High Technology, Inc.
109 Production Road,
Walpole MA 02081 USA
Document Number
OM-E-FC-360-30
Revision Level
Rev. 3
Prepared by
J.S. Bolio
Approved by
S. Titov
Effective Date
8/15/2016
Operator’s Manual: HTI BioChem FC-360
HIGH TECHNOLOGY, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
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Analyzer setup
Place the cuvettes in the reaction tray.
Warning: Do not touch the external surface of the cuvette.
Warning: avoid dropping the metal nuts into the interior of the instrument during this procedure.
Turn on the instrument by the General Power button in the back of the analyzer, and then by pressing
the Power button in the frontal panel from the analyzer (lower button) the button in the middle of the
frontal panel turns on/off the reagents cooling system.
Let the instrument warm up for ten minutes.
NOTE: ISE module must be power on all time that the electrodes are in it (General Power button
in the back of the analyzer must be ON) Purge cycles are performed by the ISE module
automatically every 30 minutes.
10.
Run several diluter purge cycles, visually checking that there are no bubbles present in the
diluter’s body (Maintenance
Instrument
Diluter Purge)
11.
Run several wash cycles with the first 10 cuvettes, verifying the flow of wash solution into the
cuvettes and that there is no overflow. (Operations
Wash cuvettes
Cuvette range
1 to 12
Wash
Warning: during this procedure visually check the wash station; if due to the great amount
of air
there is overfilling of the cuvettes, it’s advisable to remove the affected strips and
wash with plenty DI water, dry the outside gently with a tissue, and put back on the strips.
Verify this before moving on to the next step.
12.
Wash all cuvettes (Operations
Wash cuvettes
All cuvettes
Wash)
13.
Run two diluter purge cycles (Maintenance
Instrument
Diluter Purge)
14.
Calibrate the photometer and all the cuvettes (Maintenance
Instrument
Calibration
select
Calibrate photometer
select Calibrate cuvettes
Range 1 to 100 >select the position of the
solution to use ex: Use container
OK)