Next Advance BBY - Manual (Page 3)

Operator’s Manual for the Bullet Blender
®
3
SETUP
Place the Bullet Blender on a stable,
level lab bench. Plug the cord from the
AC/DC power adapter into the 24V
socket on the back of the Bullet Blender
and then insert the plug into a wall
outlet. You should see lights on the
time setting flash for several seconds,
indicating that the unit is receiving
power. It is now set up.
OPERATION
To begin using your BBX- or BBY
series Bullet Blender, lift open the
cover and insert the appropriate tubes.
For BBX24 models (BBX24 and
BBX24B), place up to twenty four
closed 1.5 mL to 2.0 mL polypropylene
high quality snap-cap (e.g. Eppendorf
®
Safe-Lock™) microcentrifuge tubes
containing samples into the sample
plate, and close the cover. When using
2.0 mL tubes we recommend using at
least two tubes per homogenization
cycle.
In the Bullet Blender 5 Storm
(BBY5M), load up to twelve 5 mL
Axygen
®
brand screw-cap tubes. In the
Blender 5 E (BBY5E), load up to
twelve 5 mL Eppendorf
®
tubes.
For the Bullet Blender Storm
(BBY24M), use up to 24 Next Advance
RINO
®
screw-cap tubes or 1.5 mL
Eppendorf
®
Safe-Lock snap-cap tubes.
In order to use these tubes, the Bullet
Blender must be fitted with the
appropriate gasket corresponding to the
tube type. Each gasket is clearly labeled
“RINO” or “Eppendorf”. The gasket is
removed by unscrewing the three
screws with a Phillips head screw driver
and lifting the gasket off of the lid.
Attach the proper gasket by aligning the
holes in the gasket with the holes in the
lid and inserting the screws. Make sure
that the gasket is screwed on securely,
or else homogenization efficiency may
be affected. Do not over-tighten the
screws. Only RINO
®
screw-cap tubes
are recommended for use in the Bullet
Blender outfitted with the RINO™
gasket; other screw-cap tubes may
break or result in sub-optimal
homogenization.
The snap-caps on the
microcentrifuge tubes must be closed
securely before using in the Bullet
Blender. The threads on all screw-cap
tubes must be dry and the caps must be
screwed on very tightly before using in
the Bullet Blender.
Do not operate with the cover
open. There will be excess noise, your
samples will not be properly processed
and the tubes may be knocked entirely
out of the instrument potentially
causing injury. If you turn the
“minutes” knob to “0”, the instrument
will stop.