Drummond Nanoject III - Notes

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Notes
The Nanoject III does not use any O-rings to secure the micropipet. We have incorporated
a small chuck and a silicon receiver for the glass micropipet. The micropipet should slide
easily onto the wire, provided the collet has been loosened enough.
When storing the injector, do not tighten the collet. Leave it slightly loosened.
Cleaning Instructions: To clean the Nanoject III, simply wipe the control box down with
a moist cloth. The injector head can also be cleaned with a moist cloth; unscrew the
collet and wipe off the excess oil with a clean Kimwipe or soft cloth. The wire plunger
may be wiped down with alcohol.
Wire Plunger
(3-000-000-207)
Collet
(3-000-030-C)
Chuck
Glass Micropipet
Seal
(Required
Orientation)
[SETUP] Mode
This mode will enable the user to
program and store the manual fill and
empty rates. As before, use the [+]
and [-] icons to select the desired
independent values for both the FILL
SPEED (NL/SEC) and the EMPTY SPEED
(NL/SEC).
Note: As mentioned earlier, the fill and
empty speeds on this screen have no
effect on the injection rate.
Press the [HOME] icon to manually fully retract the plunger to the “home” position.
Press the [EXIT] icon to exit back to the operational mode screen.
Orientation of the collet components is critical
to the proper operation of this unit. You will
see the collet contains a black “chuck” and a
green “seal”. This seal has a small opening
and a large opening. The small opening or hole
slides over the wire plunger while the large
opening or hole receives the back end of the
pulled micropipet and must face the tip of the
micropipet. Failure to orient this piece properly
will cause an improper seal and will not enable
the Nanoject III to inject properly.
When placing the backfilled micropipet on to
the wire plunger and through the chuck, do not
force the micropipet, merely push it onto the
plunger until it bottoms out in the green seal.
Then tighten the collet to secure the pipet.