Page 3 - CONTENTS
1 | page © Adam Equipment Company 2010 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................3 2. SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................4 3. INSTALLATION ................................
Page 5 - INTRODUCTION; GFK
3 | page © Adam Equipment Company 2010 1. INTRODUCTION • The GBK/ GFK scales provides an accurate, fast and versatile general purpose weighing scales with parts counting, percent weighing and check-weighing functions. • The GBK/GFK has LEDs to indicate when a weight is below the low limit, between t...
Page 6 - IF; ls
4 | P a g e © A d a m E q u ip m e n t C o m p a n y 2 0 1 0 2 . S P E C IF IC A T IO N S G B K M o d e ls M o d e l # G B K 8 / G B K 1 6 a G B K 1 6 / G B K 3 5 a G B K 3 2 / G B K 7 0 a G B K 6 0 / G B K 1 3 0 a G B K 1 2 0 / G B K 2 6 0 a M a xi m u m C a p a ci ty 8 k g /1 6 lb 1 6 kg /3 5 lb 3...
Page 7 - FK
5 | P a g e © A d a m E q u ip m e n t C o m p a n y 2 0 1 0 G F K M o d e ls M o d e l # G F K 7 5 / G F K 1 6 5 a G F K 1 5 0 / G F K 3 3 0 a G F K 3 0 0 / G F K 6 6 0 a G FK 6 0 0 / G F K 1 3 2 0 a G F K 7 5 H / G F K 1 6 5 a H G F K 1 5 0 H / G F K 3 3 0 a H M a xi m u m C a p a ci ty 7 5 kg / 1...
Page 11 - INSTALLATION; UNPACKING
9 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 3. INSTALLATION 3.1. UNPACKING The GBK/GFK scales have already been adjusted to work with a platform and have been configured for this application. The platform and indicator have been calibrated as a pair and must be used together . 3.2. LOCATING • The scal...
Page 12 - SETTING UP THE SCALES
10 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 3.3 SETTING UP THE SCALES • The pillar is attached to the base using a bracket that must be attached to the base frame first using the 4 bolts supplied. The pillar is secured to the bracket using 2 sets of screws. The cable from the base to the indicator mo...
Page 13 - KEYPAD; KEYS
11 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 4. KEYPAD KEYS PRIMARY FUNCTION SECONDARY FUNCTION [Zero] Sets the zero point for all subsequent weighing. The display shows zero. Escape from any setting menus [Tare] It tares the scale and stores the current weight in memory as a tare value, subtracts the...
Page 15 - DISPLAY; SYMBOLS AND INDICATORS; Net; or
13 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 5. DISPLAY 5.1. SYMBOLS AND INDICATORS The LCD has unique symbols to indicate the following: 0 The display is at Zero The scale is Stable Net Net weight- The scale has been tared kg / lb Symbols shown for the units Capacity Tracker- A bar graph indicating...
Page 16 - or over the limits during check weighing.; CALIBRATION COUNTER FOR APPROVED SCALES; suitable location on the scale.
14 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 Next to the LCD are a number of LED’s that show when the weight is below, within or over the limits during check weighing. Weight LED LCD below the low limit Amber LO Within the limits Green OK Above the high limit Red HI NOTE: The LED’s can be set by the u...
Page 18 - BATTERY; The battery should be charged for 12 hours for full capacity.; BACKLIGHT; parameter; AUTO POWER OFF; interval. See setting of the parameter
16 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 7. BATTERY • The scales can be operated from the rechargeable battery, if desired. The GBK/GFK scales have up to 70 hours battery life before needing to be recharged if the backlight is disabled and the battery is fully charged. • When the battery needs cha...
Page 19 - OPERATION; ZEROING
17 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 10. OPERATION 10.1. ZEROING • You can press the [Zero] key at any time to set the zero point from which all other weighing and counting is measured. This will usually be necessary when the platform is empty. When the zero point is obtained the display will ...
Page 20 - PRESET TARE (NOT AVAILABLE ON APPROVED SCALES)
18 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 added to the first one. Again only the weight that is added after taring will be displayed. NOTE: When the container is removed a negative value will be shown. If the scale was tared just before removing the container, this value is the gross weight of the ...
Page 21 - WEIGHING
19 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 10.3. WEIGHING To determine the weight of a sample, first tare an empty container if used, then place the sample in the container. The display will show the weight and the unit of weight currently in use. To change the weighing unit press the [Unit] key. Th...
Page 23 - To count a different sample quantity, press the
21 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 • To count a different sample quantity, press the [Count] key. The display will show the last used sample size. Either use this sample size with a different part or enter a new sample size as above. • To return to weighing, press [Unit] when “XX pcs” is dis...
Page 24 - ‘LO’
22 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 10.5. CHECK-WEIGHING Check-weighing is a procedure to display an indicator or sound an alarm when the weight on the platform meets or exceeds the values stored in the memory. The memory holds values for a high limit and a low limit. Either or both the limit...
Page 25 - SETTING UP WHILE WEIGHING
23 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 10.5.1 SETTING UP WHILE WEIGHING • Press the [Low Limit] key. It will show the current low limit. The “LO” symbol will appear on the display. • Press the [CE] key to clear the old value and then enter the new low limit using the numeric keys. The decimal po...
Page 26 - SETTING UP WHILE PARTS COUNTING OR % WEIGHING
24 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 10.5.2 SETTING UP WHILE PARTS COUNTING OR % WEIGHING During parts counting and percent weighing the limits are set in the same way as above. The limits are displayed in pcs or %. See Section 10.4 for the description of parts counting and Section 10.7 for pe...
Page 28 - PERCENT WEIGHING
26 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 NOTE: 1. If the recalled limit is for parts counting, the display will show the last sample value used, ready for a new sample to be counted. 2. If the recalled unit is a percent weighing limit, the display will show the last sample value used, ready for a ...
Page 29 - Press
27 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 • Press [Tare] again to enter percent weighing. The scale will set the sample mass on the platform as 100% reference weight. NOTE: If there is no reference weight on the platform and percent weighing function is entered, pressing [Tare] again will return th...
Page 32 - ANIMAL WEIGHING PROCEDURE
30 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 10.8.1 ANIMAL WEIGHING PROCEDURE • With the platform empty the display will show zero weight.. Place containers or blankets onto the platform and press the [Tare] key to zero the display. The scale may go into the animal weighing procedure when the items ar...
Page 33 - ACCUMULATED TOTAL
31 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 10.9. ACCUMULATED TOTAL The scale can be set to accumulate when a weight is added to the scale automatically or manually by pressing [Print]. See Section 13.2. NOTE: 1. The accumulation function is available only during weighing. It is disabled during parts...
Page 35 - AUTOMATIC ACCUMULATION
33 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 10.9.2 AUTOMATIC ACCUMULATION When the scale has been set to Automatic Accumulation the value is stored in memory automatically. • Place a weight on the platform. The beeper will sound when the scale is stable indicating the value is accepted. Remove the we...
Page 36 - RS-232 SPECIFICATION
34 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 11. RS-232 SPECIFICATION The GBK/GFK indicator is supplied with bi-directional RS-232 interface as standard. The scale when connected to a printer or computer outputs the weight with the selected weighing unit through the RS-232 interface. Default Specifica...
Page 37 - used then % is shown in place of weighing units.
35 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 Data Format-Normal Output: Only weight value along with the weighing unit is printed. If Percent weighing is used then % is shown in place of weighing units. Data Format-Parts Counting Output: Weight, Unit weight and number of parts are printed. <cr>&...
Page 40 - Description
38 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 Description ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN SPANISH Net weight Net Wt. Pds Net Net-Gew Pso Net Weight per unit counted Unit Wt. Pds unit Gew/Einh Pso/Unid Number of items counted Pcs Pcs Stck. Piezas Number of weighing added to subtotals No. Nb. Anzhl Num. Total weig...
Page 41 - INPUT COMMANDS FORMAT
39 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 11.1. INPUT COMMANDS FORMAT The scale can be controlled with the following commands. Press the [Enter] key of the PC after each command. T<cr><lf> Tares the scale to display the net weight. This is the same as pressing [Tare] . Z<cr><lf...
Page 42 - CALIBRATION
40 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 12. CALIBRATION • The GBK/GFK scales can be calibrated using kilogram weights or using pounds weights, depending on the weighing unit selected at the time of calibration. • To start the calibration, either get into the calibration section through the Scale ...
Page 43 - PARAMETER SETTINGS; CHECK WEIGHING PARAMETERS
41 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 13. PARAMETER SETTINGS Pressing the [Func] key allows the user to access the parameters for customising the scale. The parameters are split into 3 groups- 1. Check weighing parameters, 2. RS-232 parameters and 3. Scale parameters 4. Percent and Animal Weigh...
Page 44 - F1 LLk
42 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 • Press [Func] to view the options for setting. • Press [Tare] to confirm the change and then advance to the next parameter by pressing the [Func] key. This group of parameters- - enables or disables the percent weighing - sets the lock for re-setting the c...
Page 48 - Scale
46 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 13.3. Scale Parameters • Shortcut to enter this group is to press and hold the [Count] Key for 4 seconds. The display will go directly to “S1 Un ”. • Press [Func] to view the list of parameters. • Press [Tare] to enter a parameter. Press [Func] to view the ...
Page 50 - PERCENT WEIGHING AND ANIMAL WEIGHING
48 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 13.4. PERCENT WEIGHING AND ANIMAL WEIGHING See section 10.7 and 10.8 for details of these special weighing modes. Parameter Description Options Default setting F4 PCt This parameter allows the user to enter the Percent weighing Function. See Section 10.7. N...
Page 51 - ERROR MESSAGES; ERROR
49 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 14. ERROR MESSAGES During the initial power-on testing or during operation, the scale may show an error message. The meaning of the error messages is described below. If an error message is shown, repeat the step that caused the message. If the error messag...
Page 52 - FAIL H
50 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 Err 9 Low limit input error High limit is set first, then the low limit is set higher than the high limit and low limit not equal to zero. FAIL H or FAIL L Calibration error Improper calibration (should be within +10% of the factory calibration). The old ca...
Page 53 - SERVICE PARAMETERS; ACCESS TO PARAMETERS
51 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 15. SERVICE PARAMETERS 15.1. ACCESS TO PARAMETERS APPROVED SCALES Access to the scale parameters and calibration is controlled in all approved scales either by limiting access to be after the Calibration Jumper is put on the PCB, location J1, pins 1 & 2...
Page 54 - Or, “SPAn” “FAiLEd ”; “JP On”; USING “1000” TO ENTER THE SERVICE PARAMETERS
52 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 displayed. Remove the calibration weight. Or, “SPAn” “FAiLEd ” This means calibration has failed. Remove the calibration weight and repeat the process. “JP On” Remove the jumper or shorting of the pins whichever is used. The scale will return to normal weig...
Page 56 - “F4 int”
54 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 F4 –INITIAL ZERO RANGE To enter this parameter, press the [Tare] key when “F4 int” is shown. The display will show the current initial zero range. Press the [Func] key to change the value and press [Tare] to accept the value. Press [Zero] to return to weigh...
Page 57 - “F9 LVd”
55 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 F8 –ZERO MODE To enter this parameter, press the [Tare] key when “ F8 ZEm ” is shown. Select the Zero mode desired. In all but special cases Zero Mode 1 is used. The other 2 zero modes are for unique locations in the world and effect the +/- range of the ze...
Page 59 - REPLACEMENT PARTS AND ACCESSORIES; Equipment. A partial list of such items is as follows-
57 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 16. REPLACEMENT PARTS AND ACCESSORIES If you need to order any spare parts and accessories, contact your supplier or Adam Equipment. A partial list of such items is as follows- • Main Power cord or adaptor for USA versions. • Replacement Battery • Stainless...
Page 60 - SERVICE INFORMATION; following information which should be kept ready:
58 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 17. SERVICE INFORMATION This manual covers the details of operation. If you have a problem with the scale that is not directly addressed by this manual then contact your supplier for assistance. In order to provide further assistance, the supplier will need...
Page 61 - WARRANTY INFORMATION
59 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 18. WARRANTY INFORMATION Adam Equipment offers Limited Warranty (Parts and Labour) for the components failed due to defects in materials or workmanship. Warranty starts from the date of delivery. During the warranty period, should any repairs be necessary, ...
Page 62 - IX
6 0 | P a g e © A d a m E q u ip m e n t C o m p a n y 2 0 1 0 1 9 . A P P E N D IX P A R A M E T E R LA Y O U T f o r G K / G B K /G F K S C A LE S P re ss th e [F u n c] ke y to e n te r F u n ct io n s m o d e . K e y f u n ct io n s w h ile in t h is s e ct io n [T a re ] e n te r a p a ra m e t...
Page 65 - Adam Equipment; Technical Manager
63 | P a g e © Adam Equipment Company 2010 Adam Equipment ADAM EQUIPMENT, BOND AVENUE, DENBIGH EAST INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MILTON KEYNES, MK1 1SW, U.K. Tel: (01908) 274545 Fax: (01908) 641339 Intl Tel: -44 1908 -274545 Intl Fax: -44 1908 641339 E-Mail Address: [email protected] Declaration of Con...
Page 67 - Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity
© Adam Equipment Company 2010 Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity This product has been manufactured in accordance with the harmonised European standards, following the provisions of the below stated directives: Electro Magnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/...
