Operating Information; Safety Notes - Sartorius Stedim Biotech CERTOMAT BS-T Mode D'emploi

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Operating Information

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Safety Notes

Media used with incubation shakers can be hazardous.
This is especially true for shaking cultures with living
cells. If dangerous media are used only authorized
personnel may have access to the unit or operate it.
The operator must inform the personnel about the
dangers when shaking cultures are used as well as
about the necessary safety regulations.
The following safety notes must be observed:
When hazardous agents should be treated, only
authorized personnel is allowed to have access to the
laboratory or to the working area, respectively, and be
allowed to operate the unit. It must be guaranteed
that unauthorized persons do not have access to the
unit.
The personnel must wear adequate working clothes
and personal protection, such as gloves, protective
goggles, or breath protection, for instance.
Only accessories must be used which Sartorius Stedim
Biotech GmbH has released for the BS-T. Before
starting operation all parts should be checked for
damages, especially the glass parts. You must not use
any damaged or defective (glass) equipment.
The cover with the thermopane glass is very heavy.
Never let the cover fall down or bounce upward. When
opening the box, carefully hold the cover and guide,
until it reaches its final position. For closing, carefully
guide the cover until it is closed.
Do not start the shaking drive without tray. Always
switch-off the shaking drive before mounting or
removing the tray or any of the containers to be
incubated.
Properly fasten the tray and all mountings and holders
to prevent that the containers can loosen during
operation. When loading the tray you should evenly
distribute the containers on the tray (i.e. balanced
arrangement) and ensure that they cannot hit against
each other.
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Only operate the shaking box with the admissible
operating values (see chapter 4 "Technical Data".
Reduce the shaking speed as far as necessary, if
resonance effects occur and vibrations are transmitted
to the working place or devices placed around.
At specific shaking speeds and depending on the load
the action of the shaking drive can cause vibrations due
to „self-resonance" effects. Such vibrations cannot be
fully compensated by the internal balance weights of
the tray support and will be transmitted to the BS-T and
the working place.
If media are incubated in open containers you should
lower the shaking speed as far as possible to avoid
unintended spillage of the media. If the media are
released unintentionally, i.e. due to breaking of glass
vessels, for instance, you should clean the shaking
cabinet and remove the broken glass and any foreign
bodies.