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BenchCel Microplate Handler User Guide
Opening and closing clamps
The clamps in the stacker head close and open the grippers at the bottom of the
labware rack to hold and release the first plate in position for the robot grippers.
Compressed air is used to move the clamps.
The clamps close and open the stacker grippers automatically during the loading,
unloading, downstacking, and stacking procedures. When diagnosing problems or after
an aborted run, you can use the commands in BenchCel Diagnostics to open or close
the clamps (stacker grippers). For example, you might want to open the clamps
(stacker grippers) to remove a microplate.
CAUTION
Opening the clamps (stacker grippers) might cause the microplate or stack of
microplates to drop.
Transfer to
<teachpoint>
Moves a microplate from the currently selected teachpoint
to the other selected teachpoint.
To transfer a microplate from a stack, you must first click
Load Stacker
. During the transfer, the robot downloads the
plate, places it at the other selected teachpoint, and then
backs into the safe zone.
If the robot is transferring a plate from one teachpoint to
another, the robot picks up the microplate from the
currently selected teachpoint, places the microplate at the
other selected teachpoint, and then backs into the safe
zone.
Delid from
<teachpoint>
Lidded labware only.
Removes the lid from the labware that
is at the selected teachpoint.
Relid to
<teachpoint>
Lidded labware only.
Replaces the lid on the labware that is
at the selected teachpoint.
Command
Description
The clamps open or
close the stacker
grippers.
