QIAcube Connect MDx User Manual 12/2020
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WARNING
Risk of personal injury and material damage
[W20]
Raise the centrifuge lid carefully. The lid is heavy and may cause injury if it
falls.
1.
Press the
Tools
icon ( ) on the menu bar.
2.
Press the
Run Modules
tab.
3.
Press the
Centrifuge
tab.
Centrifuge operation screen
4.
Press the appropriate field to select the
Speed
and
Duration
using the on-screen keyboard.
5.
If the centrifuge lid is not open, press
Open Centrifuge Lid
.
6.
If required, load opened 1.5 ml microcentrifuge elution tubes and/or QIAGEN spin columns
into the rotor adapters and place the lids into the appropriate slots in the rotor adapter.
7.
Ensure that the tubes and spin columns are pushed firmly into the appropriate rotor adapter
position.
8.
Make sure that the lids are pushed all the way down to the bottom of the slots on the sides of
the rotor adapter. If required, cut off the lid.
9.
Place the rotor adapters into the centrifuge.
Important
: If fewer than 12 samples are to be processed, ensure that you load the correct
centrifuge positions as described in the
Loading scheme
table below. One or 11 samples
cannot be loaded.
10.
Close the hood and press
Start
to start centrifugation.
