RC12
BP™
Introduction & Description
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• A user-friendly, easy to clean control panel with an interactive
backlit LCD SET display that prompts appropriate input and
displays advisory messages, option selection indicators, and a
separate, large LED RUN display for across-the-room viewing.
• Programming capability allows saving (to a battery backed-up
memory) up to 9 sets of run parameters plus 6 step run se-
quences, allowing simple recall and error-free run reproducibil-
ity. The SAVE RUN sequence alerts users before overwriting
programs, to eliminate inadvertent loss. A convenient RECALL
key allows access to saved parameters for selection or reference.
• STEP RUN capability allows the linking-together of up to three
sets of run parameters to automatically perform innovative step
run protocols. The step run sequences may be saved in program
memory for future use.
• KEYPAD LOCK, a 3-position keyswitch with a removable key,
that is designed to limit control panel access. Besides allowing
full functionality, the keyswitch can be set so that run parameters
cannot be changed, or so that only parameters from saved
programs may be run – in either case, greatly reducing the chance
for operator error or unauthorized changes.
• Run duration controlled by TIME (minutes:seconds), by HOLD
(for continuous runs), or by Accumulated Centrifugal Effect™
(ACE). Because rotor load differences, fluctuations in voltage, or
slight mechanical differences affect how quickly centrifuges
reach set speed, ACE calculates the effect of speed in relation to
time, and adjusts run duration to account for differences in
acceleration, thereby improving separation consistency and run
reproducibility – run after run, from centrifuge to centrifuge.
• Rotor SPEED controlled by RPM (revolutions per minute), or by
the RCF (relative centrifugal force, or g-force).
• SLOW START chooses gentle acceleration from 0 to 250 rpm (at
250 rpm, acceleration transitions to the normal, maximum rate),
with the slow start rate defined by the selection of one of ten
different acceleration profiles.
• SLOW STOP chooses gentle deceleration from 500 to 0 rpm
(normal braking from set speed transitions to a more gradual rate
at 500 rpm), with the rate defined by selection of one of ten
different braking profiles.
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