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1.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Introduction
This autoclave is designed to cover a large field of applications for hospitals and
medical centers as well as pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries.
The autoclave operates with saturated steam as the sterilizing agent, and has a
temperature range of up to 137
°
C (279
º
F) and pressure up to 2.3 bars (34 psi).
The autoclave is made of stainless steel, double – walled structure.
The autoclave is equipped with one manual door, provided with a locking
mechanism, activated by the steam pressure inside the chamber, preventing the
opening of the doors when the chamber is pressurized.
The autoclave has an automatic shutdown system. If no buttons or switches are
pressed for four hours, it will go into stand by mode and a led lights up (blinking
every second), indicating that the system has gone into stand by mode.
Twelve sterilization programs are available four for unwrapped instruments (gravity),
four for wrapped instruments (vacuum) and packages and four for slow pressure
exhaust.
Two test programs are also available, the VACUUM TEST for checking the tightness
of the chamber and piping system and the BOWIE DICK test enabling to check the
efficiency of the sterilization process.
The control system of the sterilizer is based on “State-of –the –Art” microcomputer
technology, ensuring a highly reliable and safe operation. The computerized
control unit ensures a fully automatic operation through the entire cycle, hence
after setting the pre-selected parameters and starting the operation, no further
intervention is necessary.
This autoclave is equipped with automatic utilities shut down or power off
parameter that can be programmed by the user (see par
4.3.3
System Set-Up).
The autoclave is constructed of stainless steel, having a double - walled structure.
The selected program, the main phases of the cycle and the status of the machine
are controlled and displayed on digital readouts. For process documentation, the
important information concerning operation is printed in hard copy.
The system is equipped with two temperature sensors, two pressure transducers
having the following functions:
♦
The temperature sensors: the condense temperature (control, monitoring and
printout) and the drain temperature (control).
♦
The pressure transducers: the chamber pressure (control, monitoring and
printout) and the jacket pressure (control and monitoring).
♦
Two pressure gauges indicate the pressure in the jacket and in the chamber.
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