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Wetware assembly

Step 1: 20ml vial assembly #

  1. Gather the 20ml vial, stirbar, and stainless steel ports.
  2. Remove the cap from the vial.
  3. Gently but firmly push the stainless steel ports into the four holes. The two straight ports are placed in the outer holes, and the two bent ports are placed in the inner holes.
  4. Position the ports about half way through the vial cap for now. These can be adjusted later.
  5. Place the stirbar in the vial and secure the cap.

Step 2: Inserting the O-rings #

  1. The top vial holder has a groove within the body where the thinner #024 O-ring sits. Carefully insert the O-ring using your fingers. Make sure to not twist the O-ring.
  2. Run your finger inside the vial holder, pushing the O-ring into place to ensure a snug fit.

Step 3: Connect the flex cable #

  1. On the heater PCB, locate the white-&-beige cable connector, pull the beige-colored tabs outward to open it.
  2. Insert the flex cable blue side down, copper side up, into the cable connector.
  3. Then push the beige tabs back in to secure the flex cable.

Step 4: Place and secure the heater PCB #

  1. Insert the other end of the flex cable below the O-ring and into the groove. Pull it through.
  2. Apply pressure on the back of the heater PCB so that it lies flat on the O-ring. Maintain this pressure for the next steps.
  3. While maintaining pressure, flip the holder and insert the two M2.5-CS 6mm screws (heads up: your screws might be brass, not black) into the holes - don't tighten fully yet.
  4. While maintaining pressure, take turns screwing each in until both are reasonably tight, and the heater PCB is securely attached to the bottom vial holder.

Step 5: Placing the heating pad #

  1. Remove the clear plastic from one side of the thermal pad. This exposes a sticky side on the thermal pad.
  2. Place on the flat (aluminum) part of the heating PCB. Lightly apply downwards pressure to secure it and remove any air bubbles trapped..
  3. Remove the blue protective plastic on top of the thermal pad.

Step 6: Complete the vial holder #

  1. Screw the top and bottom vial holder sections together so that the IR label is positioned above the flat-flex-cable.
  2. Set this aside and proceed to the next page.