QIAcube Connect MDx User Manual 12/2020
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WARNING
Risk of personal injury and material damage
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To prevent the rotor nuts from loosening during operation of the centrifuge,
securely tightened the nuts using the rotor key supplied with QIAcube Connect
MDx.
4.
Insert the rotor buckets. The side of the rotor bucket that must face toward the rotor shaft is
marked with a grey line. Hold the bucket at an angle with the grey line facing the center of
the rotor and hang the bucket on the rotor. Check that all buckets are properly suspended and
can swing freely.
Important
: All centrifuge buckets must be mounted before starting a run.
Before starting next protocol run, follow the instructions in section 6.6.3, Operating the centrifuge
after cleaning.
6.6.3
Operating the centrifuge after cleaning
The centrifuge must be operated independently before starting further runs to check if residual plastic
parts are still in the centrifuge.
Note
: Rotor adapters and other consumables are not required.
1.
Switch the instrument on and log in.
2.
To start a centrifuge run, press the
Tools
icon on the menu bar and then the
Run Modules
tab.
The centrifuge tab is open by default.
Run Modules screen
3.
In the
Set speed
and
Set duration
fields, set the speed to 10,000 g and the duration to 1 min
(1:0 m:s), respectively.
