5
Maintenance and Care
Cleaning Intervals
5-2
Multifuge 4KR
Thermo Scientific
Cleaning Intervals
For the sake of personal, environmental, and material protection, it is your duty to clean and if
necessary disinfect the centrifuge on a regular basis.
Cleaning
When cleaning centrifuge mind the following:
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Use warm water with a neutral solvent.
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Never use caustic cleaning agents such as soap suds, phosphoric acid, bleaching solutions or
scrubbing powder.
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Use a soft brush without metal bristles to remove stubborn residue.
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Afterwards rinse with distilled water.
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Use only disinfectants with a pH of 6-8.
Clean centrifuge and accessories as follows:
1. Open the centrifuge.
2. Turn off the centrifuge.
3. Pull out the power supply plug.
4. Release the rotor.
5. Grasp the rotor with both hands and lift it vertically off the centrifuge spindle.
Maintenance
Recommended Interval
Clean Rotor Chamber
Daily or when polluted
Clean Rotor
Daily or when polluted
Accessories
Daily or when polluted
Cabinet
Once per month
Ventilation Holes
Every six months
CAUTION
Refrain from using any other cleaning or decontamination procedure than
those recommended here, if you are not entirely sure that the intended procedure is safe
for the equipment.
Use only approved cleansers.
If in doubt, contact Thermo Fisher Scientific.
CAUTION
Before using any cleaning or decontamination methods except those
recommended by the manufacturer, users should check with the manufacturer that the
proposed method will not damage the equipment.
