BUCHI DuMaster D-480 - Manual (Page 218)

Operation Manual D-480 ©BÜCH Labortechnik AG
8 - Maintaining the instrument 218
Removing, cleaning and installing the carousel
Purpose of cleaning
Dust accumulations or damaged sample packings may soil the carousel in the course of time.
Cleaning the carousel prevents these foreign substances from entering the apparatus when you
introduce the sample and cause errors.
Requirements:
Keep the following ready:
 a soft cloth or bottle brush.
 some water with a mild laboratory cleaner.
Cleaning the carousel
Safety instruction
Strictly observe the safety instruction "Damaged base panel" under Warning notes during operation
(on page 24).
Proceed as follows:
 Ensure that all samples have been removed from the carousel.
 Perform a reference run in order to move the carousel to the correct position.
 Press both handles down and lift the carousel with the protruding handles toward the top.
 Dismantle the carousel into its two component parts:
 the metal ring and
 the plastic top section with the ring holder magnets.
Remove the four hexagon head screws (1) with a wrench.