Opening And Closing The Lid; Opening The Lid; Closing The Lid; Installation And Removal Of The Rotor - Hettich ROTINA 380 Robotic Bedienungs- Und Einbauhinweise

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Opening and closing the lid

14.1

Opening the lid

The lid can only be opened when the centrifuge is switched on and the rotor is at rest. If it cannot be
opened under these circumstances, see the section on "Emergency release".
 Press the button
OPEN / STOP
extinguishes.
If the cycle counter is activated, the number of rotor cycles (centrifugation runs) of the current rotor code
is displayed briefly when the lid is opened, e.g. CYCLES 5120 of 30000 (see chapter "Cycle Counter").
14.2

Closing the lid

Do not put your fingers between lid and housing.
Do not bang the lid shut.
If the left LED in the
lock goes into the basic position (opened).
 Place the lid and lightly press down the front edge of the lid. The locking action is effected by motor. The left LED
in the button
OPEN / STOP
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Installation and removal of the rotor


Clean the motor shaft (C) and the rotor drilling (A), and lightly grease the motor shaft
afterwards. Dirt particles between the motor shaft and the rotor hinder a perfect seating
A
of the rotor and cause an irregular operation.

Place the rotor vertically on the motor shaft. The motor shaft dog (D) must be in the
rotor slot (B) and the white marking (E) on the dog (D) must be on the side of rotor
B
position 1. The alignment of the groove is labelled on the rotor.
C
E
D

Tighten the rotor tension nut with the supplied wrench by turning in a clockwise
direction.

Check the rotor for firm seating.

Loosening the rotor: Loosen the tension nut by turning in a counter clockwise direction,
and turning until the working point for lifting. After passing the working point for lifting
the rotor is loosened from the motor shaft cone. Turn the tension nut until the rotor is
able to be lifted from the motor shaft.
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. The lid unlocks via the motor and the left LED in the pushbutton
button flashes, press the
OPEN / STOP
lights up.
E
Rotor position 1 is already adjusted ex works. Rotor position 1 is the position
where place 1 of the rotor must be located for loading and unloading.
The white marking (E) on the dog (D) must be on the side of rotor position 1 so
that the position of rotor position 1 and the adjusted rotor position 1 agree. To
adjust rotor position 1, see the chapter "Setting rotor position 1".
button so that the motor-driven lid
OPEN / STOP
E
OPEN / STOP