Troubleshooting; Mechanical Emergency Door Release; Figure V-1: Marking On Windshield Lid - Thermo Scientific Cryofuge 16 Instruction Manual

Thermo Scientific Cryofuge 16 Heavy Duty Water Cooled Centrifuges

Troubleshooting

1. Mechanical Emergency Door Release

Serious injuries can occur, if you touch a spinning rotor with your hands or tools.
WA R N I N G
A rotor can still be spinning after a power failure occurs.
Do not open the centrifuge before the rotor has stopped spinning. Do not touch a spinning rotor.
Never use your hands or tools to stop a spinning rotor.
During a power failure, you will not be able to open the centrifuge door with the regular electric centrifuge door release. A
mechanical override is provided to allow sample recovery in the case of an emergency. The mechanical override should be
used only in emergencies and after the rotor has come to a complete stop.
Always wait until the rotor has come to a stop without braking. The brake does not work without power supply. The
deceleration process lasts much longer than usual.
Proceed as follows:
Wait until the rotor has stopped. It can take longer than 40 minutes.
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Use the sight glass in the centrifuge door to make sure that the rotor has stopped. The handle of the windshield lid has
a marking, that shows a semicircle, if the rotor has stopped.
Figure V–1: Marking on windshield lid
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