Chapter 7 Maintenance And Care; Cleaning Intervals; Cleaning - Thermo Scientific RC 3BP Plus Instruction Manual

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Maintenance and Care

Cleaning Intervals

Cleaning Intervals
For the sake of personal, environmental, and material protection, it is your duty to clean and if necessary
disinfect the centrifuge on a regular basis.
Maintenance
Clean rotor chamber
Clean rotor
Accessories
Cabinet
Ventilation holes

Cleaning

General notes on cleaning
• Use warm water with a neutral solvent.
• Never use caustic cleaning agents such as soap suds, phosphoric acid, bleaching solutions or
scrubbing powder.
• Rinse the cavities out thoroughly.
• Use a soft brush without metal bristles to remove stubborn residue.
• Afterwards rinse with distilled water.
• Place the rotors on a plastic grate with their cavities pointing down.
• If drying boxes are used, the temperature must never exceed 50° C° C, since higher temperatures
could damage the material and shorten the lifetime of the parts.
• Use only disinfectants with a pH of 6-8.
• Dry aluminum parts off with a soft cloth.
• After cleaning, treat the entire surface of aluminum parts with corrosion protection oil
(70009824). Also treat the cavities with oil.
• Store the aluminum parts at room temperature or in a cold-storage room with the cavities pointing
down.
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CAUTION Refrain from using any other cleaning or decontamination procedure than those
recommended here, if you are not entirely sure that the intended procedure is safe for the
equipment.
Use only approved cleansers.
If in doubt, contact Thermo Fisher Scientific.
CAUTION Before using any cleaning or decontamination methods except those
recommended by the manufacturer, users should check with the manufacturer that the
proposed method will not damage the equipment.
Recommended Interval
Once per week or when polluted
Once per week or when polluted
Once per week or when polluted
Once per month
Every six months
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