Automated Slide Stainer FS-16-25
Instruction for Use
Read carefully before working with the stainer
Always keep this Instructions for Use near the stainer
V1.1 English – 10.02.2021
Dubna
Страница 1: ...Automated Slide Stainer FS 16 25 Instruction for Use Read carefully before working with the stainer Always keep this Instructions for Use near the stainer V1 1 English 10 02 2021 Dubna...
Страница 2: ...1 Revision history Revision Effective date Change Written by 1 0 22 01 2021 Draft Bezrukov A V 1 1 10 02 2021 For CE marking Kutepov M V Bezrukov A V...
Страница 3: ...website www mlt ru The latest technological programs tutorial video materials as well as supplementary documents for the device FS 16 25 are available on the website www fastainer com section http fa...
Страница 4: ...Working principle of Stainer 16 3 2 Technical data 18 3 3 Environmental conditions 18 3 4 Delivery set 19 4 Unpacking and installation of Stainer 20 4 1 Site requirements 20 4 2 Unpacking of Stainer...
Страница 5: ...system 53 8 3 Troughs for reagents 53 8 4 Racks 53 8 5 Mesh water filter 54 8 6 Air filter 54 9 Troubleshooting 55 10 Decommissioning and recycling 55 11 Confirmation of performed sanitary treatment...
Страница 6: ...USE First of all be sure to carefully read and comply with chapter 2 Safety 1 1 Used symbols and indications 1 1 1 Warning words Warning words CAUTION FORBIDDEN are marked by capital letters and white...
Страница 7: ...ace Inside the working chamber beside the drying station The symbol indicate a risk of burns because of hot surfaces Do not touch these parts The symbol shown here indicates areas where the temperatur...
Страница 8: ...ainer stating the necessity to protect the cargo from moisture Protect from sun radiation Labels on the packing box of the Stainer stating the necessity to protect the cargo from sun radiation Open he...
Страница 9: ...in a frame e g ENTER YES STOP The symbol is designated a cyclic switching of buttons Use of touch screen buttons with icons to switch between two screens with a list of names of technological programs...
Страница 10: ...is started with closed lids of troughs etc 1 3 Compatibility with reagents and accessories of other manufacturers The Stainer is an open system The programs supplied with the Stainer may need correcti...
Страница 11: ...e working chamber so that the total weight amounts to about 25 kg FORBIDDEN TO UNPACK AND TO CARRY AN UNPACKED STAINER ALONE FORBIDDEN TO RAISE AND CARRY THE DEVICE HOLDING IT BY THE UPPER PANEL 20 Fi...
Страница 12: ...M WITH NO FIRE EXTINGUISHING MEDIA SUCH AS CO2 OR HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHER A standard instruction on fire safety measures given in Appendix A FORBIDDEN TO DISMANTLE THE STAINER ELECTRIC SHOCK MAY RESUL...
Страница 13: ...Stainer consists of a technological unit 5 with a working chamber and a lid 1 and a control unit 3 with a touch screen 4 Figure 2 Front view of the Stainer 1 transparent lid 2 uploading gateway 3 con...
Страница 14: ...water inlet 10 Stainer label with a serial number manufacturing year 11 power supply inlet 12 protective cover for 10 A electric fuses 13 screw type feet An inflow ventilation inlet protected by a rem...
Страница 15: ...6 trough with a rack inside 17 rack with slides 18 handle of rack 19 manipulator housing 20 upper panel of Stainer 21 flow through trough 22 drainage hole of flow through station 23 water level sensor...
Страница 16: ...e rack The Stainer is supplied with two types of troughs TV 25 POM a polyoxymethylene trough color grey for RV 25 racks recommended when handling xylene substitutes of xylene aqueous solutions and sol...
Страница 17: ...f Stainer The principle of the staining process is the sequential programmed movement of racks with slides from station to station where technological operations are carried out The working chamber of...
Страница 18: ...wn The rising of a rack from reagent is accompanied with inclining and vibration which facilitates the draining of excess liquid from slides and the rack Thus the transfer of reagents between troughs...
Страница 19: ...staining programs supplied with the Stainer 1 Max number of staining programs 32 Max number of steps in a program 30 Max number of programmed reagents names 96 Power supply 220 10 50 Hz Power consump...
Страница 20: ...slides for 25 slides 06 01 00 2 TV 25 PP trough for reagents with a lid 06 06 00 10 TV 25 POM trough for reagents with stainless steel lid 06 06 00 01 2 Blotter 07 10 00 1 Kit for tap water connectio...
Страница 21: ...ERATURES AND BEFORE UNPACKING THE STAINER MUST BE KEPT IN TRANSPORTATION PACKING FOR AT LEAST 4 HOURS UNDER NORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS CAUTION STAINER IS HEAVY USE ADDITIONAL HELP WHEN LIFTING AN...
Страница 22: ...ox with accessories kit for tap water connection CAUTION IT IS RECOMMENDED TO KEEP THE BOXES 31 33 AND THE GASKETS 30 32 THEY WILL BE NEEDED TO PACK THE STAINER FOR TRANSPORTATION THE BOX FIXES THE MA...
Страница 23: ...ventilation tubes there is a flexible corrugated ventilation duct 100 mm in diameter D100 The flexible ventilation duct is fixed at the Stainer s ventilation inlet 10 with a clamp At the other end a...
Страница 24: ...tion to a water supply Connection to the water supply system is made with a flexible 3 4 3 4 pipe thread connection hose for washing machines included in the delivery set Figure 9 Connection hose for...
Страница 25: ...SURE THERE ARE NO LEAKS IN THE WATER SUPPLY AND IN THE DRAIN SYSTEMS AND THAT THERE ARE NO BENDS AT THE DRAIN HOSE BEFORE STARTING THE OPERATION CAUTION WHEN THE WORK IS FINISHED IT IS RECOMMENDED TO...
Страница 26: ...sting and a splash screen with a manufacturer s or dealer s logo appears on the touch screen Fig 10 then the Stainer switches to the main menu Fig 11 Figure 10 Splash screen Figure 11 Main menu The up...
Страница 27: ...to the menu section CONFIGURATION changing configuration of the Stainer changing properties of stations including the choice of reagent and delay time above a trough for draining of reagent changing t...
Страница 28: ...itch between screens with a list of preprogrammed programs in total 2 screens each is with 16 reserved buttons To program a new program press the button NEW and enter the number of technological opera...
Страница 29: ...echnological operations Programming is performed by editing the template Set a reagent for each technological operation DRYER drying and heating and BLOTTER removal of liquid from a rack and slides en...
Страница 30: ...a technological operation The value of the parameter AGITATION is set within the interval 0 99 sec At the value 00 up and down movements are not performed The regime with the parameter value 00 is app...
Страница 31: ...he button START OF PROCESS in the main menu Figure 18 Saving confirmation screen If you press the button NO the program will be launched but after you switch off the Stainer it will be erased from mem...
Страница 32: ...N The saved program will be added to the section TECHNIQUES If you press the button NO it will be needed to enter the PIN which was entered before in the course of new program saving Figure 19 The PIN...
Страница 33: ...a new program use the special form the template for which is given in Appendix C An editable file with template can be uploaded at the website www fastainer com in the support section There is also an...
Страница 34: ...n of station RESOUR how many times it is left for a manipulator to revert to a station with reagent until it has to be changed resource limit of a reagent the limit is set by the operator within the i...
Страница 35: ...ATING weak and HEATING strong At the mode HEATING weak the temperature of the airflow is 40 the air is heated by 15 20 At the mode HEATING strong the temperature of the airflow is 55 the air is heated...
Страница 36: ...ssing the button TECHNOLOGICAL the value is switched to PARKING which means that the station is now designated for placement of racks The only editable parameter of parking stations is STATION APPLICA...
Страница 37: ...to set the interval between introductions of racks with slides into the process see Item 5 3 1 SERVICE to switch to the service menu 5 3 1 Setting the interval of the introduction of racks into the p...
Страница 38: ...ram with empty racks The user calculates the interval s value independently bearing in mind the fact that when the time of a rack processing in one reagent elapses the station of the following process...
Страница 39: ...WATER SUPPLY CONTINUOUS is intended to set the mode of water supply into the flow through trough PROGRAMMED water supply turns on automatically as soon as the rack is positioned at the flow through tr...
Страница 40: ...ith uploading of rack or cyclic PROGRAM RACK INSTALLATION IN GATEWAY MANUAL UPLOADING OF RACK is intended to set the mode of uploading rack in the working chamber through the gateway or directly in th...
Страница 41: ...s closed This system simplifies the work of laboratory personnel and prevents the possibility of incorrect loading unloading of racks and minimize pollution in laboratory air from Stainer working cham...
Страница 42: ...ng of racks Simultaneously with the message appearing the manipulator starts moving The Stainer checks the readiness for the loading of the nearest parking station Take the rack with the right hand an...
Страница 43: ...uration for the used technological program allows them to do it or by the need of the user if fewer racks are enough If there is no unoccupied parking station the rack will remain at station 9 and the...
Страница 44: ...r Continuation of loading of racks Press the button CONTINUE The manipulator places the rack at the nearest unoccupied parking station automatically depending on the technological program technique an...
Страница 45: ...on the screen Figure 31 Status screen of the DEMO program 5 4 2 Loading of racks during the performance of a technological program To load more racks during an ongoing process press the button UPLOAD...
Страница 46: ...acks are enough If the Stainer is set up for uploading throw the grab of the manipulator the message on the screen will be following PUT THE RACK IN THE MANIPULATOR 5 5 Status screen during a technolo...
Страница 47: ...mes it is left for the manipulator to revert to a station with reagent until it has to be changed resource limit of a reagent the limit is set by the operator within the interval 0 255 default value i...
Страница 48: ...G Here and further NN number of stations Display format of stations with a loaded unprocessed rack YELLOW COLOUR Fig 32 stations No 11 12 NN RACK Display format of stations the rack of which is being...
Страница 49: ...r starts to fill the flow through trough The Stainer performs self test when it is finished the manipulator arm positions opposite station No 1 6 2 Check of working capacity Before starting the operat...
Страница 50: ...itial station No 1 drying station If during lowering the bottom of a rack touches either a closest to manipulator wall of a trough or the upper edge of a closest to manipulator wall of a trough furthe...
Страница 51: ...the Stainer with the power switch on the right panel 6 2 3 Recommendations on the checking of technological programs Before starting to operate the Stainer with real laboratory preparations it is rec...
Страница 52: ...OF REAGENTS If necessary load a needed technological program 5 2 Fill the troughs with reagents following the chosen program and configuration CAUTION TROUGHS MUST BE INSTALLED AT ALL STATIONS BOTH T...
Страница 53: ...GHLY FLAMMABLE COMBUSTIBLE AND TOXIC REAGENTS ACID SOLUTIONS IODINE SOLUTIONS SPIRITS XYLENE ACETONE METHANOL BASED FIXATORS ETC IN THE WORKING CHAMBER OF THE STAINER AFTER OPERATION If the Stainer ha...
Страница 54: ...rain the flow through trough and wipe it with a soft cloth and a disinfecting agent b To wash the drain cautiously pour 5 sodium hypochlorite solution into the drainage hole of the flow through trough...
Страница 55: ...inner parts of the screw joint d Put the filter back into place e Screw the connection hose to the Stainer f Open the water supply tap and check all the joints 8 6 Air filter The air filter is locate...
Страница 56: ...from the troughs Overflow of the flow through trough actuation of the water level sensor The Stainer emits an intermittent sound alarm with a message on the screen WATER SYSTEM IS CORRUPTED 1Incorrect...
Страница 57: ...fastainer com resources When a device its part or accessory is returned a copy of a filled and signed disinfection certificate must be attached or handed over to a specialist of the service departmen...
Страница 58: ...re extinguisher is charged with halogenated extinguishing agent The volume of a fire extinguisher must be not less than 2 l 2 3 It is forbidden to leave unattended heating appliances that are switched...
Страница 59: ...odor of the spilled liquid vanishes completely 4 Actions in case of fire 4 1 In case if HFL catches fire in the working chamber close the lid of the chamber and switch off the power supply system of...
Страница 60: ...2 OG 62 XYLENE 4 15 ALCOHOL SOLN 31 ETHANOL HCL 47 PAP 3 EA 63 XYLENE 5 16 AURAMINE RHO 32 FIXATIVE 48 PAP MIX 64 XYLENE E Notes 19 BLOTTER Removal of liquid from a rack and slides ends conventionally...
Страница 61: ...14 PARKING 3 BUFFER PH 7 13 PARKING 4 BLOTTER 12 PARKING 5 AZURE 11 PARKING 6 EOSIN 10 PARKING 7 LEISHMAN F S 9 PARKING 8 PARKING REAGENT REGIME I D AGITATION SS TIME SS DELAY SS RESOURCE 000 1 DRYER...
Страница 62: ...61 Listing of the DEMO program and its configuration The first screen of the program listing Second screen of the program listing Configuration screen...
Страница 63: ...vailable at fastainer com resources DEVICE FS 16 25 NAME OF PROGRAM DATE N REAGENT CONFIGURATION FS 12 25 DEMO N REAGENT 16 1 DRYER 15 2 TAP WATER 14 3 13 4 12 5 11 6 10 7 9 PARKING 8 REAGENT REGIME I...
Страница 64: ...HOL SOLN 11 ALCOHOL 5 6 ALCOHOL 1 10 ALCOHOL 4 7 ALCOHOL 2 9 PARKING 8 ALCOHOL 3 REAGENT REGIME I D AGITATION SS TIME SS DELAY SS RESOURCE 000 1 XYLENE 1 I 05 01 00 10 2 XYLENE 2 I 05 01 00 10 3 XYLEN...
Страница 65: ...tilts the racks a grab on the arm which picks up and fixes the handle of the rack Parking station a combined station intended for placing a rack with untreated slides a rack can temporarily be statio...
Страница 66: ...gram possesses name and PIN personal identification number Working chamber a space inside the Stainer limited by the working table the walls of the working chamber and the lid of the working chamber w...
Страница 67: ...for launching racks for processing System requirements Microsoft Windows 7 8 8 1 10 x86 x64 1 The main window of the software Window Configuration Figure 33 The main window of the software Window Con...
Страница 68: ...gram Import Loading one or more technological programs Export Uploading the selected process program to a file Reagents Button for selecting the window for reagents list editing Settings Button for se...
Страница 69: ...n set the agitation time the number of dips or the time of immersion 1 6 Selector of the window CONFIGURATION or CHART 6 Configuration o Chart Going to CHART window is fulfiled by clicking on the Char...
Страница 70: ...t of the software 1 Logotype 2 Main Menu 3 Programs list of technological programs in the current opened firmware 4 Operations list of technological operations in the selected technological program 6...
Страница 71: ...ts setting Figure 35 The window Reagents of the software 1 Logotype 2 Main Menu 12 List of default reagents 13 New reagent input bar 14 List of optional reagents The reagent used in any of the technol...
