A D BA Series Premium Level Micro Semi Micro Balances Instruction Manual

A D BA Series Premium Level Micro Semi Micro Balances

Product Information

The A&D Borealis BA-T/BA series is a line of premium-level micro/semi-micro balances that offer sophisticated weighing solutions with outstanding ease of use and maintenance. These balances provide supreme precision and optimize your weighing tasks. They are designed to meet various laboratory requirements and offer exceptional efficiency and time savings. The BA-T series includes 0.001 mg models (micro balances) and 0.01 mg models (semi-micro balances). These models feature a 5-inch wide color touch screen, which enhances operability and functionality. All BA-T series models come standard with an external ionizer (static eliminator). The BA series also includes 0.001 mg models (micro balances) and 0.01 mg models (semi-micro balances). These models have a standard reverse-backlit LCD and are suitable for users who only require core functionality. The 0.001 mg models in the BA series come equipped with an external ionizer as standard.

Product Usage Instructions

Operating the Breeze Break Doors:

• The side doors of the breeze break can be opened/closed using the non-contact IR sensors on the display unit or optional foot switches.
• This allows for smooth and efficient access to the weighing chamber.
• The actuator used for opening/closing the doors is a pump and air cylinder mechanism, which is quieter and more durable than conventional motor actuators.

Patented Breeze Break Unit:

• The top door of the breeze break can be oriented so that the handle is positioned to the rear, making it easier for you to see inside.

Inner Breeze Break for 0.001 mg Models:

• The open side of the inner breeze break can be easily turned around.

IR Sensors:

• For the BA-T series, the IR sensors can be used for contactless operation of the RE-ZERO or PRINT command.

Automatic Doors:

• The opening distance of the doors can be set to full, half, or your preferred distance.
• You can also open/close the doors manually if preferred, without causing any damage to the actuator.

Touch Screen and User Navigation (for the BA-T series):

• The touch screen enables intuitive operations and allows for easy entry of numbers, changing settings, etc.
• The touch screen is responsive to pressure, making it possible to operate even while wearing thick gloves (resistive touchscreen).
• Four frequently used keys are provided as physical keys for quick access.

Multiple Languages (for the BA-T series):

• The display language can be set to English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Chinese, or Japanese.

Innovative Design for Easy Cleaning:

• Each glass pane of the breeze break can be easily separated for thorough cleaning and disinfection thanks to the unique clip system.
• The doors of the breeze break suspend from the ceiling instead of resting on grooves, preventing the accumulation of contaminants during use.

Supreme Percision, Optimizing Your Weigh
Come experience premium weighing solutions with outstanding ease of use and maintenance. In addition to promising fully reliable results, A&D Borealis BA-T/BA series provides exceptional efficiency and time savings to improve your daily tasks and routines while meeting various laboratory requirements. An ideal choice if you seek superior professional quality and need nothing but the best!

BA-T series

With a 5-inch wide color touch screen, the BA-T series brings maximum operability, enhanced functionality and a broader range of solutions. All models come standard with an external ionizer (static eliminator).

BA series

The BA series has a standard reverse-backlit LCD, and is suitable for users who only require core functionality. The 0.001 mg models are equipped with an external ionizer as standard.

Operating a balance should never feel difficult, even when weighing micrograms
Automatic opening/closing of the breeze break doors
The side doors of the breeze break can be opened/closed using the non-contact IR sensors on the display unit (or optional foot switches) for smooth, efficient access to the weighing chamber. For the actuator, A&D adopt a pump and air cylinder mechanism,♦ which is much quieter and more durable than conventional motor actuators.

Innovative design that makes cleaning the balance simple and effortless
Easily separable glass panes
Each glass pane of the breeze break can be easily separated for thorough cleaning/disinfection  thanks to the unique clip system.

Detachable breeze break unit
The breeze break unit itself can also be easily detached from the weighing unit by pulling out the two side fasteners.♦ This allows for fast, simple cleaning as well as replacement in case of failure.

How peak weighing performance can be assured at all times
On-screen leveling assist (for the BA-T series)
The touch screen provides a visual instruction on which leveling foot (feet) to rotate in which direction(s) depending on the position of the air bubble on the level indicator (available as part of the daily check function described later).

AD-Just – Automatic self sensitivity adjustment
The balance can be set to calibrate and adjust its sensitivity automatically using its internal weight according to the set execution condition (i.e. temperature change, preset time or interval) when there is nothing on its weighing pan. An indicator (message for the BA-T series) blinks to give notice before the adjustment starts.

Internal repeatability test
It is also possible to have the balance test and calculate repeatability (standard deviation) using its internal weight to quickly assess the performance under a given environment. For the BA-T series, the repeatability measurement mode can be immediately accessed by pressing [P-TEST] on the screen, which enables repeatability testing using an external weight as well as the internal weight.

Impact shock detection (ISD)
The ISD function detects impact loads applied to the weighing sensor and indicates their strength in five levels from 0 to 4. Level 3 and Level 4 are also accompanied by a beep sound. Using this as reference, you will be able to reduce impact loads in future weighing, and thereby avoid measurement errors as well as potential damage to the weighing sensor.

Impact loads of Level 3 and Level 4 are saved in the Impact Shock Detection History log. When there is a problem with the balance, the log can be used to check how the balance was used.

Smart routine check (SRC) (for the BA-T series)
The SRC function displays the balance handling level, or how adequately it has been used, in three levels based on the number and strength of impact loads received by the weighing sensor♦ (available as part of the daily check function described later). This allows you to assess and manage risk related to poor handling, and helps improve balance operating skills. ♦ Patent pending

The balance recommends you to perform performance (periodic) check and verify that no error has been caused if it is judged to have been handled badly.

External ionizer for instant static removal
With the provided ionizer,*1 you can easily ensure that your sample (and container) is completely free from destabilizing static electricity. Since a DC method is adopted, no fan is needed to deliver ions, and therefore no breeze is caused (except for minimal ionic wind), enabling static removal without disturbing even extremely fine powders. The ionizer draws power via the balance. For seamless weighing workflows, it can be installed next to the balance and activated for a set duration by hovering your hand over the embedded IR sensor right before a sample is placed inside the breeze break.

Helps meet diverse compliance and security needs

Daily/periodic balance check support (for the BA-T series)

The balance aids in the application of standard operating procedures (SOP) for quality and performance verifications without trouble. The daily check is conducted to confirm that the balance is in good condition, whereas the periodic check is conducted to regularly inspect the balance basic performance. No comprehensive knowledge or experience is required to implement these checks. Simply follow the displayed procedures step-by-step (or skip items that are not needed for your laboratory).

Daily check item: Level check
Other daily check items include external condition check, weighing pan check, and accuracy check.

Periodic check item: Eccentricity measurement
Other periodic check items include the calibration test, sensitivity adjustment, repeatability measurement (with pre-loading), and sensitivity test.

It is possible to set the balance to remind you of these checks as you prefer. Meanwhile, the results can be printed out or saved to a USB flash drive in a PDF report format for documentation and compliance.

*Minimum weight setting and alert2*
You can set the minimum weight for the balance either by direct key input or performing a repeatability test, from which the balance automatically calculates3 the minimum weight.

Repeatability measurement for minimum weight setting
The minimum weight is determined from the standard deviation of 10 repeated weighing results. The detailed calculation data can be output for your records.

• Unit of minimum weight setting is mg.
• By a tolerance of either 0.1% in accordance with the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), Chapter 41, or 1%, depending on your laboratory requirements

To ensure that the measured sample amount meets the minimum weight requirement, the balance can keep displaying an alert (message for the BA-T series) until the sample amount reaches the value set as the minimum weight. It is also possible to set the balance to disable output of weighing data smaller than the minimum weight.

*Advanced user access control (for the BA-T series4)**
To prevent unauthorized changes from being made to balance settings/data, users can be classified into four levels (i.e. administrator, lab manager, supervisor, and operator), and the administrator can determine the extent of rights (i.e. change to settings, date/time setting, external sensitivity adjustment, and internal sensitivity adjustment) for each level.

User rights management

The administrator can register users as either lab managers or supervisors with usernames and passwords. Up to 100 users can be registered, including the administrator.*5

• For the BA series, the administrator can set passwords for up to 10 additional users. Similar (albeit simpler) user rights management is also possible using the function selection switches for these users as well as the administrator.
• Operators do not need a password.

History information (for the BA-T series)
The balance can display/save to a USB flash drive*6 log-in/log-out history, operation (changes to settings) history, sensitivity adjustment history, and impact shock detection (ISD) history with date, time, username and other necessary information for later reference.

• The balance stores up to 1,000 data (which is then overwritten in order from the oldest data) for each history. It can only display the latest 100 data but save all data to a USB flash drive in CSV format.

GLP/GMP/GCP/ISO compliant output
Data necessary to comply with GLP/GMP/GCP/ISO can be added to sensitivity adjustment reports, calibration test reports, and series of weighing results.

Specialized application functions ― Let the balance do the work for you to avoid human errors
Formulation mode (for the BA-T series)
The formulation mode enables quick, accurate weighing of multiple samples to mix according to a set recipe, allowing for setting the target value (g) and tolerance (%) for each sample. Up to 150 samples and 300 recipes can be registered in the balance for easy creation or selection/change of recipes.

Weighing screen in formulation mode
On-screen instructions guide you to weigh each designated sample to the target range. The [SAVE] key to proceed to the next step becomes active only when the weight is in the target range, which prevents errors (either Below Tolerance or Above Tolerance is displayed while it is outside the target range).

HPLC mode (for the BA-T series)
The HPLC mode is dedicated to preparing buffer solutions for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In addition to weight (g), it enables you to set the target quantity of each sample in terms of molar concentration (mol/L or mmol/L). From the molecular weight of the sample and the volume of the buffer solution to be made, the balance automatically performs conversion between molar concentration and weight, which is a common source of error when manually calculated.

Recipe edit screen in HPLC mode
You can simply have the balance calculate/display the weights to be measured even if the sample quantities are specified by molar concentration.
Currently, 13 samples that are typically used to make buffer solutions are already registered with their molecular weight information by A&D by default. In addition to those samples, up to 30 samples (and 300 recipes as with the formulation mode) can be registered in the balance. Both formulation and HPLC mode results show the measured quantity and tare value for each sample, which can be printed out or saved to a USB flash drive in CSV format.

Communication interfaces and connectors

1. RS-232C (D-Sub 9P)

2. Connector for the cable to the weighing unit

3. USB-A for USB flash drives*7

4. USB-B (mini-B) for connection with a PC
   Using internal settings, you can toggle between Quick USB (HID) mode, which allows you to send weighing data to an application (e.g. spreadsheet) on a PC, and Virtual COM (CDC) mode for bi-directional communication. A USB cable (1.8 m) is supplied as standard.

5.  Bluetooth®78

6. Ethernet (TCP/IP)*7

7. External key input (jack socket) × 2
   Separately sold foot switches can be connected to these sockets to operate the RE-ZERO, PRINT commands, or the automatic breeze break doors.

8. Connector for AC adapter

   • For the BA-T series only
   • The Bluetooth® function (GATT/HOGP) is currently enabled for the US, Canada and Japan only.

Specifications

Common

Sensitivity drift| ±2 ppm/°C (10 to 30 °C/50 to 86 °F, when automatic self sensitivity adjustment is OFF)
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Operating environment| 5 to 40 °C (41 to 104 °F), 85%RH or less (no condensation)
Display refresh rate| 5 times/sec or 10 times/sec
**Units of measure* i| mg (milligram), g (gram), oz (ounce), ozt (troy ounce), ct (metric carat), mom (momme), dwt (pennyweight), gr (grain), pcs (counting mode), and % (percent mode)
Percent mode| Minimum 100% reference mass| 10.0 mg
% readability| 0.01%, 0.1%, 1% (depends on the reference mass stored)
Power supply / consumption**| AC adapter / approx. 36 VA

1. Either tael (Singapore/HK jewelry/Taiwan) or tola can be added upon request.
2. Smart range function: Automatically switches between the precision and standard ranges. Changes back to full precision range when the RE-ZERO (tare) operation is implemented.
3. Repeatability can worsen depending on the environmental conditions and operator skills.
4. Pursuant to the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), Chapter 41
5. The mass of the internal weight may change over time due to on-site environmental conditions and/or degradation with age.
6. The Bluetooth® function (GATT/HOGP) is currently enabled for the US, Canada and Japan only.
7. For the 0.001 mg models

For both series

For the BA-T series only

For the BA series only

• The Bluetooth® function (GATT/HOGP) is currently enabled for the US, Canada and Japan only.
• Optional for the BA-225/225D/125D

Accessories

AD-1671                    Anti-vibration table for balances
AD-1672/AD-1672A  Tabletop breeze break (large)
AD-1684A                  Electrostatic field meter
AD-1687                  Weighing environment logger
AD-1688                   Weighing data logger
AD-8127                    Compact printer
AX-BAT-31              Display cover for the BA- T series (5 pcs)
AX-BA-31                    Display cover for the BA series (5 pcs)
AX-ION-25                  External ionizer
AX-BM-NEEDLESET  Discharge electrode units for the ionizer (a set of 4 pcs)
AX-IR-SWITCH    External IR switch Can be added to the ionizer if you prefer not to put a hand or sample close to the IR sensor of the ionizer.
AX-SW137-PRINT  Foot switch for PRINT (with connector)
AX-SW137-REZERO  Foot switch for RE-ZERO (with connector)

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