RotaScope Classic Cabinet
Manual Version
1.04
Date
23 November 2021
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Air system details can be seen on the
“
Information screen
”
displaying motor
speed, temperature, and other details
About the drying principles:
The cabinet runs at about 8 degrees Celsius warmer than the room it is located in.
The warmer air in the cabinet is dyer than the room air at about 20% RH below, due
to the elevated cabinet temperature.
Bulk loose water in Scope Channels is generally removed by airflow in about 10
minutes.
Standards dictate that a scope must be dried in less than 3 hours to limit possible
microbiological proliferation.
Remaining trapped moisture droplets typically found in capillary hose joins and ports
will dry in about 1.5 hours from time of loading a scope
The scope channels usually DRY in under 1.5 hours
The slowest part of a scope to dry is the external control knobs on the scope control
handpiece which can take up to three hours
–
less if patted dry with clean, lint free
cloth before loading
For best results Smartline recommends purging bulk moisture out of scopes before
loading, by use of medical air gun to blow out channels manually
Typical Humidity at normal preferred operation conditions:
Room Temperature
Room Humidity
Absolute Water Content
22 Degrees C
Approximately 60%
0.012 kg/m3
Cabinet Temperature
Cabinet Humidity
Absolute Water Content
30 Degrees C
39.5%
0.012 kg/m3
Vacuum air flow through scopes:
RotaScope uses a patented concept of drawing air through the scope via vacuum
instead of blowing air through the scope channels for drying.
Elevated temperature and Vacuum (in theory) can assist in drying faster.
