Thermo Scientific TCF-32 Instruction Manual page 56

9.2 Maintenance of seal attachment assembly
Maintenance of seal body assembly
Do not disassemble the seal body assembly.
Wash it sufficiently with cold or lukewarm water. Eliminate water and dry. Store them at a dry
status in a desiccator or the like.
Maintenance of bearing housing and door adapter
Wipe off waste water, etc. properly from the bearing housing before storing it.
Drain waste water from the oil sump at the bottom of the door adapter before storing it.
Maintenance of tigon tube and tee
Wash them properly before storing them.
9.3 The maintenance of lubricating unit ass'y
Check lubricating oil quantity in the OIL bottle and in the case below the half of the bottle,
replenish. The capacity of the bottle is 500 ml. Pour in about 400 ml.
Check a DRAIN bottle and throw away waste oil. Incidentally, the cap of the bottle fasten
up sufficiently.
9.4 Sterilization of rotor
The rotor and seal body assemblies excluding the core can be sterilized by autoclaving at
121°C for 30 minutes.
When sterilizing the rotor while assembled in the ultracentrifuge, use immersion sterilization
with the following liquid chemicals.
Ethanol 70-95%
Formalin 3-8%
Clutaric aldehyde 2%
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