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Mira M-3
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8.924.8010EN / 2016-12-15

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  • Page 1 Mira M-3 Product Manual 8.924.8010EN / 2016-12-15...
  • Page 3 Metrohm AG CH-9100 Herisau Switzerland Phone +41 71 353 85 85 Fax +41 71 353 89 01 info@metrohm.com www.metrohm.com Mira M-3 Product Manual 8.924.8010EN / 2016-12-15 ahag/...
  • Page 4 Technische Dokumentation Metrohm AG CH-9100 Herisau techdoc@metrohm.com This documentation is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This documentation has been prepared with great care. However, errors can never be entirely ruled out. Please send comments regarding possible errors to the address above.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents Table of contents 1 Overview Instrument description ............1 Model versions ..............1 Mira Cal Software ..............2 About the documentation ........... 2 Additional Information - Software Tutorials ...... 4 1.5.1 Accessories ................4 2 Safety Product safety ...............
  • Page 6 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents Data acquisition ..............26 Calibrate an instrument ............. 28 Configuration ..............28 8 Maintenance Maintenance agreement ............ 30 Cleaning the product ............30 9 Disposal 10 Technical specifications 10.1 Ambient conditions ............33 10.2 Power supply ..............33 10.3 Interfaces ................

  • Page 7: Overview

    Barely larger than a smartphone, the Mira spectrometers are the only handheld Raman spectrometers currently on the market with Orbital Raster Scan (ORS) technology. Model versions Mira M-3 instruments are available in the following versions: Table 1 Model versions 2.924.0010 Mira M-3 Basic (1.924.0010)

  • Page 8: Mira Cal Software

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Mira Cal Software Mira Cal Software In order to configure a Mira M-3 instrument, the following software is needed: Table 2 Model versions 606071010 Mira Cal Software 3.0 About the documentation NOTE Please read through this documentation carefully before putting the product into operation.
  • Page 9 Metrohm Raman, Inc. Continuous Improvements To remain the leader of the industry, Metrohm Raman, Inc. has a policy of continuous improvement of its products. As such, all products, product specifications, data and operating instructions are subject to change with- out notice.

  • Page 10: Additional Information - Software Tutorials

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Additional Information - Software Tutorials use of or inability to use such product, even if Metrohm Raman, Inc. or its affiliates have been notified of the possibility of such damages. Additional Information - Software Tutorials Refer to following software tutorials for more information: Mira Cal Software Tutorial: 8.105.8060EN...

  • Page 11: Safety

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Safety 2 Safety Product safety This product exhibited no flaws in terms of technical safety at the time it left the factory. To preserve this status and ensure non-hazardous opera- tion of the product, the following instructions must be observed carefully. Danger levels The following warning messages indicate the severity of the danger and its possible effects.

  • Page 12: Intended Use

    The warning symbols may be selected individually, depending on the situation. Intended use Metrohm products are used for the analysis and handling of chemicals and other materials. Usage therefore requires the user to have basic knowledge and experience in handling chemicals. Knowledge with respect to the application of the fire prevention measures prescribed for laboratories is also mandatory.

  • Page 13: Residual Risks

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Safety Residual risks 2.4.1 General dangers at the workplace Generally, the regulations and provisions of the regulatory institutions and authorities in the field of work apply. The instructions regarding the following areas have to be followed when using the products: Work safety ￭...

  • Page 14: Danger From Electrical Potential

    2.4.3 Laser safety NOTE NOHD The information below refers to NOHD for Mira M-3 instruments in accordance with the international standard IEC 60825-1, "Safety of laser products". The nominal ocular hazard distance (NOHD) is listed in technical spec- ifications (see Chapter 10.5, page 35).

  • Page 15: Warning Stickers On The Instrument

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Safety WARNING Risk of injury by laser radiation Serious eye injuries by laser radiation. Follow the safety measures and instructions. ￭ Instruments must be used by trained personnel only. ￭ Instruments of the laser class 3B must be used in protected and ￭...
  • Page 16 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Residual risks Laser aperture Laser aperture sticker Laser specification / serial number (bot- Laser class tom of instrument) Type plate Laser aperture Figure 1 Sticker - Emergence of laser Laser specification / serial number Figure 2 Sticker - laser data / serial number / standards ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 17: Responsibility Of The Operator

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Safety Laser class The two stickers specify the laser class for the respective model version. Figure 3 Sticker - Basic model version with vial holder/tablet holder Figure 4 Sticker - Advanced model version with attachment lenses Responsibility of the operator Eliminate defects or damage which impair operating safety without ￭...

  • Page 18: Functional Description

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Overview of the instrument 3 Functional description Overview of the instrument Front Figure 5 Mira M-3 - front Magnetic smart tip fixture/ laser aper- Touch screen ture Battery compartment Type B mini USB connector On/off switch ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...
  • Page 19 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Functional description Rear Figure 6 Mira M-3 - rear Barcode reader Accessories covering Long distance attachment lens (LWD) Short distance attachment lens (SWD) ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 20: Transport And Storage

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Checking the delivery 4 Transport and storage Checking the delivery Immediately upon arrival of the merchandise, check the shipment against the delivery note to ensure completeness and absence of damage. Storing the packaging The product is supplied in extremely protective packaging together with the separately packed accessories.

  • Page 21: Installation

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Installation 5 Installation Power supply with batteries NOTE Always remove batteries if the instrument is not in use. Changing batteries The instrument uses exchangeable or rechargeable batteries of type AA/LR6 1.5Vdc x 2. NOTE Battery type It is recommended to use lithium-ion batteries which are certified according to IEC 62133.
  • Page 22 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Power supply with batteries Press and hold lever [1]. Push lever [2]. Push part [1] upwards. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 23: Usb Connection

    USB connection NOTE It is not recommended to use third party USB cables, only use the provided Metrohm USB Mini-B cable (order number 6.215.1110). Power supply For stationary use in the laboratory, the instrument can be operated with the USB interface connected to a powered USB Hub. The USB Hub also allows data transfer.
  • Page 24 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ USB connection If the instrument is off, connecting the USB cable to a computer will ini- tiate an instrument start-up. Refer to the Mira Cal Software Tutorial for further steps (see Chapter 1.5, page 4). ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 25: Initial Configuration

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Initial configuration 6 Initial configuration NOTE Configuration Use Mira Cal software to change instrument settings or to install spectral libraries. Refer to Mira Cal software tutorial for detailed information (see Chapter 1.5, page 4). ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 26: Operation And Control

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Smart tips for Mira instruments 7 Operation and control Smart tips for Mira instruments The following smart tips are available. Smart tips are attached to the instrument with magnetic connectors. The smart tips contain a memory chip so that they can be identified by the instrument.

  • Page 27: Attaching Smart Tips

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Vial holder Tablet holder The Vial holder is used for samples in glass A spring-loaded holder helps to mount and vials. position the sample. The tablet holder is designed such that different tablet or cap- Safety switch mechanism allows measure- sule shapes can be used.
  • Page 28 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Attaching smart tips Open the vial holder and insert a vial to meas- ure. Using tablet holder Closing the lid prevents laser radiation from emerging. The lid contains a safety feature which cancels the measurement and stops the laser if the lid is opened. Attach the smart tip.
  • Page 29 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Push the two levers and position the sample in the middle. Release the levers, the sample is now fixed. Using attachment lenses WARNING Risk of injury by laser radiation Serious eye injuries by laser radiation. Follow the safety measures and instructions. ￭...
  • Page 30 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Attaching smart tips Select the correct attachment lens for your task: The SWD attachment lens is used for sam- ￭ ples with direct contact or in thin plastic bags. The focal point is approximately 0.85 mm from the end of the adapter. The LWD attachment lens is used for sam- ￭...
  • Page 31 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control Using calibration standard Attach the smart tip. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 32: Data Acquisition

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Data acquisition Data acquisition The following steps show how samples can be acquired with the instru- ment. NOTE Operating procedures and users have to be defined and synchronized beforehand in Mira Cal software. Refer to Mira Cal software tutorial for more information (see Chapter 1.5, page 4).
  • Page 33 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control 3 Attach smart tip If not already done, attach the correct smart tip to the instrument (see Chapter 7.2, page 21). Within an operating procedure a certain smart tip type may be required. A data acquisition will only be possible when the instru- ment recognizes the correct smart tip.

  • Page 34: Calibrate An Instrument

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Calibrate an instrument Both fields are optional. NOTE "Sample Name" may also be generated due to presets in the operating procedure. 7 Arm laser Click on [Arm laser]. Laser armed display is displayed. 8 Measuring the sample Click on [Acquire] to start the measurement. ￭...
  • Page 35 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Operation and control NOTE The shutdown delay will only affect battery-powered instruments. For an instrument connected with a power supply, the shutdown delay is disabled. By default, no shutdown delay is configured. Define a shutdown time to conserve battery charge. For example if value "3"...

  • Page 36: Maintenance

    Metrohm. Shorter maintenance intervals may be necessary if you frequently work with caustic and corro- sive chemicals. Metrohm Service personnel are properly trained in proce- dures for safely repairing the instrument. Routine cleaning of the instrument can be done using non-corrosive cleansers such as water, ethanol, or acetone.
  • Page 37 If you suspect that moisture has gotten into the instrument, dis- ￭ connect the instrument from the energy supply. Then, notify Met- rohm Service. Only personnel who have been issued Metrohm qualification may ￭ perform service and repair work on electric and electronic parts. Cleaning the surfaces of the product Prerequisites The product is disconnected from the power grid.

  • Page 38: Disposal

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 9 Disposal This product is covered by European Directive 2002/96/EC, WEEE – Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment. The correct disposal of your old product will help to prevent negative effects on the environment and public health. More details about the disposal of your old product can be obtained from your local authorities, from waste disposal companies or from your local dealer.

  • Page 39: Technical Specifications

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Technical specifications 10 Technical specifications 10.1 Ambient conditions Nominal function –20 - +40 °C range (At a maximum of 93% humidity) Storage –20 - +70 °C (At a maximum of 93% humidity) Transport –20 - +70 °C (At a maximum of 93% humidity) Altitude Up to 2,500 m 10.2...

  • Page 40: Interfaces

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Interfaces 10.3 Interfaces Mira M-3 Aspect Specification USB connector Type A/B mini USB connector (USB 2.0) with the fol- lowing functions: Power supply ￭ Data transmission ￭ with USB cable (6.2151.110) 10.4 Dimensions and materials Instrument Aspect Specification Width...

  • Page 41: Operating Specifications

    2.5 mm measuring spot size Beam divergence 3.4 degrees Detection technique Orbital Raster Scan (ORS) to average over the sample Laser class according to EN 60825-1 Mira M-3 Basic ￭ Class 1 Mira M-3 Advanced ￭ Class 3B Protection Level of goggles (accord-...

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