Safety

Hazard Summary

The motors used in VolumeCheck instruments are not powerful enough to cause harm to your
hands or fingers if you were to get them trapped.

The most significant hazard when using VolumeCheck is the open tubes or plates of your reagents or compounds. You must carry out risk assessments for your materials, and take appropriate safety measures.

CAUTION: follow your lab's safety instructions for handling materials e.g. wearing suitable gloves.

Loading VolumeCheck

VolumeCheck holds the well plate or tube rack on the input tray.

tray

  1. Press the Tray button (top button on front of unit) to open or close the tray. Alternatively, use
    the buttons in the VolumeCheck software.
  2. Place plate or tube rack on the input tray. The well plate or tube rack fits inside alignment
    bars on the input tray.

Plate and tube rack size limitations

To avoid possible damage to your instrument from oversized labware:

  • Power off VolumeCheck to test labware height prior to use.
  • Do not place an oversized object in the input tray.
  • Oversized objects taller than the opening on the front of the unit can jam the input tray.
  • Oversized tube racks or well plates can damage the VolumeCheck sensor.

EMC

No specific EMC precautions are required when operating VolumeCheck instruments.

INFORMATION: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

Noise levels

Noise levels are below 70dB.