Introduction

Thank you for purchasing our products: Microplate Shaker Analyzer IS A-29. This
manual for users contains function and operation of the instrument. In order to
use the instrument properly, please read this manual carefully before using the
instrument. Keep it for later use when you meet with difficulties.

Opening Check
Please check the instrument and Appendix with the packing list when you first
open the instrument packing case. If you find there is something wrong with the
instrument and the Appendix, do contact the vendor or the producer.

After the warranty expires, Fortress Diagnostics can continue to provide paid
maintenance services. After-sales Service Unit
Customer Service Department, Fortress Diagnostics Co., Ltd.
Unit 2C Antrim Technology Park, Antrim, BT41 1QS (United Kingdom)
Tel: +44 (0) 2894 468786
Fax: +44 (0) 2894 469933
Website: www.fortressdiagnostics.com

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 Safety Warnings and Guidelines
1. Important operation information of the security:
Before the users’ operation, they should have a perfect
conception of how to use the Instrument. Therefore, read this manual
carefully before using it.
Operation before reading the manual is forbidden. Read the
guidelines and directions below and carry out the countermeasure
according to them.

2. Security:
The operation, maintenance and repair of the instrument
should comply with the basic guidelines and the remarked warning below.
If you don’t comply with them, it will have effect on the scheduled using
life of the instrument and the protection provided. This product is a normal
and indoor instrument.

The operator should not open or repair the instrument by himself,

which will result in losing the qualification of repair guarantee or occur
accident. If there is some wrong with the instrument, the company will
repair it.
Read the manual carefully before operation. The expert of wiring
equipment can operate this instrument.
During the normal operation, the temperature of metal block will be
very high. There will be scald. Therefore strictly prohibit any part of the
body to touch the instrument from scald.
Close the test tube lids before put the test tubes into the block.
Liquids maybe spill in the block or onto the device if tube lids opened,
that will damage the block or the device.

Before power on, guarantee the voltage used should be accordant to the voltage needed,
and the rated load of electrical outlet should not lower than the demand. If the electric line is
damaged, you should replace it with the same type. You should assure there’s nothing on the
electric line and you should not put the electric line in the ambulatory place. Hold the jack when
you pull out the electric line, and don’t pull the electric line.
A.C. power’s grounding should be reliable to safeguard against an electric shock. The
3-pin plug supplied with thermo-shaker’s power cable is a safety device that should be matched
with a suitable grounded socket.
The instrument should be put in the place of low temperature, little dust, no water and no
sun or strong lamp. What’s more, the place should be good aeration, no corrosively gas or
strong disturbing magnetic field, far away from central heating, camp stove and other hot
resource. Don't put the instrument in wet and dusty place. The vent on the Instrument is
designed for aeration. Don’t wall up or cover the vent in order to keep from high temperature. If
you use the more than one instrument the same time, the distance between them should be
more than 100cm.

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 Mains switch is on the rear of the device, push “I” to power on the device,
and push “O” to power off the device.
Power off when you finish your work. Pull off the connector plug when
there’s long time no use of the Instrument and cover it with a cloth or plastic
paper to prevent from dust.

Pull the connector plug from the jack at once in the following case, and
contact the vendor:
 There is some liquid flowing into the Instrument;
 Drenched or fire burned.
 Abnormal operation: such as abnormal sound or smell.
 Instrument dropping or outer shell damaged.
 The function has obviously changed.

3. The maintenance of instrument

The heating plate should be cleaned by the cloth stained with alcohol to assure good heat
translation between the heating plate and the microtest plates and no pollution. If there
are smutches on the instrument, clean them with cloth.

Power off when cleaning the instrument.

When cleaning the heating plate, don’t drop the cleaning liquid in
the heating plate.
Corrosive cleaning liquid is strongly prohibited.

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 Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Specifications 2

1 The normal operating condition 2

2 The basic parameter and performance 2

Chapter 3 Preparations 3

1 Structure Description 3

2 Keyboard and Display panel 4

3 Key Functions 5

4 Installing the device 5

Chapter 4 Operation Guide 6

1 Temperature, Speed and Time set 6

2 Run, Pause and Stop functions 7

3 Instantaneous Mixing functions 7

4 Fix microtest plates 8

Chapter 5 Failure analysis and troubleshooting 9

Annex 1 Wiring Diagram of Microplate Shaker Analyzer IS A-29 10

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 Chapter 1 - Introduction

The Microplate Shaker Analyzer IS A-29 is designed for shaking 2 standard

96-well microplates in the thermostating mode.

Features of this product as follows:

1. Microprocessor controlled time, speed and temperature
2. Simultaneous display of set and actual time, temperature and shaking speed
3. Beep-signal and stop of shaking motion after program completion
4. Heating platform for standard microtest plate
5. Soft start, easy to setup and use
6. Can be adapted for OEM customers

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 Chapter 2 - Specifications
1. The normal operating condition
Ambient temperature: 5C ～ 30C
The relative humidity: ≤70%
Power supply: 24VDC 5.0A

2. The basic parameters and performance

Model Parameter
MB100-2A

Mixing speed 100~1200 rpm

Orbit 2mm

Temperature range RT+5℃~70℃

Timing range 1min ~ 99h59min

Accuracy of the temperature ≤0.5℃

Heating time ≤ 25min (From room temperature to 70℃)

Standard block 2 microtest plates

Dimension (mm) 280(D)×270(W)×140(H)

Net weight (kg) 7.0

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 Chapter 3 - Preparations
This chapter introduces Microplate Shaker Analyzer IS A-29’s mechanical structure,
the keyboard and each key’s functions and some preparations before power-on. You
should be familiar with this chapter before the Thermo Shaker is first operated.

1. Structure Description

Hot lid

Heating plate

Keyboard

Power switch

Power connector

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2. Keyboard and Display panel

M B100-2A
start
stop set off

temp(℃) speed (rpm) time (h:m)

Display Panel：

Current temperature Current speed Remnant time

P： 60.1 1201 10:30

S： 60.0 1200 15:00

Set temperature Set speed Set time

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3. Key Functions

off Shut or open temperature, speed and time function

Setting key: used together with “ ” and “ ” to set the

set temperature, speed and time

Stop/start key: Press this key to stop or start the

stop/start program. Press it once to start. During running, press
it continuously to stop.

 Increasing key for the temperature, speed or time

 Decreasing key for the temperature, speed or time

4. Installing the device

4.1 Place the shaker on a level and horizontal surface. Make sure that the
ventilation slits are not blocked.
4.2 Insert the column connector of the adapter to power connector of the
device, and insert another connector of the adapter to mains power supply.

AC 100-240V

Adapter

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 Chapter 4 - Operation Guide
1. Temperature, speed and time set

a) The LCD will display the picture as the chart

System-Testing
when the instrument powers on and the
......
instrument goes into the initial state with the
sound of “du…”.

b) About 6s later, P line will display: 25.5 is the

heating block’s current temperature; 0 is the P: 25.5 0 00:00
S: 37.0 1200 10:00
current speed; 00:00 is the current remnant time.
M
S line will display: 37.0 is the former set
temperature; 1200 is the former set speed; 10:00
is the former set time.

c) Press “set” and keep off at once. Then look “S:”

line, there is a cursor “_”, press “set” to move the
cursor, and press  or  to change the digital
on the cursor into the one required. (for example: P: 25.5 0 00:00
as show in the right chart, the current S: 60.0 1000 20:00
M
temperature is 25.5ºC, the set temperature is
60ºC, the current speed is 0 rpm, the set speed
is 1000 rpm, and the mixing time is 20h.

d) If want to shut off temperature function, press

“set” and remove the cursor “_” to the P: 25.5 0 00:00
S: OFF 1000 20:00
temperature column, and press “off”
temperature column will be displayed “off”. It’s
the same as shutting off the speed and time
function.
Notes: 1) Time function set “off”, the time means running for continuous.
2) Temperature, speed and time can’t be set “off” simultaneously
3) The instrument starts to heat automatically according to the previous set
temperature as soon as power on.

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2. Run, pause and stop functions
P: 25.5 0 00:00
a) Press “stop/start” key once to run. S: 60.0 1000 20:00
Notes:

When the current temperature arrives the set Run

temperature, the time start to count backwards
P: 60.1 1002 19:58
and the symbol of “:” will flicker in the circle of 2s. S: 60.0 1000 20:00
When run over, the buzzer alarms.

Pause
b) Press “stop/start” key once to pause the program
P: 60.0 0 16:45
when it is running, and press “stop/start” again to System is Pause
continue the program.

c) Press and hold “stop/start” for 1 second Stop

continuously to stop. The temperature will keep
P: 60.0 0 00:00
on, the speed displays 0, the time displays 00:00. S: 60.0 1000 20:00

3. Instantaneous mixing functions

P: 60.1 0 00:00
S: 60.0 1000 00:00
a) Press “set”, at the same time, there is a cursor “_”
after the “S:”. Press “set” to move the cursor
under the time column. Press “” or “” to
change the time.
b) Press “stop/start”, the instrument will be mixing P: 60.0 NOD 00:00
S: 60.0 1000 00:00
for 6s and then stop.

4．Fix microtest plates

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 Chapter 5 Failure analysis and troubleshooting

Failure analysis and processing procedures

No. Phenomenon Possible Causes Processing Procedure

No power Check the power

Exchange adapter (output
Broken adapter
No signals on the display when it 24VDC 5A)
1
is powered on.
Broken switch Exchange the switch

Others Contact to the seller

The actual and displayed

2 temperatures are quite Broken sensor Contact to the seller
different.

“OPE.1” in the temperature Temperature sensor of

3 Contact to the seller
display with the alarm of “du...” the lid are disconnection
Temperature sensor of
“OPE.2” in the temperature
4 the heating plate are Contact to the seller
display with the alarm of “du...”
disconnection
“SHO.1” in the temperature Temperature sensor of
5 Contact to the seller
display with the alarm of “du...” the lid are short
Temperature sensor of
“SHO.2” in the temperature
6 the heating plate are Contact to the seller
display with the alarm of “du...”
short
“HHH.1” in the temperature Over temperature of the
7 Contact to the seller
display with the alarm of “du...” lid

“HHH.2” in the temperature Over temperature of the

8 Contact to the seller
display with the alarm of “du...” heating plate

“ERR1” in the speed display

9 Rotor locked Contact to the seller
with the alarm of “du...”
“ERR2” in the speed display Rotor is running ,but
10 Contact to the seller
with the alarm of “du...” display is “0 rpm”
“ERR3” in the speed display Actual Speed over max.
11 Contact to the seller
with the alarm of “du...” speed

12 No heating of the heating block Broken heater Contact to the seller

13 Press invalid Broken film switch Contact to the seller

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 Annex 1 Wiring Diagram of Microplate Shaker Analyzer IS A-29
(This diagram is just for you reference. If there is any change, excuse for no notice.)

AC100~240V

Adapter Switch

120W

J5 J10

DC24V
Lid-Heat
J9

Lid-Pt100 Lid
Motor
J1
J2

Main Board Block-Pt100

Block-Heat
J7
J3 Block
LCD Interface

15 16
Key Interface
LCD

J6
J4
1 2

Key Panel

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