Next Advance 50-AU - Manual (Page 3)

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Operator’s Manual for the Bullet Blender ® 50
SETUP
Place the Bullet Blender ® 50 on a
stable, level lab bench. Carry it by
grasping the bottom sides. Plug the AC
power supply cord connector into the AC
Input Receptacle on the right side 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 use your Bullet Blender ® 50, lift
open the instrument cover, twist the
handle of the sample plate cover counter
clock-wise until the white arrow is in the
unlocked position (see figure below) and
lift the sample plate cover out of the
instrument.
The figure above shows labels that
indicate if the sample plate cover is in the
locked or unlocked position. Here, it is
shown in the locked position.
Insert the 50 mL sample tubes in the
protective sleeves and place the sleeves
into the sample tube plate. The threads
on the sample tubes must be dry and the
caps must be screwed on very tightly. Use
a minimum of 2 sleeves, so that all the
energy from the Bullet Blender is not
concentrated on a single tube. For best
results, the sleeves should be evenly spaced.
Replace the cover and rotate it to lock it in
place. Fold down the handle on the cover,
and then close the lid.
Set the time and the speed to the desired
value. Push the “START” button. At each
three minute interval an LED will light up,
indicating its progress. The air cooling will
continue for 30 seconds after the motor
times out.
Do not operate without the cover locked
in place or with the lid open. There will be
excessive noise, your samples may not be
properly processed, and the tubes might be
knocked out of the instrument, potentially
causing injury.
Turning the “minutes” knob to “0” will
stop the instrument.
Example:
The figure above shows the BB50-AU
model Bullet Blender set to run for 12
minutes at a speed of 8 after running for 6