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Maintenance and Care
Cleaning Intervalls
6-2
Sorvall Legend XF / XFR
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 centrifug
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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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Rinse the cavities out thoroughly.
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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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Place the rotors on a plastic grate with their cavities pointing down.
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If drying boxes are used, the temperature must never exceed 50 °C, since higher temperatures
could damage the material and shorten the lifetime of the parts.
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Use only disinfectants with a pH of 6-8.
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Dry aluminum parts off with a soft cloth.
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After cleaning, treat the entire surface of aluminum parts with corrosion protection oil (7000
9824). Also treat the cavities with oil.
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Store the aluminum parts at room temperature or in a cold-storage room with the cavities
pointing down.
Maintenance
Recommended interval
D
aily or when polluted
Clean rotor chamber
D
aily or when polluted
Clean rotor
D
aily or when polluted
Accessories
O
nce per month
Cabinet
Every six months
Ventilation holes
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.
