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1.6 Intended use
ULTRA.Guard™ ultra-low temperature freezers UF V are technical equipment and intended solely for use
at work. They are suitable are designed for safe storage of varied materials at temperatures up to –86 °C /
-122,8 °F , especially for long-term storage of biological, medical, and chemical samples at constant low
temperature. They are suitable for the domains Pharmacy, Medicine, Life Sciences, plastic industry, elec-
tronic components, food etc.
Freezers are designed for storage of harmless materials. None of the components of the charging materi-
al must be able to form an explosive mixture with air. Any component of the charging material must NOT
be able to release toxic gases.
Following the instructions in this operating manual and conducting regular maintenance work
(chap. 24) are part of the intended use.
Other applications are not approved.
The chambers are not classified as medical devices as defined by the Medical Device Directive
93/42/EEC.
WARNING: If customer should use a chamber running in non-supervised continuous opera-
tion, we strongly recommend in case of inclusion of irrecoverable specimen or samples to
split such specimen or samples and store them in at least two chambers, if this is feasible.
The charging material shall not contain any corrosive ingredients that may damage the ma-
chine components made of stainless steel. Such ingredients include in particular acids and
halides. Any corrosive damage caused by such ingredients is excluded from liability by
BINDER GmbH.
In case of foreseeable use of the chamber there is no risk for the user through the integration of the
chamber into systems or by special environmental or operating conditions in the sense of EN 61010-
1:2010. For this, the intended use of the chamber and all its connections must be observed.
1.7 Operating instructions
Depending on the application and location of the chamber, the operator of the chamber must provide the
relevant information for safe operation of the chamber in a set of operating instructions.
Keep these operating instructions with the chamber at all times in a place where they are
clearly visible. They must be comprehensible and written in the language of the employees.