KD Scientific Centrifan PE - Manual (Page 38)

B-4 Centrifan TM PE Personal Evaporator
Instructions for cutting splitter tabs to accommodate Microcentrifuge tube liquid volumes.
Please note that the gasflow splitter for the Microcentrifuge rotor is diecut with long tabs to
maximize the drying rate for the last few microliters in the tip of a tube. However, it is not
effective to use the long tabs when there is more liquid present because if the tab contacts the
liquid then the evaporative gas flow is effectively blocked.
In these instances where more liquid is present in the tubes, a second splitter has been provided
with the Microcentrifuge rotor so that the tabs may be cut shorter to suit the specific liquid
volume requirements. The two illustrations show the original splitter with the long tabs (above)
and a second modified splitter which shows the tabs shortened for use with tubes containing
volumes of 1 mL (below).
Additional splitters (long tabs) may be ordered using part number 78-8410.