Table Of Contents - Kendro SORVALL Biofuge primo Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
For your safety............................................ 3
Proper use................................................................ 3
Improper use ............................................................ 3
Centrifuging hazardous materials ............................ 3
Handling the centrifuge ............................................ 4
Conformity to current standards............................... 5
Safety instructions in this manual ............................ 5
The Biofuge primo...................................... 7
Safety systems......................................................... 7
Properties ................................................................. 9
Items delivered......................................................... 9
Functions and features........................................... 10
The "Easycontrol" user interface............................ 11
Before use................................................. 13
Transport and installation....................................... 13
Proper location ....................................................... 13
Mains connection ................................................... 14
Accessories .............................................. 15
Rotor program ........................................................ 16
Adapters ................................................................. 18
Handling rotors....................................................... 21
Swinging Bucket Rotors ..................................... 21
Lifetime of the rotor ............................................ 21
Permissible rotor temperature ............................ 21
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Highconic - rotor ................................................ 22
Drum rotor .......................................................... 22
Aerosol-tight operation ........................................... 23
Mikroliter rotor 75007587 and PCR-rotor
75007569............................................................ 24
Loading for aerosol-tight operation..................... 24
Checking of aerosol-tight bio-containment ......... 26
Operation .................................................. 27
Switching on the centrifuge .................................... 27
Opening the............................................................ 27
Closing the lid ..................................................... 27
Inserting the rotor ................................................... 28
Loading the rotor .................................................... 30
Maximum loading ............................................... 30
Filling the centrifuge tubes ................................. 30
Placing the tubes in the rotor.............................. 31
Entering parameters............................................... 32
Braking curves........................................................ 32
Switching from speed to RCF display and vice versa
............................................................................... 32
Selecting the speed................................................ 32
Entering the RCF value.......................................... 33
Concerning the RCF value ................................. 33
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