Equipment Supplied; Cleaning And Care Of The Filter Holder; Assembling The Filter Holder And Inserting The Membrane Filter - Sartorius stedim 16309 Instrucciones Para El Uso

2. Equipment Supplied

Remove the filter holder from the packaging
and check the list below to make sure you
have all parts of the equipment:
Equipment Supplied
1 Filtrate flask
1 Glass base with connector
1 Filter support with glass
frit and fluoroelastomer
O-ring
1 Glass funnel
1 Clamp

3. Cleaning and Care of the Filter Holder

To ensure a long service life and proper
functioning of your filter holder, it is neces-
sary to clean it before initial use and after
each filtration run.
To clean the filter holder, proceed as fol-
lows:
3.1 Completely disassemble the holder.
3.2 Using a commercially available detergent
(for metal, glass, plastic) and a soft brush,
clean all parts with warm water.
3.3 Rinse all parts with hot water first, then
with distilled water.
3.4 Dry parts with compressed air or
drip-dry. Do not use towels or cloth to dry
since they may leave lint on the filter holder.
Photo No. – 1 Source of vacuum (e.g., 16612/15)
– 1 Vacuum hose (16623)
1a
– 1 Woulff's bottle (16610)
1b
– 1 Vacusart (17804-M)
– 1 Pair of forceps for handling the
1c
1d
1e
4. Assembling the Filter Holder and
Inserting the Membrane Filter
You will need the following additional
equipment to assemble your vacuum
filtration system:
membrane (see Fig. 4)
4.1 Place the filtrate flask on the table
(Fig. 1a), and set the glass base on the
filtrate flask (Fig. 2).
4.2 Place the filter support with the
fluoroelastomer O-ring facedown on the
glass base (Fig.3).
4.3 Using forceps, remove the membrane
filter from the packaging and center it
on the filter support (Fig. 4). If a prefilter
is additionally required for your filtration
run, center it on top of the membrane
filter (Fig. 5). The diameter of the prefil-
ter may not exceed the dimensions listed
under section 1, "Specifications."
4.4 Center the glass funnel on the glass
base (Fig. 6), and secure both parts using
the clamp (Fig. 7).
4.5 Connect the filtrate flask to the
source of vacuum using the vacuum
hose.
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