Sutter Instrument P-1000 - Table of Contents

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DISCLAIMER .........................................................................................................................................iii
SAFETY WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS ....................................................................................iii
Electrical .................................................................................................................................................iii
Avoiding Electrical Shock and Fire-related Injury.............................................................................iii
Back Injury Prevention .........................................................................................................................iv
Operational .............................................................................................................................................iv
Handling Micropipettes.........................................................................................................................iv
1. GENERAL INFORMATION..............................................................................................................1
1.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Glass Capillary & Heating Filament Specifications......................................................................1
1.2.1 Glass Capillary............................................................................................................................1
1.2.2 Heating Filament .......................................................................................................................1
1.3 Technical Support.............................................................................................................................2
1.4 System Description – Front Panel ..................................................................................................2
1.5 System Description – Mechanical (Puller Anatomy) ....................................................................3
1.5.1 Some Basic Information ............................................................................................................3
1.5.2 Air Cooling System.....................................................................................................................3
1.5.3 Heating Assembly ......................................................................................................................4
1.5.4 Upper Pulley Assembly .............................................................................................................5
1.5.5 Cabinet ........................................................................................................................................7
1.5.6 Electronics...................................................................................................................................7
2. TOUCHSCREEN USER INTERFACE GUIDE...............................................................................9
2.1 Startup Screen...................................................................................................................................9
2.2 Home Screen ...................................................................................................................................10
2.2.1 Opening a Program..................................................................................................................10
2.2.2 Calibration of Touch Screen ...................................................................................................10
2.3 Pulling a Pipette..............................................................................................................................10
2.3.1 Pull Report................................................................................................................................12
2.3.2 View Pull Results .....................................................................................................................12
2.3.3 Ramp Test.................................................................................................................................13
2.4 Menu Screen....................................................................................................................................14
2.4.1 Set Time & Date.......................................................................................................................14
2.4.2 Lock Program ...........................................................................................................................14
2.4.3 Preheat Jaws 70°C (Thermolock™)........................................................................................14
2.4.4 Air before Pull...........................................................................................................................14
2.4.5 Air after Pull .............................................................................................................................15
2.5 Program List....................................................................................................................................15
2.5.1 Sutter Pipette Cookbook Feature...........................................................................................15
2.6 Editing a Program ..........................................................................................................................16
2.6.1 Installing a Program................................................................................................................17
2.6.2 Patch Pipettes...........................................................................................................................18
2.6.3 Microinjection Pipettes and High Resistant Electrodes (30-300 Megohm).......................18
2.6.4 Lock/Unlock Program..............................................................................................................18
2.6.5 Safe Heat Mode ........................................................................................................................19
P-1000 FLAMING/BROWN MICROPIPETTE PULLER SYSTEM OPERATION MANUAL – REV. 3.02 (20161118)