Bio-Rad BioLogic Signal Import Module (SIM) - Manual (Page 221)

SPECIFICATIONS APPENDIX A
A-2
USB Bitbus Communicator
• Size: 4.25” x 2.75” x 1.125”; 11 x 7 x 3 cm (L x W x H)
• Weight: 6 oz
• Electrical: 5 VDC output
General
• System fittings: Flangeless 1/4-28 flat-bottom fittings, fingertight nuts and ferrules
• System Tubing for flow rates up to 15 ml/min: 1/16” (1.6 mm) OD, 0.020” (0.51 mm) ID orange
PEEK tubing. The approximate volume of 1 cm of tubing is 2 µl.
System Tubing for flow rates of 15 ml/min and greater: 1/16” (1.6 mm) OD, 0.030” (0.76 mm) ID
green PEEK tubing. The approximate volume of 1 cm of tubing is 4.5 µl.
Pump Inlet Tubing: 1/8” (3.2 mm) OD, 0.062” (1.6 mm) ID
PTFE tubing
• Wetted materials: 100% bio-compatible
• Solvent compatibility: 1.0 M sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid and organic acids, 1.0 M sulfuric
acid, 7M urea and Guanidine hydrochloric acid, 100% ethanol, isopropanol, and acetonitrile, 0.1%
trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), 1% detergents (including sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), Triton X-100)
• Sound level, Workstation: <70 dBa
• Dimensions, Workstation (approx.): ~35 x 41 x 18 cm (W x D x H); height with 3-tray rack: 76 cm
Dimensions, Maximizer (approx.): 36 x 47 x 11 cm (W x D x H)
• Weight (Controller, Workstation, monitor, rack, inject valve and detection modules): 34.5 kg (76 lbs)
(approximate). Weight, Maximizer: 4.8 kg.
• Operating temperature (excluding Controller and USB Bitbus Communicator): 4° – 40°C
Detection
• Fixed wavelength, mercury lamp with 280/254 nm filter, auto zero; 0.0001 - 2.0 AUFS detection
range
• Analytical (5 mm pathlength, 16 µl total volume) flow cell
• Preparative (2 mm pathlength 30 µl volume) flow cell
• Optional 214 nm detection kit (includes zinc lamp, housing, and 214 nm filter)
• Optional wavelength filters include: 214, 313, 365, 405, 436, and 546 nm
• Conductivity detection (500 mS/cm; 6 µl flow cell; accuracy ± 2% full scale)
• Optional flow-through pH monitor (includes flow cell, pH electrode, and SIM)
• Cold room compatible
Sample Loading
• Fixed sample loops, 100 µl to 5.0 ml; automated injection valve included
• Large volume loading through the Gradient Pump. Optional inlet select valves (SV5-4, AVR9-8) for
sanitation and multiple sample use.
• Variable volume sample loading through the DynaLoop sliding-piston sample loop.
• Software control of an auxiliary pump for multiple sample loop fills and large volume dynamic loop
filling.
Valve Control
• Up to three low-pressure, automated solenoid valves (SV5-4 and SVT3-2) for stream selection.
• Up to three high-pressure, automated valves (AVR7-3 and AVR9-8) for sample inject, column
switching and stream selection.