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Thermo Scientific Cryofuge 8 / 16 Centrifuges and Heavy Duty Centrifuges
Maintenance and Care
Clean the bucket surfaces and rotor bolts as follows:
a. Cut a cleaning pad (66309) into 12 mm (1/2 inch) wide strips.
b. Saturate one of the pad strips with acetone or alcohol.
c. Wrap the pad strip around a rotor bolt and move it back and forth in an oscillating motion. Move the strip around to
clean the trunnion bolt completely. Repeat this process for each trunnion bolt.
d. Saturate another pad strip and thoroughly clean the bearing surfaces of each bucket.
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Cleaning pad strip
➁
Rotor bolt
➂
Rotor body
➃
Bucket
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Bearing Surface
Figure IV–1:
Cleaning rotor bolts and bucket bearing surfaces
e. Wipe the cleaned surfaces with a clean cloth.
f. After cleaning, treat the entire surface of aluminum parts including the cavities with corrosion protection oil (70009824).
Treat the bolts of the swing out rotor with bolt grease (75003786).
3. 1. Touchscreen
1. Pull out the power supply plug.
2. Clean the touchscreen using a dry microfiber cloth.
3. If necessary moisten the microfiber cloth and wipe the touchscreen again.