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THE MUNRO AW400TG ANAEROBIC WORKSTATION SPECIAL FEATURES
Many special features have been designed into the MUNRO Anaerobic Workstation that cannot be
found on any other cabinet. All these have been built in for safety, economy of operation and to make it
easier and more comfortable for the operator to use.
MINIMUM BENCH AREA
Although the cabinet will incubate 400 dishes there is still ample room within the unit for the operator to
manipulate the cultures.
OPERATOR COMFORT
Quite often the operator has to spend long periods of time working with their arms inside the unit and for
this reason the cabinet has been designed so that the operator can work sitting down thereby minimising
fatigue. The openings of the glove ports are large, facilitating easy movement of the arms. The viewing
area is large, unobstructed by bends in the material which cause the operator to be constantly moving
their position. The doors are easily sealed by first closing, then turning the tightening knob. If the unit fails
to function because one of the doors has been left open or perhaps a gas bottle has run out of gas then
this is indicated clearly on the Control Panel. The unique bare hand working facility allows the operator to
get their hands in and out of the cabinet without any fuss. In fact the cabinet has been designed to be
very user friendly.
SINGLE PLATE ENTRY LOCK
This lock is used when only a small number of dishes need placing in the incubator. It saves both time and
gas. The front door is opened by unscrewing the hinge pin and the dish is placed in the cabinet by pushing
it with the bar provided. The dish lid travels up a ramp allowing the escaping gas from the cabinet to flush
the air out of the dish before the lid is replaced by the back door. Once the dish is in the incubator the
outer door is re-closed by tightening the screw.
CHECKING THE INCUBATOR ATMOSPHERE FOR OXYGEN
The Anaerobic Indicator Solution will indicate traces of Oxygen in the incubator atmosphere by changing
colour from being clear when the atmosphere is anaerobic to being blue when oxygen is present. The
Indicator Solution is held in a small bottle located at the front of the incubator in the top right hand corner
and held in position by a plastic spring clip. The atmosphere from the cabinet is bubbled through the
solution by a small aquatic pump. The pump is plugged permanently into an electrical socket and the
switch should be left in the "ON" position. The atmosphere of the incubator can be checked for oxygen
content by simply switching the socket "ON" on the Control Panel. It is usually sufficient to check the
atmosphere perhaps once a day allowing the pump to run
for about 1 minute.
