Chapter 02: Delivery Checks - BPC instruments AMPTS III Operation And Maintenance Manual

Accessories
AMPTS III (Figure 1) and AMPTS III Light (Figure 2) are delivered with the components listed
below:
20 glass reactors (0.5 or 1 L)
18 brushless DC motors
1 motor power splitter
19 brushless DC motor cables
250 mm (15 units)
500 mm (3 units)
1500 mm (1 unit)
2 bottle holders 9 x 250 mL
20 glass bottles (250 mL)
1 BPC Core AMPTS
20 flow cell units (FCUs)
1 Festo tubing 50 m
1 funnel
20 tubing stoppers
- More robust and less gas permeable tubing
- Tubing connectors to simplify and ensure a good and tight
connection between the tubing and the inlet of the flow cell
chamber and the outlet of the reactor
- Push-in valves to simplify the flushing step of the headspace
of the reactor in order to create an anaerobic environment
- New tubing markers for easy identification of the different
channels
- New tool for removing lids and tubing

Chapter 02: Delivery Checks

Figure 1. AMPTS III Complete System.
Unit A – Incubation Unit
1 motor controller signal cable
18 axis couplings for brushless
DC motors
20 stirrers GL 45 (0.5 or 1 L)
standard
1 motor controller unit
(MCU)
Unit B – CO -absorption Unit
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Unit C – BPC Core AMPTS Unit
40 check valves
1 plastic syringe
Additional Components
40 push-in connectors 6 mm
12 soft binders 7/180 mm
40 multi-coloured marker clamps
1 MCU power adapter
1 thermostatic water bath
1 base tray
1 thermostatic water bath lid
for 18 reactors (0.5 or 1 L)
20 push-in valves 6 mm
20 bottle nuts GL 45
20 lids GL 45
1 main unit power adapter
1 ethernet cable
1 bottle/tube opening tool
FCU volume sheet (2 or 9
mL)
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