Checking pumps for leaks

A decrease in liquid flow or air bubbles in the lines may be due to a leaking pump. Inspect the pumps for leaks daily to identify potential problems.

Materials required

Biohazard

Time: 10 minutes

Analyzer mode: READY

Wear personal protective equipment.
Use universal precautions.

There are two types of pumps, vertical and horizontal:

SP and DIP vertical pumps

The sampling aspiration pump (SP) or the dilution aspiration pump (DIP)

Other vertical pumps (not SP and DIP)

The sampling wash pump (SCP), dilution discharge pump (DOP), reagent aspiration and dispensing pumps (RP1 and RP2), and reagent wash pumps (RWP1 and RWP2)

 

1   DCP

2   DIP

3   DOP

4   SCP

5   SP

6   RP-1

7   RWP-1

8   RP-2

9   RWP-2

 

Horizontal pumps

The dilution cuvette wash pumps (DWP1, DWP2, DWP3 and DWP4), reaction cuvette wash pumps (WP1, WP2, and WP3), and reaction cuvette detergent pumps (DTP1 and DTP2)

 

 

 

1   DWP1

2   DWP2

3   DWP3

4   DWP4

5   WCV2

6   WCV1

7   WP1

8   WP2

9   WP3

10   DTP1

11   DTP2