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85 Chapter 4: Performing a run
BenchCel Microplate Handling Workstation R-Series User Guide
Installing and removing stacker racks
About this topic
This topic explains how to install and remove stacker racks.
Installing racks
!! IMPORTANT !! Make sure the power and compressed air are
turned on before you install a stacker rack.
To install a rack:
1. At the BenchCel device, verify that the clamps are closed (or
extended) in the stacker head.
When you load the rack, the prongs in the stacker rack tabs will be
inserted into the slots in the clamps. If the clamps are open, the slots
will be hidden, and you will not be able to load the rack.
2. To close the clamps, in the BenchCel Diagnostics graphical display
area, click the desired rack. In the command menu that appears,
click
Close Stacker Grippers. You should hear a click sound as the
clamps close.
3. With the rack’s open side facing the front, lower the rack onto the
stacker head. Make sure the prongs at the bottom of the rack insert
into the slots in the extended clamps.
The following diagram shows how to load the rack on the stacker
head. Microplates are removed to show the prongs at the bottom of
the rack.