Cannon Instrument miniPV-X - Manual (Page 11)

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CANNON ® miniPV-Series Automatic Viscometer with VISCPRO ® Instruction & Operation Manual
Version 1.a— January, 2011; CANNON ® Instrument Company
2139 High Tech Road • State College, PA 16803 • USA
Series to take proper safety precautions when working with these
materials. These safety procedures can be found in the Material Safety
Data Sheets which accompany the solutions.
Installation
miniPV Series setup can be accomplished in just a few minutes by
following the diagrams included with the manual. Fill the miniPV Series
bath per the instructions in Chapter 5.
Required installation components
User-supplied solvent container w/ G38 threads for lid
CANNON
® -supplied Nalgene ® waste bottle with lid
Waste Receiver Assembly
Blue transparent Vacuum line (6 mm FEP)
Pressure and Solvent lines (1/8” FEP) CAUTION
When moving or positioning the miniPV Series unit, do not lift it by the
side panel units (“ears”). Hinges on these modular components are
designed for easy removal. Always support the miniPV Series unit from the
base.
Vacuum Pump unit connections
Use the 1/4” blue opaque polyethylene tubing to vent exhaust from the
Waste Receiver Assembly Exhaust port to the user ventilation system.
Use the 6 mm FEP tubing to connect the Vacuum Port to the bath unit
Vacuum connector.
Use the Waste Receiver Assembly power cable to provide AC power to the
Vacuum Pump from the female Power Supply Vacuum Pump AC connector.
Bath unit connections
Use the 1/8” FEP line to connect from the Solvent A fitting to the user-
supplied solvent container. Insert the end of the solvent tube through the
bottle cap (see NOTE below) and screw the 20-micron filter onto the tube
end. If using two solvents, do the same for the (optional) Solvent
B fitting.
NOTE CANNON provides two G-38 reagent bottle caps for user solvent contain-
ers.
Use the 6 mm FEP tubing to connect the 6 mm Waste Vac port to the 6 mm
Waste/Vacuum fitting on the waste bottle lid.
Use the 1/8” FEP to connect the Pres[sure] barbed fitting to the Air Out
barbed fitting on the Power Supply unit.
Use the RS-232 cable to connect from the RS-232 port to the computer
connection. For multi-unit RS-485 connections, see APPENDIX A.