Reactor-Ready - Lab Reactor
7. Quick Start Guide
7.12
7.14
7.14
7.13
7.15
7.9
Position the lid onto the O-ring Seal (on the
vessel flange), close the clamp jaws and lock with
the fastening clip.
7.10
Attach the Insulated Hoses to the lower Inlet
Draindown Manifold and upper Outlet Manifold by
screwing the stainless female fitting onto the stain-
less steel horizontal screw thread fitting on the
Manifolds. Tighten fully using a wrench to ensure
no leakage.
7.11
Attach the upper and lower insulated hoses to
the vessel sidearms, and tighten the red (Rodaviss)
screw cap fittings until they are finger tight.
7.12
Slide the spindle of the Stirrer Drive Coupling
into the overhead stirrer chuck, and fully tighten the
chuck.
7.13
Locate the rod of the overhead stirrer into the
hole in the sliding boss on the Stirrer Support I-
Brace. The sliding boss is able to accommodate
different sizes of overhead stirrer rods, with the use
of removable adapters. With the adapter in place
stirrer rods of up to 13.5mm diameter can be
accommodated. Removal of the adapter (by gently
prising from the hole with a suitable implement)
allows stirrer rods of up to 16.5mm to be used.
7.14
Adjust the height of the overhead stirrer by
loosening the locking knobs, and sliding the Stirrer
Support I-Brace down so that the pins of the drive
shaft are sitting just above the pins of the metal cap
on the Stirrer Guide. Make any final adjustments to
the positioning of the pins on the Stirrer Drive
Coupling necessary. Once alignment has been
finalised, tighten the locking knobs on the sliding
boss and lower the Stirrer Support I-Brace so that
the drive coupling pins fully mate with the pins on
the guide cap.
7.15
Attach any additional accessories (dropping
funnels, solids addition funnels, temperature
probes etc) to the lid ports and secure by hand
tightening the red (Rodaviss) screw cap fittings.
7.16
Connect the thermoregulator Inlet and Outlet
hoses to the Reactor-Ready Inlet and Outlet
Manifolds. The Manifolds have M24 fittings as stan-
dard. Suitable adapters should be used for hoses
that don’t have M24 fittings. Switch on the ther-
moregulator and begin circulating fluid - to purge air
from the system and fill the vessel heating jacket.
All air should be purged from the system after a few
minutes. Check all fluid connections to ensure
there are no leaks. If a leak is observed, switch off
the fluid flow, and re-tighten the fitting.
The maximum operating speed for Reactor-Ready
is 500rpm for continuous operation and 800rpm for
short periods.
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