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FILLING TUBES
Fill test tubes outside the centrifuge and according to the manufacturer's
recommendations.
Please pay special attention to the quality and proper thickness of the glass
test tubes walls. Those shall be test tubes for centrifuges.
In order to protect the centrifuge against unbalance, fill in the test tubes up
to the same weight.
Safety Precautions
ROTOR MAINTENANCE
Lubricate the swing-out rotor journal pins.
Use only accessories in good condition.
Protect equipment against corrosion using accurate preventive maintenance.
HS ACCESSORIES MAINTENANCE
Make sure that rubber O-rings are lightly coated with petroleum jelly
(to ensure vacuum), use high vacuum grease.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LABNET accessories are not biotight. For centrifuging infectious materials it
is necessary to use hermetically closed tubes meeting demands of
biotightness, in order to prevent germs migration into the centrifuge and
beyond it.
NEVER subject to centrifugation toxic materials with damaged leak proof
seals of the rotor or test-tube. Proper disinfection procedures have to be
carried out when dangerous substances contaminated the centrifuge or its
accessories.
EXPLOSIVE AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
It is not allowed to centrifuge explosive and inflammable materials.
NEVER centrifuge substances prone to react as a result of supplying high
energy during centrifugation.
The centrifuge can not be operated in explosion-endangered areas.
NEVER centrifuge materials capable of generating inflammable or explosive
mixtures when subjected to air.