Gako UNGUATOR Q User manual
Operang Instrucons and Producon Recommendaons
Q
Dear UNGUATOR® user,
thank you for choosing the UNGUATOR® Mixing Technology,
a quality system
for advanced prescripon compounding.
Please read the operaons manual carefully.
For addional informaon about the use
and operaon of the
UNGUATOR® Mixing Technology,
please feel free to contact us at
contact@unguator.com
Table of content
1. Installaon informaon 1
2. Inial operaon 3
3. Display-operaon 3
4. Menu guide 3
5. UNGUATOR® Technology 4
5.1 UNGUATOR® mixing machines 5
5.1.1 UNGUATOR® B/R 5
5.1.2 UNGUATOR® e/s 6
5.1.3 UNGUATOR® 2100 6
5.1.4 UNGUATOR® Q 7
5.2 UNGUATOR® Assortment 7
5.2.1 UNGUATOR® Mixing Blade (MB) 7
5.2.2 UNGUATOR® Jar 10
5.2.3 UNGUATOR® Varionozzles 13
5.2.4 UNGUATOR® Applicators 14
5.2.5 UNGUATOR® Spindle 14
5.2.6 UNGUATOR® Coupling 15
5.2.7 AirDynamic® Pumpball System 16
6. General guidelines for the UNGUATOR® Technology 16
6.1 Preparing the UNGUATOR® Mixing System 16
6.2 Weighingporonoftheformulaon 17
6.3 The mixing process 17
6.4 Formulaonprograms 18
6.4.1 Quick-ID-Start 18
6.4.2 Auto-Q 20
6.4.3 Individual 21
6.4.4 Standard 22
6.4.5 Manual 25
6.5 Mixingme 26
6.6 SelecngtheUNGUATOR®Jarsize 27
6.7 Condionoftheingredientsforanyformula 27
6.8 Aerthemixingprocessiscomplete 29
6.9 Idencaonnumber 30
6.10 Operangerrors 31
6.11 Cleaning the UNGUATOR® Q 33
7. General notes on the UNGUATOR® Mixing System 34
7.1 Patentprotecon 34
7.2 Qualityassuranceoftheointments 34
7.3 Potenalsourcesofnonconformances 35
8. Service and warranty 36
8.1 Notesonmalfuncons 36
8.2 Manufacturer’sserviceandwarranty 36
8.3 Notesonmaintenance 36
8.4 Notesonsafety 37
9. Technical data of the UNGUATOR® Q 38
9.1 Quality and material 38
10. References 38
11. Bibliography 39
12. Manufacturer’s cercate 41
13. Distribuon, manufacturing and customer service 42
Index of pictures
Pic. 1: UNGUATOR® Q 2
Pic.2: Displaywithsplashscreen 3
Pic. 3: Select “display”, “language”, and “key sound” 4
Pic. 4: UNGUATOR® B/R 5
Pic. 5: UNGUATOR® e/s 6
Pic. 6: UNGUATOR® 2100 6
Pic. 7: UNGUATOR® Q 7
Pic.8: UNGUATOR®SMB 8
Pic.9: UNGUATOR®disposableblade 8
Pic.10: HandlingtheUNGUATOR®disp.blade 9
Pic.11: AssignmentoftheUNGUATOR®SMBwithdierentlengthofsha 9
Pic. 12: UNGUATOR® Jars 11
Pic.13: CercateofanalysisfortheUNGUATOR®Jarof50ml 12
Pic.14: DispensingwithregularUNGUATOR®varionozzle 13
Pic.15: DispensingwithUNGUATOR®1mmvarionozzle
or UNGUATOR® applicator short 13
Pic.16: DispensingwithUNGUATOR®2mmvarionozzle
or UNGUATOR® applicator long 13
Pic.17: DispensingwithUNGUATOR®varionozzles4mm 13
Pic.18: UNGUATOR®Varionozzles 13
Pic.19: UNGUATOR®Applicatorshort 14
Pic. 20: UNGUATOR® Applicator long 14
Pic.21: HowtooperatetheUNGUATOR®Spindle 15
Pic. 22: UNGUATOR® Spindle 15
Pic. 23: UNGUATOR® Coupling 15
Pic. 24: UNGUATOR® AirDynamic ® Pumpballsystem 16
Pic.25: Program“Quick-ID-Start” 18
Pic.26: Liingarminstartposionforthe“Manual”mixingprogram 26
Pic.27: IdencaonNumber 30
Index of tables
Tab.1: Qualityimprovementwithincreasingautomaon 5
Tab. 2: Number/Jarsizecorrelaon 19
Tab.3: Leer/Timecorrelaon 19
Tab.4: Number/Rpmcorrelaon 19
Tab.5: Minimumvaluesformixingmeat2150rpminmin:s 27
Tab.6: Minimumvaluesformixingmeat1650rpminmin:s 27
Tab.7: Number/Jarsizecorrelaon 30
Tab.8: Leer/Timecorrelaon 30
Tab.9: Number/Rpmcorrelaon 31
Tab.10: TechnicaldataoftheUNGUATOR®Q 38
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1. Installaon informaon
Select a suitable locaon for the UNGUATOR® Q.
CAUTION! The UNGUATOR® Q weighs almost 30 lbs (16,5 kg). It is recommended to have an
assistant while carrying and moving the equipment to the nal desnaon.
Ensure that there is enough space to operate the UNGUATOR® Q. This must include
sucient space around the UNGUATOR® Q to provide proper venlaon.
Select a proper environment:
• Solid, horizontal surface
• Away from direct air ow from air condioning systems, heaters, open windows or fans.
• Keep the temperature between 15°- 30° C (59°- 86°F) and maximum humidity of 80%.
• Clean, dry and dust-free.
Remove all components from the cardboard box. Check to ensure that the following
components are included in your shipment:
• UNGUATOR® Q mixing device
• Power cable
• Operang instrucons
Please contact your responsible UNGUATOR® dealer and/or supplier immediately in case
that components are missing or arrived damaged. Aerwards, we will not accept any claims
regarding missing or defect items, they will be for your account!
Please hold on to the original cardboard box and packing material in case you have to send
the UNGUATOR® Q in for service.
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display
“Esc” buon to
exit or abort a
program
“-” buon to select
“+” buon to select
liing arm
power plug
main power switch/
emergency o
Pic.1: UNGUATOR® Q
2. Inial Operaon
On the back of the UNGUATOR® Q you will nd the interface for the power cord. The power
switch “O/I“ is also the emergency switch and it is located at the base of the machine, on
the right side. Inially check if the power switch of the Unguator® is switched o. Second,
connect the power cable to the device, and nally connect the power cable to the outlet.
Now you can turn the power switch of the UNGUATOR ® QMS on using the “I / O”. The device
is ready to be used.
During cold weather condion, plan in advance 30 minutes to allow the UNGUATOR® Q to
acclimate.
3. Display-operaon
The face of the UNGUATOR® Q device shows both a panel with four keys “Esc”, “-”, “+”, ok”
for manual control or command input and a display screen. Aer turning the UNGUATOR® Q
on pressing the main power switch, a splash screen appears on the display. The splash screen
of your device might vary from brelow picture 34. The top bar shows the total number of
preparaons and current soware version code of the device. By pressing any key the “Start
Menu” will appear.
4. Menu guide
On the right of the UNGUATOR® Q face you will nd a panel with keys “Esc”, “-”, “+“ and “ok”.
By operang the keys “+” or “-” you may move up and down the navigaon bar. Pressing
“ok” you may select and conrm. Pressing the “Esc” key you move back one step.
Addional opons...
Pic. 2: Display with splash screen
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Pressing the “Esc” key you will move from the “Start Menu” to the seng opons. Here,
you may change the background color of your display, the operang language and ac-
vate or deacvate a key sound.
Changes in the language or in the color background might take a few seconds loading
prior being acvated. Aer pressing the “Esc” key you will reach the “Start Menu” again.
You will nd descripons of the “Start menu” programs in the following chapter 6.3,
“Formulaon programs”.
5. UNGUATOR® Technology
The UNGUATOR® Technology reduces the mechanical preparaon of formulaon ointments
to the least common denominator. The core of UNGUATOR® Technology consists of
the patented arrangement of the UNGUATOR® Mixing Blade adapted to the
requirements of prescripon ointments and the UNGUATOR® Jar that serves as both
a hygienic mixing jar and a hygienic dispensing jar.
The principle of the preparaon method using UNGUATOR® Technology in the closed
UNGUATOR® Mixing System is quick and easy to learn, true to the moo.
learning by doing
A lile experience will make it easy to prepare ointments though they may seem
rather complicated at rst. Using the UNGUATOR® Technology enables the pharmacy
to beer prepare prescripon ointments in a shorter period of me compared
to convenonal methods that were used prior to the invenon (1994). For the
rst me, it is possible to not only standardize ointments, but also validate them.
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Pic. 3.: Select “display”, “language”, and “key sound”
5.1 UNGUATOR® mixing machines
The current UNGUATOR® mixing machines - UNGUATOR® B/R, UNGUATOR® e/s,
UNGUATOR® 2100 and UNGUATOR Q - are useful and advanced improvements on the
rst UNGUATOR® launched in 1994. They are designed for a working capacity of approx.
500 work hours which corresponds to approximately 15,000 to 20,000 preparaons.
The UNGUATOR® mixing machines feature a high safety standard and were tested by
TÜV-Rheinland, Germany for safety. The devices are manufactured under license and
maintained by dened service partners.
Product quality, product uniformity and reproducibility of ointments prepared individually
and in batches were improved with the increasing automaon of the UNGUATOR® units
starng with the individual model B/R- through e/s-, Q- and 2100 model.
Method of
ointment
preparaon
Pharmaceucal
Quality
Uniformity of
ointment
Liing arm Mixing parameters
Mortar and
pestle
++ + n/a manual
UNGUATOR® B/R +++ ++ manual manually adjustable
UNGUATOR® e/s +++ +++ automac individually programmable
UNGUATOR® Q ++++ ++++ automac Totally automac
UNGUATOR®
2100
++++ ++++ automac fully automac
5.1.1 UNGUATOR® B/R
The UNGUATOR® B/R is the basic machine with controlled
mixing motor and manual jar guidance.
Tab. 1: Quality improvement with increasing automaon
Pic. 4: UNGUATOR® B/R
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