Techne Prime Elite - Manual (Page 18)

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PRIME ELITE SPECIFICATION
TEMPERATURE
Block temperature range 4°C or 20ºC below ambient to 100ºC
Block uniformity <±0.3ºC
Temperature accuracy <±0.2ºC
Gradient availability 10°C to 100°C
Maximum gradient 30ºC (16ºC with the 384-well block)
Minimum gradient 1ºC
Column uniformity with a 10ºC gradient <±0.3ºC
Pre-run sample cooling Yes, 4ºC
Temperature set point adjustment 0.1ºC
HEATING/COOLING RATE
Maximum heating rate 5.0ºC/s
Minimum heating rate 0.1ºC/s
Maximum cooling rate 3.0ºC/s
Minimum cooling rate 0.1ºC/s
HEATED LID
Selectable heated lid temperature 35 to 115ºC or off
Pre-heat lid Yes
Warm up time from ambient <2 min
Over-temperature cut-out Yes
Regulated heated lid pressure Automatic
The heated lid is only operational if the block temperature is set above 35ºC
PROGRAMMING*
Program interface 5.7” colour VGA LCD touch screen
Maximum number of programs stored 1000
Maximum number of stages per program 99
Maximum number of steps per stage 99
Maximum number of cycles per stage 99
Programmable ramp rate Yes, 0.1ºC/s steps
Maximum hold time 99h 59m 59s
Minimum hold time 1s
Gradient calculator Yes
Incremented/decremented temperature Yes
Incremented/decremented time Yes
Pause facility Yes
Program naming Alpha numeric plus symbols
Password protection Yes
Keyword selection Yes
Run completion time Yes
End of program alarm Yes
Auto resume on power failure Yes with options of 10min, 30min, 1h or always
Oligonucleotide T
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calculator Yes, based on the Nearest-Neighbour method 1
*Programming for Satellite units is via a Prime Elite unit or Techne Workbench PC software.
1 Breslauer, K.J.; Frank, R.; Blocker, H. and Marky, L.A. (1986) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83, pp
3746-3750.