18
50°C) or with a soft-cloth and brushes. Small round
brushes with soft plastic bristles may be used to clean
the interior of the tip-holder.
Rinse the individual components with distilled water.
Leave the parts to dry by evaporation or wipe them
with a clean soft-cloth or lint-free tissue.
Reassemble the pipette as described in the Chapter
11 - Maintenance.
Multichannel models
The following components
only
can be immersed in a
cleaning solution: tip-ejector, ejector locks and ejector
spacer.
Remove the tip-ejector and the ejector spacer.
Immerse the tip-ejector, ejector locks and ejector
spacer in the cleaning solution or wipe them with
a soft-cloth or lint-free tissue impregnated with the
cleaning solution.
Rinse the components with distilled water.
Wipe the entire pipette with a soft cloth or lint-free
tissue impregnated with the cleaning solution.
Wipe it with distilled water.
Leave the parts to dry by evaporation or wipe them
with a clean soft-cloth or lint-free tissue.
Refit the tip-ejector as described in page 16 (Chang-
ing the tip-ejector).
autoclaving
Single channel models
The upper part (body) and the piston assembly of the
pipette are
not
autoclavable.
Only
the following parts
may be autoclaved: tip-ejector, tip-holder and connecting
nut. The O-ring and seal are
not
autoclavable; they may
be cleaned or replaced with the one specified in Chapter
14 - Spare Parts.
Clean the parts to be autoclaved, especially the
tip-holder.
Put the parts in an autoclaving sack.
Autoclave for 20 minutes at 121°C, 0.1 MPa.
