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Instrument Tour
AEROSET
®
Customer Training Guide
1-11
94858-103 — July 2003
• Remove Carousel
covers.
5 Reagent Supply
Center 1 Refrigerated reagent storage area for 56 Reagent Cartridges.
Water is pumped into the bottom to provide humidity.
• R1 Center (Green) - contains R1’s and reagent for assays with only
1 reagent, diluents, water bath additive, and onboard solutions.
• R2 Center (Orange) - contains R2’s and onboard solutions.
6 Reagent Supply
Center 2
7* Bar Code Readers
• Show location. • Sample Carousel
Bar Code Reader
Positively identifies sample tubes in the Sample Carousel.
• Point out windows
at back of each
center.
• Reagent Supply
Center Bar Code
Readers
2D Bar Code Readers used to identify Reagent Cartridges in the
Reagent Supply Centers.
• Show location. • Sample Carrier
Bar Code Reader
Identifies the Sample Carrier number by reading the bar code on the
carrier.
• Show location. • FastTrack™
Sampler
Bar Code Reader
Positively identifies sample tubes in the Sample Carriers on the
FastTrack™ Sampler.
8 Sample Arm Dual probes on a single arm.
Dual fluidics system, identified as A-Line and B-Line, serves to
increase throughput.
9
Reagent Arms Dual arms with a single probe per arm.
• Show Mixers
from the back.
10 Mixer Unit Contains two pairs of Mixers to mix after the first and second reagents
are dispensed.
Piezo electric technology provides current to a crystal which causes
the mixer blades to vibrate.
R1 Mixers are toward the front of the Analyzer.
R2 Mixers are toward the back of the Analyzer.
11 Cuvette Washer Contains eight pairs of nozzles which:
• 1st pair - aspirates High-Concentration Waste (sample and reagent
mixture).
• 2nd pair - washes the cuvettes with Alkaline Wash solution.
• 3rd pair - washes the cuvettes with Acid Wash solution.
• 4th/5th pair - washes the cuvettes with water.
• 6th pair - adds water for the water blank reading.
• 7th pair - aspirates out the water.
• 8th pair - dryer tips dry the cuvettes.
• Show unit from
back.
12 ICT™ Unit Uses Integrated Chip Technology™ (ICT™) to measure Na
+
, K
+
, and
Cl
-
in serum, plasma, and urine.
The probe aspirates the diluted sample from the cuvette.
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