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Page 2: ...cotech 2 Product information Product Description Touchclave Ecotech 40 60 Litre Contact LTE Scientific Greenbridge Lane Greenfield Lancashire OL3 7EN T 44 0 1457876221 F 44 0 1457870131 W www lte scie...
Page 3: ...enance 17 Printer Maintenance 18 Servicing and Calibration 19 1 7 Parts 19 Section 2 Main Features 20 2 1 Autoclave features 20 Embedded Touchscreen Control System 20 Condensate Unit 20 Automatic Wate...
Page 4: ...e 27 3 4 Password Entry Screen 28 3 5 Menu Screen 29 3 6 Alarm Screen 29 Section 4 Running a Cycle 30 4 1 Starting a cycle 30 Close Chamber door 30 Select Cycle 30 Enter Password 31 Start Cycle 31 4 2...
Page 5: ...Fail 41 Load Probe Fail 42 Heater Over Temp 42 Cycle Aborted 42 Steam Purge Over Pressure 42 Pre Vac Timeout 42 Draining Timeout 42 Drying Timeout 42 Air Equalisation Timeout 42 Water Fill Timeout 42...
Page 6: ...Touchclave Ecotech 6 Copy to USB 45 7 2 Transfer Cycle Data To PC 46 Ecotech Archives 46 Machine Setup 46 Directory Setup 49 Transfer Cycle Data 51 View Cycle Data 53...
Page 7: ...ors must therefore ensure that appropriate precautions are made to prevent to prevent risk of injury when removing the load from the chamber use of heat resistant gloves etc Do not attempt to autoclav...
Page 8: ...ct number of people are lifting the autoclave and the correct Personal Protective Equipment PPE is worn The Touchclave Ecotech is a steam steriliser and so contains a pressure vessel making this produ...
Page 9: ...nd Drain If the automatic water fill and drain option this will be connected directly to the mains water supply and drain and will be supplied with a water fill hose assembly and a drain hose assembly...
Page 10: ...push fit connector into the Drain connector at the rear of the machine 2 Place end of drain hose into an open drain ensuring the hose is not submerged into any fluid in the drain and that the drain is...
Page 11: ...and remove the cover from the lid 3 Fill the tank using clean water from a clean container 4 When tank is full the audible sound will stop and the machine will display READY on the control screen Dra...
Page 12: ...ch control system software and so there is no feedback from the Ecotech to the user on the fluid levels of the external containers It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that there is sufficie...
Page 13: ...Touchclave Ecotech 13 3 Fill water fill external container fully with clean water ensure this is topped up regularly during operation Water Fill hose External Water Fill Container...
Page 14: ...o external drain container 2 Plug the drain hose push fit connector into the drain connector at the rear of the machine 3 Machine will drain into drain container during cycles Ensure external drain co...
Page 15: ...ronment This manual is not intended as a substitute for such training 1 3 Classification of User Levels For safety and security users of Ecotech autoclaves are classified in four User Levels Operator...
Page 16: ...regularly calibrated in order to ensure that the autoclave instrumentation is reading correctly and to ensure that the autoclaved loads are sterile at the end of a cycle If the Touchclave Ecotech is...
Page 17: ...he autoclave chamber during the cycle and may cause injury to the operator or damage to equipment Door and door seal cleaning Inner door panel and the door seal should be cleaned with warm water and a...
Page 18: ...nter Maintenance Replacing Paper Roll Open Printer Door Open bottom printer door by applying fingers on both sides of the printer door and pull forwards Insert New Paper Roll Insert new paper roll as...
Page 19: ...must be serviced at 6 month intervals and calibrated yearly For information on Service and Calibration please contact LTE Scientific service centre 1 7 Parts Spare parts are listed in the Service Man...
Page 20: ...o the system the autoclave will not require any further water fills until the next cycle and so has minimal water consumption for an autoclave with an integral steam generator High Pressure Steam Gene...
Page 21: ...supply and external drain The autoclave controller will instruct the user when the water tank requires filling and the drain tank requires emptying ensuring that the autoclave can be used in almost a...
Page 22: ...h as pipette tips tubing etc A vacuum system is required to provide effective air removal During pre vacuum stage a vacuum is pulled in the autoclave chamber removing air from load The pre vacuum stag...
Page 23: ...m system option and is only used on certain load types A vacuum is pulled after the sterilisation stage of the cycle and so removes moisture from the chamber and load the rapid decrease in chamber pre...
Page 24: ...les OPERATING CYCLE NAME CYCLE OR LOAD TYPE STERILIZING TEMPERATURE STERILIZING TIME MEDIA Fluid 121o C 15 minutes FLUID DISCARD Fluid 134o C 5 minutes PLASTIC DISCARD Plastic Discard 134o C 5 minutes...
Page 25: ...ves The steam generator and autoclave chamber are both fitted with a Safety Relief Valve set at the following pressures Steam Generator 3 8 Bar G Autoclave Chamber 2 62 Bar G Water Supply Water Hardne...
Page 26: ...When in standby the autoclave is out of cycle and with the control system awaiting commands from the user to run a cycle Process screen displays chamber conditions Absolute Chamber pressure Load PT100...
Page 27: ...and alarm button will remain displayed for user to enter menu or view acknowledge any active alarms Chamber vent and load values will be displayed as in the standby screen Cycle Name Cycle stage and...
Page 28: ...e Password entry screen Screen gives arrow buttons to select user level Operator Supervisor Maintenance Engineer or Commissioning Engineer Buttons displaying numbers 0 9 are given to allow user to ent...
Page 29: ...and access the user setup These are covered in detail in Section 5 Supervisor Menu 3 6 Alarm Screen If there are alarms active during a cycle a sounder will alert the user and the Alarm icon will turn...
Page 30: ...only 4 1 Starting a cycle Close Chamber door Load the autoclave and close the chamber door to the latched position note door does not sit flush to the front face of the autoclave in this position thi...
Page 31: ...y to confirm cycle Start Cycle Cycle overview will be displayed and user must confirm the cycle by pressing Start Now button for autoclave to begin sterilisation cycle Auto Run Pressing the Auto Run b...
Page 32: ...formation as detailed in section 3 3 4 3 End of cycle Cycle Passed At the end of the cycle the Touchscreen will display if the cycle passed or failed If the cycle has passed this will be displayed on...
Page 33: ...If the cycle has failed and is not a discard cycle then the failed screen will be displayed Pressing the Continue button the user will be required to input a level 2 or above password for control syst...
Page 34: ...e printout requires printer option Cycle data is printed as the cycle progresses from the thermal printer on the machine control panel An example of a typical printout is shown below the printout form...
Page 35: ...ing the Menu button on the process screen and entering a Level 2 password will allow user to access the Supervisor Menu Supervisor Menu screen shown below 5 1 Data Archiving The data archiving menu wi...
Page 36: ...pace indicates the number of KiB of storage free on the control system internal memory Percentage left is the percentage of the internal storage memory left to store cycle data Estimated Archive Space...
Page 37: ...allows the user to view the machine information Analog inputs Digital inputs outputs and cycle information M C Info Machine information displays the Serial number of the machine the machine type the m...
Page 38: ...re transducer Vent PT100 temperature probe and Load PT100 temperature probe View Inputs Selecting View Inputs will display a list of digital inputs and their current state the input state is given by...
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Page 40: ...at are currently active on the machine like with the View Inputs screen a green indicator represents an active output Arrow buttons allow user to navigate through the output list Cycle Info The Cycle...
Page 41: ...due to vent and load temperature probe temperatures not remaining in the band set in software for a time period set in controller software Cooling Timeout Cooling stage has failed to achieve the load...
Page 42: ...ng stage has failed to complete in the time period set in the controller software Drying Timeout Drying stage has failed to complete in the time period set in the controller software Air Equalisation...
Page 43: ...s has gone above the upper limit during sterilisation Sterilisation Under Temp Temperature of one or more of the temperature probes has gone under the lower limit during sterilisation Pump Overload Wa...
Page 44: ...n the autoclave 7 1 Extracting Cycle Data Cycle data is extracted from the machine and saved onto a USB memory stick RDA requires a supervisor level password or higher Insert USB Stick into USB Port I...
Page 45: ...ast cycle in the range selected to be archived pressing the Edit button on this line allows the user to select the final cycle number in the range to be archived Once the range of cycle s to be archiv...
Page 46: ...d open the Ecotech Archives program Ecotech Archives Ecotech Archives is a software package developed by LTE Scientific that allows users to archive data from multiple TC Ecotech machines and view cyc...
Page 47: ...47 3 Setting window will now be displayed Select Add 4 Under Machine Name give the machine a name this could be the machine serial number or any name that provides an easy reference In this example T...
Page 48: ...o screen in the Status Menu see M C Info 6 Get the Machine ID code from the Touchclave Ecotech and enter this code under Machine ID Code on the Ecotech Archives settings as it appears on the Machine i...
Page 49: ...the software is used on PC or if USB memory stick used for RDA is changed The directories must be setup to allow the user to store the archives in a specific location and also set up the directory whe...
Page 50: ...o this directory will allow the user to select a specific destination they wish the archives to be stores If the PC is connected to a network a folder can be created on a network drive so that these a...
Page 51: ...from the Left hand list so this is highlighted in blue 4 In the From field type the cycle number of the first cycle to be archived 5 In the To field type the cycle number of the last cycle to be arch...
Page 52: ...Touchclave Ecotech 52 8 Once transfer is complete Progress bar will show Inactive once again 9 Select Exit on Manual Transfer window...
Page 53: ...The cycles are sorted into date order of when the cycle was run The date is selected in the top left hand corner of the Machine Archive window using the drop down menus Selecting All in the day drop d...
Page 54: ...Touchclave Ecotech 54 4 Double clicking on a cycle will allow the user to see a detailed report of the cycle which is in the format of a printout example shown below...
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