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Operation
2. Enter the new value as described above.
3. Press
START
.
4. The value is set and used immediately.
3. 6. Centrifugation
WARNING
Damage to health from centrifuging explosive or flammable materials
or substances. Do not centrifuge explosive or flammable materials or
substances.
CAUTION
Due to air friction sample integrity may be affected.
The temperature of the rotor may rise significantly while the centrifuge is
spinning. Ventilated units lead to a heat up of the rotor above the ambient
temperature. Refrigerated units can have a deviation from displayed and
set temperature to the sample temperature.
Make sure the centrifuge temperature control capabilities meet your
application specification. If necessary make a test run.
Mind the safety zone of minimum 30 cm around the centrifuge. Refer to
. Persons and hazardous substances must be kept out of this safety zone while
centrifuging.
Once the main switch has been turned on, the rotor has been properly installed, the
setpoints have been set as explained in the previous section, and the centrifuge lid has
been closed, you are ready to start.
Starting Centrifugation
Press
START
on the control panel. The centrifuge accelerates to the preset speed with
the time display active.
The circulating indicators in the left display represent the spinning rotor.
The run display begins to count down from the pre-selected value. If the remaining run time
is less then 1 minute, the remaining time is given in seconds.
In continuous operation
hd
"Continuous Operation" on page 55
)
the time display
counts up. The elapsed run time is initially displayed in seconds. After one minute the
display changes every minute.
Stopping Centrifugation
With Pre-selected Run Time
If run time has been pre-selected, all you have to do is wait until the centrifuge terminates
the run automatically.
As soon as the speed drops to zero, the message
END
will appear in the display. By