Cooling; Solution Agitation - Katanax K2 Prime Manual

Cooling

When the linear motion system moves the platinumware holder out of the
furnace, the molds are stopped just above a cutout designed to receive the
beakers.
At a programmed moment, a blower located on the back side of those wells
pushes fresh air upwards and under the molds, to cool them.
Solution
agitation
Making solutions requires that the instrument be fitted with the optional solution
agitation module, item number KP5001A.
When making solutions, the hot melt is poured directly into beakers containing an
acid. Those beakers are to be placed into the cooling wells at the beginning of the
fusion. This acid solution must be agitated to improve the dissolution speed of the
crystallized flux and sample.
To do so, alternatively powered magnetic coils produce a rotating magnetic field
under the beakers. By placing a laboratory-type magnetic stirring bar in the acid
before fusion, the agitation will be automatically started at the appropriate
moment.
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IMPORTANT: Before attempting to make solutions, it is necessary to remove
the middle section of the mold holder, which can otherwise interfere with the top
of the beakers.