Mounting And Preparing The Exit Gas Cooler; January - Infors HT Labfors 5 Operating Manual

Procedure

8.1.14 Mounting and Preparing the Exit Gas Cooler

Procedure

22 January 2019

Before Fermentation/Cultivation
Proceed as follows:
1. Ensure that the port is not equipped with an O-ring, otherwise
remove it.
2. Insert the septum into the port.
3. Screw the septum collar into the port by hand.
INFORMATION
If inoculation shall take place via 19 mm port, then mount a
threaded adapter, first.
The picture to the left shows the procedure with a 12 mm /
Pg13.5 port.
4.
Ensure the blanking plug is equipped with an O-ring, fit one, if
necessary.
5. Screw the blanking plug into the septum collar by hand.
If necessary, tighten it with the hexagon socket spanner hand-
tight.
To mount the exit gas cooler and prepare it for the autoclave, pro-
ceed as follows:
1. Mounting the exit gas cooler into the port in the vessel top
plate:
a) Mounting in Ø 12 mm / Pg13.5 port
Fit an O-ring to the thread of the exit gas cooler or fit it into the
12 mm / Pg13.5 port and screw the exit gas cooler into the
port by hand.
OR
b) Mounting in Ø 19 mm port
Equip the 19 mm port with a threaded adapter first and then
screw the exit gas cooler (with fixed O-ring) into the threaded
adapter by hand.
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