Document Outline

• 1 About this manual
  • 1.1 Reference documents
  • 1.2 Trademarks
  • 1.3 Abbreviations
• 2 Safety
  • 2.1 User qualification
  • 2.2 Proper use
  • 2.3 Improper use
  • 2.4 Safety warnings and safety signals used in this manual
  • 2.5 Product safety
    • 2.5.1 Instrument-related hazards
    • 2.5.2 Other hazards
    • 2.5.3 Personal protective equipment
    • 2.5.4 Safety elements
  • 2.6 General safety rules
• 3 Technical data
  • 3.1 Scope of delivery
    • 3.1.1 Instrument configurations
    • 3.1.2 Ordering matrix
    • 3.1.3 Standard accessories
    • 3.1.4 Standard accessory glassware
    • 3.1.5 Optional accessories
  • 3.2 Materials used
  • 3.3 Technical data overview
  • 3.4 Solvent table
• 4 Description of function
  • 4.1 Functional principle of the Multivapor
    • 4.1.1 Functional principle of the stand-alone unit
    • 4.1.2 Functional principle of the Multivapor-Rotavapor edition
    • 4.1.3 Controls of the Multivapor (stand-alone)
    • 4.1.4 Display of the Multivapor
    • 4.1.5 Rear connections of the Multivapor
  • 4.2 Multivapor platform
  • 4.3 Crystal rack
  • 4.4 Sample preparation rack
  • 4.5 Blank adapters (optional)
  • 4.6 PE frits
  • 4.7 Adapter spring
  • 4.8 Sample transfer plate
  • 4.9 Vacuum cover
  • 4.10 Protective shield (optional)
  • 4.11 Condensation (optional)
  • 4.12 High-boiling solvents - Woulff bottle (optional)
  • 4.13 Vacuum solution (optional)
  • 4.14 Connection to a rotary evaporator (optional)
  • 4.15 Refrigerated receiver (optional)
• 5 Putting into operation
  • 5.1 Installation site
  • 5.2 Electrical connections
  • 5.3 Commissioning the Multivapor basic instrument
    • 5.3.1 Commissioning the crystal rack
    • 5.3.2 Assembling the Woulff bottle (optional)
    • 5.3.3 Anti-seismic tie-down
  • 5.4 Glass assembly
    • 5.4.1 Type S and type C condenser
    • 5.4.2 Condenser assembly with the refrigerated receiver (optional)
  • 5.5 Tube connections
    • 5.5.1 Cooling water
    • 5.5.2 Vacuum tubes
  • 5.6 Commissioning the Multivapor-Rotavapor edition
  • 5.7 Functional test
    • 5.7.1 Vacuum tightness test
• 6 Operation
  • 6.1 Settings at the Multivapor platform
    • 6.1.1 Selecting a preset temperature
    • 6.1.2 Changing/switching off the preset temperature
    • 6.1.3 Setting the rotational speed
  • 6.2 Sample preparation
    • 6.2.1 Heating up the instrument
    • 6.2.2 Sample preparation
  • 6.3 Selecting the distillation conditions
  • 6.4 Distillation
  • 6.5 Optimizing the vacuum conditions (optional)
    • 6.5.1 Manual vacuum control and solvent library (V-850/V-855)
    • 6.5.2 Pressure gradients (V-855)
    • 6.5.3 Automatic distillation (V-855)
  • 6.6 Optimizing the distillation conditions
  • 6.7 When the distillation “dies out”
  • 6.8 At the end of a run
• 7 Maintenance
  • 7.1 Housing
  • 7.2 Tube connections and joints
  • 7.3 Sealing system
    • 7.3.1 Cleaning the seals
    • 7.3.2 Replacing the tube adapter seals
    • 7.3.3 Replacing the conical adapter O-rings
    • 7.3.4 Cleaning the vacuum cover and replacing the corresponding O-rings
  • 7.4 Crystal rack
  • 7.5 Glass components
  • 7.6 PE frits (optional)
• 8 Troubleshooting
  • 8.1 Malfunctions and their remedy
  • 8.2 Customer service
• 9 Shutdown, storage, transport and disposal
  • 9.1 Storage and transport
  • 9.2 Disposal
  • 9.3 Health and safety clearance form
• 10 Spare parts
  • 10.1 Basic instrument
  • 10.2 Evaporation unit
  • 10.3 Adapter sets
  • 10.4 Condenser assemblies
  • 10.5 Various glass parts
  • 10.6 Miscellaneous
• 11 Declarations and requirements
  • 11.1 FCC requirements (for USA and Canada)
  • 11.2 Declaration of conformity