Techne Sample Concentrator User Manual
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OPERATION
Preparation
1.
Place the aluminium insert blocks to be used into the Dri-Block
®
unit. The blocks should touch each
other and be positioned centrally.
2.
Loosen the locking knob on the carriage. Remove the gas chamber, disconnecting the gas pipe if
necessary, and lay the chamber upside down on a suitable work surface.
3.
Insert the hyperdermic needles in the pattern to suit the test tubes to be placed in the heater.
The needle guide holes are labelled with a letter corresponding with the type of insert block used in the
heater. These are listed in the following table. As an example if you use the block for twelve 15mm test
tubes (block number F3506) you would place a needle in all the holes labelled C and all holes labelled D.
Only Sample Concentrators with the part number FSC496D or a replacement head part number 6104202
will have the 96 well array.
Tube size
Insert block
Hole label
& number
number
6mm x 30
F3502
A
10mm x 20
F3503
B
12mm x 20
F3504
B
13mm x 20
F3505
B
15mm x 12
F3506
C & D
16mm x 12
F3507
C & D
19mm x 8
F3508
D, E & F
25mm x 6
F3509
D & E
9mm x 10
F4461
A
7mm x 20
24mm x 6
F4462
D & E
26mm x 6
F4463
D & E
1.5ml x 20
F4464
B
0.5ml x 30
F4465
A
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