BINDER CB 60 - Manual (Page 110)

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18.3 Hot-air sterilization at 180 °C / 356 °F
The very first sterilization after operation may cause an odor. This is not a quality defect. We
recommend ventilating well the room during sterilization.
18.3.1 Overview
Heating up Holding Cooling down Equilibrating
4 hours 6 hours unlimited
Sterilization cycle of 10 hours
Figure 27: Setpoint profile during the sterilization cycle
The CB incubator can perform an automatically controlled hot-air sterilization cycle. This procedure will
take approx. 10 hours and consists of the following steps:
• Heating up phase: The incubator heats up the inner chamber as fast as possible to the
sterilization setpoint temperature
• Holding phase: Constant sterilization setpoint temperature
The sterilization setpoint temperature is pre-set in factory to 187.5 °C / 369.5 °F. The
duration of the heating up and holding phase is in total 4 hours. This ensures that 180 °C /
356 °F is maintained on all internal surfaces for at least 30 minutes
• Cooling down phase: Programmed duration of 6 hours until 37 °C / 98.6°F is reached
• Equilibration phase: This phase of unlimited duration follows the sterilization with a
constant setpoint temperature of 37 °C / 98.6 °F
To start the hot-air sterilization cycle, go to
Menu > Hot-air sterilization
37 °C
187.5 °C