Abbott CELL-DYN 3200 System Operator's Manual page 137

Section 4
Operational Specifications
Operating Environment
Startup/Shutdown Times
Run Cycle Times
Approximate Aspiration Volumes (Whole Blood)
Batch Size
CELL-DYN 3200 System Operator's Manual
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9140181K—July 2002
Indoor Use
Laboratory Temperature
Relative Humidity
Auto-Startup (from STANDBY) Approximately 5.0 minutes
Auto-Startup (from power OFF) Approximately 7.0 minutes*
Shutdown (to STANDBY)
* The laser requires a 15 minute warm up time. If the power has been OFF
longer than 5 minutes, wait 10 minutes after the Auto-Startup cycle is
complete before processing samples.
Table 4.4 shows the average Run cycle times for different specimen types run in
the Open and Closed Modes on the CS and SL models.
Table 4.4 Instrument Average Run Cycle Times
CS and SL - Models
Patient
OPEN QC, Fragile WBC
Resistant RBC
Patient
CLOSED
QC, Fragile WBC,
Resistant RBC
Open mode 150 µL
Closed mode 240 µL
Up to 50 tubes per batch
Performance Characteristics and Specifications
15–30°C (59°–86°F)
20–80%, RHNC
10 minutes
Cycle Times:
Ready to Ready
51 seconds
95 seconds
93 seconds
60 seconds
103 seconds
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