QIAcube Connect MDx User Manual 12/2020
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WARNING
Risk of personal injury and material damage
[W5]
To prevent plastic crash, load the tubes properly. After a plastic crash, sharp
plastic particles could be inside the centrifuge. Be careful when handling
items inside the centrifuge.
WARNING
Risk of personal injury and material damage
[W4]
Do not use damaged rotor adapters. The rotor adapters can only be used
once. High g forces exerted in the centrifuge can cause damage to used
rotor adapters.
WARNING
Risk of personal injury and material damage
[W27]
Make sure that lids from spin columns and 1.5 ml microcentrifuge tubes are in
the correct position and pushed all the way down to the bottom of the slots on
the sides of the of the rotor adapter. Incorrectly positioned lids can break off
during centrifugation.
WARNING
Risk of personal injury and material damage
[W28]
Be sure the lid is completely removed from the spin column. Spin columns with
partially removed lids may not be removed properly from the rotor, causing
the protocol run to crash.
Depending on the selected protocol, samples can be loaded onto the shaker or directly into the
centrifuge. Follow the instructions below the screenshot corresponding to your screen. Your screen
may look different depending on the selected protocol.
Loading the centrifuge in case samples are loaded onto shaker
This section describes a workflow that includes the shaker unit (e.g., for lysis). Tubes with samples
need to be loaded onto the shaker unit (refer to section 5.4.8, Loading the shaker), and the
centrifuge must be prepared according the following description.
