6 | Operating the control panel
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Operation Manual Lyovapor™ L-300/L-300 Pro
Symbol
Status
The instrument is starting up.
The instrument is in energy-saving mode.
Before the freeze-drying process:
Load the top-mount drying rack with a frozen
sample.
After the freeze-drying process:
Remove the dried sample from the top-mount
drying rack.
The system evacuates to the set pressure.
The instrument is performing a vacuum test or a
leak test.
1
2
The ice condenser is white:
Attach the sample.
The ice condenser is yellow:
The ice condenser is preparing for switch over.
Sample attachment is possible as long p and T
settings are stable.
The ice condenser is red:
The ice condenser preparation is final stage.
Do not attach a sample.
6.5
Carrying out freeze-drying
6.5.1
Preparing the instrument
NOTICE
Several conditioning of instrument in a day is damaging for cooling circuit.
If it is necessary, wait 2 hours between each conditioning.
Time
re-
quired:
approx.
30min
Navigation path
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Start
Precondition:
R
u
Navigate to the
[Start]
menu via the navigation path.