Chapter 4: Using Your RapidVap
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2.
Set Point Select Button – To select a parameter to change, press the set point
select button directly below the parameter.
3.
Run/Stop Button – Used to start or stop a run.
4.
Decrease Button – When pressed, the last selected set point will decrease.
5.
Increase Button – When pressed, the last selected set point will increase.
6.
Preheat Button – Used to turn on the heaters to preheat the sample block prior
to loading samples. When pressed during a run, it will switch the end point
alarm from audible to muted or back to audible. The audible alarm is the
default mode when the RapidVap is powered up.
7.
Vacuum Release (Vacuum Model Only) – When pressed and held, the vacuum
valve will open to break vacuum. This is used to quickly decrease vacuum
should bumping of the sample occur.
Operating The RapidVap Controls
Preheat:
To preheat the chamber, press the preheat button. The LED next to the button will
illuminate and the display will show:
SP:
XXC ACT: XXC
Press increase or decrease buttons until the desired set point is displayed. The
actual block temperature will be displayed to the right. When power is being
supplied to the heaters, a bar under the actual temperature will illuminate. The
block will continue to preheat until either the preheat button is pressed again or the
run button is pressed.
Select existing program:
Operating parameters can be stored in memory so protocols can be repeated. Nine
programs can be stored. To select a program, press the set point select button
directly under the word “PROG.” An arrow will point to the current program
number indicating that this set point can be altered. To change the program
number, press the increase or decrease button until the desired program number is
displayed. When the program number is changed, all its set points will change
also to indicate the last entered parameters. Pressing the “PROG” set point button
will reset the timer to the previous set point time.
Change speed set point:
To change the speed set point parameter, press the set point select button directly
under the word “SPEED.” Arrows will point to the present set point. The speed
may be altered from 0 to 100% by pressing the increase or decrease buttons. The
last entered set point will be stored in memory.
