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CENTRY™ 117 MiCRoCENTRifugE
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CENTRY™ 117 MiCRoCENTRifugE
Manual Lid Release
in the event of a power failure or malfunction, it may be
necessary to open the lid manually.
1. Disconnect the power cord from the wall socket.
2. Remove the plastic plug, located on the left side of the unit.
3. Pull the wire (attached to the plug) to open the lid lock
manually.
WARNING
Do not attempt to override the lid lock mechanism.
Doing so is dangerous and could damage the CENTRY 117
Microcentrifuge.
Speed Selection
The speed (rpm or g-force) can
be selected from 1,000 to 13,500
rpm or from 100 to 16,800 x g by
touching the speed display and
adjusting with the up and down
arrow buttons.Display of rpm/rcf
can be toggled with the rPM/RCf
button on the display.
Load the Rotor
Tubes to be loaded should be filled equally
by eye. The difference in the weight
between the tubes should not exceed 0.1
gram. Tubes should always be loaded so
that there is equal spacing between all
tubes. one or two additional loaded tubes
may need to be added to achieve this.
Figure 1
MyTouch™ Control Panel Layout
Figure 2
Balanced Rotor Load
Figure 3
Incorrect Rotor Load
