ZEAH-0516A

(JP: ZEAV-0516C)

Standard Installation Completion Report

Quench Cooling Differential Scanning Calorimeter

DSC-60Plus/-60APlus

Customer Name:

Department:

Operator Name:

The installation has been completed with listed items checked.

Installation Completion Date:

Performed by:

Group/Department:

Instrument Serial Number

Special Notes

Shimadzu Corporation
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Installation Check Sheet

No. Item Descriptions Criteria Confirmed Note

1 External appearance
a. External Check the front, left and right No abnormal dirt,
appearance sides of the unit. deformation, or scratches, 
etc.

b. Items/Goods Confirm the quantities of No discrepancies.

quantity delivered items referring to 
the delivery slip.

Confirm the quantities of No missing items.

delivered accessory packages
with the Standard Accessory 
List in the Instruction Manual.

2 Utilities
a. Insulation Check the insulation
resistance between the AC line
and chassis and between
heaters and the chassis (while
the main switch is turned on
without connecting the power).
Use a digital voltage meter
(or a multi-meter).

Each insulation resistance:
10M min

b. Power Check the voltage using a Both the voltage and the
supply digital voltage meter (or a capacity meet the
multi-meter). specifications.

Confirm the capacity with the (Stable with no variation)
customer. The required
capacity is 5A.

c. Ground Make sure that the earth line is The voltage between the
securely grounded. AC hotline and earth line: 
Around 100V
d. Confirm that the installation The requirements are
Environmental environment meets the fulfilled.
conditions conditions described in the 
Instruction Manual.

3 Basic functions
a. Control keys Ensure that the control keys Smooth operation
function properly. 

b. Operational Explain the user how to use Be sure to explain the

instruction the instrument referring to the basic operations.
Instruction Manual.

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No Item Descriptions Criteria Confirmed Note
4 Performance
a. Baseline Without a sample and cells,
(1) Standard spec: (1) Within the range of
Raise the temperature to 50C to 600C:
600C at 20C/min Drift: 5 mw max.
(2) TAC spec with no cooling: Deviation from ideal line:
Raise the temperature to 1.2 mw max.
500C at 20C/min (2) Within the range of
(3) When TAC-60i or TAC-60L 50C to 500C:
is attached: Drift: 4.1 mw max.
Sampling interval: 1 s Deviation from ideal line: 1
mw max.
Temp. Target Hold
Rate Temp. (3) With TAC-60i, within
the range of -50C to
1 -99.9 -150 30
500C, Attach

2 20.0 500 1 With TAC-60L, within the data
3 -20.0 -130 1 range of -130C to 500C:
Drift: 6 mw max.
In the case of TAC-60L,
remove the cable connecting Deviation from ideal line:
the pump and FC-60A, and 2.2 mw max.
turn on the power of DSC.
Then, turn on the power of the
pump and supply liquid
nitrogen so that you can start
the temperature program.
After the completion of the
measurement, turn off the
power of the pump.
Set the baseline correction
coefficient to an optimum
value.
b. Noise (1) Standard spec and TAC (1) 3 W (p-p) max.
spec with no cooling: (2) When the temperature
Hold at 150C for 30 minutes. is increasing
Apply 100-point smoothing to (with TAC-60i, from -50C
the data to correct the blank to 500C,
baseline. with TAC-60L, from -130C
(2) When TAC-60i or TAC-60L to 500C):
Attach
is attached: 36 W (p-p) max. 
data
Apply 100-point smoothing to When the temperature is
the data obtained from above decreasing
procedure (3) to correct the (with TAC-60i, from 500C
blank baseline. to -50C,
with TAC-60L, from 500C
to -130C):
60 W (p-p) max.

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c. Sensitivity Place indium (with a purity of Onset temperature:
99.99% or greater) on the 156.5  1.5C
right and an empty cell on the Attach
Calorific value: 
left. data
Raise the temperature to -27 to -30 J/g
180C at 10C/min
d. Continuous After performing “teaching”, No abnormalities
operation perform continuous operation
(For 60A only) in the TEST sim mode for 3
hours using samples of No.1 
to No. 24 with empty cells.

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