Next Advance Gold 24-AU - Manual (Page 3)

SETUP
Place the Bullet Blender
®
Gold 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 Gold, 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. Insert the
sample tubes evenly spaced, re-place
the sample plate cover, twist the handle
clock-wise until it is in the locked
position and close the instrument cover.
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.
Only 1.5 mL RINO
®
screw-cap
tubes or Eppendorf
®
Safe-Lock
®
snap-
cap tubes should be used in this
instrument. In order to use these tubes,
the Bullet Blender must be fitted with
the appropriate gasket corresponding to
the tube type. Each gasket is clearly
labeled “RINO” or “Eppendorf”. The
gasket is removed by unscrewing the
three screws with a Phillips head screw
driver and lifting the gasket off of the
lid. Attach the proper gasket by
aligning the holes in the gasket with the
holes in the lid and inserting the screws.
Make sure that the gasket is screwed on
securely, or else homogenization
efficiency may be affected. Only
RINO
®
screw-cap tubes are
recommended for use in the Bullet
Blender outfitted with the RINO
®
gasket; other screw-cap tubes may
break or result in sub-optimal
homogenization.
For best results, the tubes should be
evenly spaced. Set the duration, in
minutes, and the speed to the desired
value. Push the start button. As each
minute passes, another LED will light
up. The Bullet Blender
Gold will not
start until the sample plate cover is
properly locked.
If you turn the “Time” knob to “0”,
the instrument will stop.