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Trays are made of stainless steel 304.
Water reservoir is made of polyethylene.
Door handle is made of hard plastic material, which is safe to touch and
thermo-insulated.
3.7. Stickers Description
Symbol
Meaning
Part Number Location
Caution! Consult
accompanying
documents
LAB048-
0024
Near the main power
electric cable socket
Caution! Hot
surface.
LAB048-
0023
On the top cover
above the door and on
the rear cover above
the water strainer
Caution! Hot
steam.
LAB048-
0058
On the top cover near
the water reservoir
opening (hot steam
emerges out of the
safety valve located
inside the reservoir)
3.8. Water Quality
Physical Characteristics and Contaminants Levels
The distilled or mineral–free water supplied to the autoclave should have the
physical characteristics and maximum acceptable level of contaminants
indicated in the table below:
Physical Characteristics and Maximum acceptable contaminants levels
in steam for sterilizers (According to EN 13060: 2010)
Element
Condensate – allowable
content
Silicon dioxide SiO
2
≤0.1 mg/kg
Iron
≤0.1 mg/kg
Cadmium
≤0.005 mg/kg
Lead
≤ 0.05 mg/kg
All other metals except iron, cadmium, lead
≤0.1 mg/kg
Chloride (Cl)
≤0.1 mg/kg
Phosphate (P
2
O
5
)
≤0.1 mg/kg
Conductivity
≤3 μs/cm
pH value (degree of acidity)
5 to 7
Appearance
Colorless clean without
sediment
Hardness (Σ Ions of alkaline earth)
≤0.02 mmol/l
