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Emergency Sample Recovery

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Issue

How can I open the centrifuge lid manually after a power failure to access my samples?

Environment

Fisher Scientific, IEC, Jouan, and Sorvall/Heraeus centrifuges

Resolution

Click the model number below for instructions on how to retrieve samples from the centrifuge following a power failure.

Fisher Scientific
Accuspin 1/1R	Accuspin 3/3R	Accuspin 17/17R	Accuspin 24C
Accuspin 400	Accuspin Micro	Accuspin Micro R	Accuspin 8C
IEC
Centra W	CL2	CL3	CL10
CL30/30R	CL31/31R	CL40/FL40	GP8
Micromax
Jouan
B4/BR4i	B4/BR4i Multi	C3i/CR3i	C3i/CR3i Multi
C4i/CR4i	HT-6	KR4i	KR22i
KR25i	Legend 23R	MR23i	PK120/120R and Durafuge 200/200R
PK130/130R and Durafuge 300/300R	PK131R
Sorvall/Heraeus
Biofuge Primo	Biofuge Primo R	Biofuge Stratos	Clinifuge
CW-2	CW-2+	Discovery Ultra	Evolution RC
Labofuge 300	Labofuge 400/400R	Legend 14	Legend 21/21R
Legend Mach 1.6/1.6R	Legend T+/RT+	Legend X1/X1R	Legend XF/XFR
Legend XT/XTR	Light Cycler	Lynx	Medifuge
Megafuge 1.0/3.0R	Megafuge 8, Sorvall ST8/SL8	Megafuge 40/40R	Megafuge 16/16R
Micro Ultra M120/150SE	MTX150	Multifuge 1S/SR	Multifuge 3L/LR
Multifuge 3S+/SR+	Multifuge X1/X1R	Multifuge X3/X3FR	Pico 17/21, Fresco 17/21
RC-3B	RC-3B+	RC-3BP+	RC-3C+
RC4/Cryofuge 5500i	RC-5B	RC-5B+	RC-5C
RC-5C+	RC-6 Plus	RC-12BP	RC-12BP+
RC-28S	RT6000/RT7	SL16/16R	SL40/40R
ST16/ST16R	ST40/40R	Super T 21	Ultra 80/Pro 80
Varifuge 3/3R	WX Ultra