carefully. After reset, all the settings will return to
default factory setting. The default settings may not be the best setting for measurements in all
conditions. So after reset, please perform the Multi-Point calibration for all three types of steel balls to
let the instrument achieve the best result. Normally, it is not recommended to use this function.
- DIF_ENABLE: value difference function. Defaulted as “OFF”. The following “REF_VALUE” will be
available only when the “DIF_ENABLE” function set to “ON”. The measure value will compare to
- REF_VALUE: reference value for making the value difference comparison. Defaulted as “0.000”. For
example, if set it as 1.000, and the measure value is 2.500 mm, then the screen will display 1.500 mm
- ALARM_ENABLE: activate or deactivate the alarm. “ON” means is activate, “OFF” means
deactivate.
- LOW_VALUE: lower alarming value which could be set from 0.000-9.999 mm. When the measure
value is lower than this value, system will sound the alarm and the color of value display will be
- HIGH_VALUE: upper alarming value which could be set from 0.000-9.999 mm. When the measure
value is higher than this value, system will sound the alarm and the color of value display will be
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- Use for assisting to judge the magnetism strength of the probe when failure occurs. This function is
only applicable to the manufacturer or authorized reseller for assisting to services. When the setting is
“ON”, there are 3 lines of data on the left side of main screen. They are used to indicate the magnetism.
By the changing of these 3 lines of data, the status of the probe could be estimated and judged.
2) The concave position is too deep that the probe tip cannot contact to the material surface, measure data
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3) The steel ball run into the obstacle and cannot move to the right position.
4) The steel ball encountered the bending position, cannot be attracted by the probe.
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2) Data bit: 8
4) Stop bit: 1
14. Maintenance
1) The instrument is using the magnetic sensing as measuring medium, so the storing and operating
environment of the instrument has a strict requirement for the magnetism. In avoiding the interference,
the instrument cannot store or operate in the environment that has strong magnetism, or in the place that
has the possibility to create electromagnetic effect, like the nearby of large motor, magnet, loudspeaker
2) Probe operation. The probe tip is very important component, during the daily measure, please do not drag
the sample fiercely when it contacting with the probe tip, in case of the sample scratches on the tip. When
moving the samples, the better way is to lift up the object, then move to the target position, so that to
reduce the friction on the tip and extend its service life.
3) Inside the mainframe, there is a built-in rechargeable lithium battery, please ensure there is sufficient
battery power to support the instrument during the daily operation. Generally, it is suggested that to use
the battery when measuring, after the measure is done, connect the charger to recharge the battery. By this
means, it is able to avoid the interference from unstable external electric source, so that avoid the
interference to the measures. If the instrument is not using for a long time, it is recommended that to
switch on the instrument for a least half an hour each month, and recharge the battery appropriately to
activate it, in avoiding the battery failure due to the long time storing.
4) The instrument is not designed to water proof. Please keep the instrument away from water source when
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