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Chapter 5: Maintenance and troubleshooting
BenchCel Microplate Handling Workstation R-Series User Guide
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Moving plates
between teachpoints
You can move a microplate between teachpoints when you are verifying
a teachpoint or to check if you need to home the motors.
!! DAMAGE HAZARD !! To prevent collision, remove obstacles in
the path of the robot.
To move plates between teachpoints:
1. Manually place a microplate at the two teachpoints.
2. In the BenchCel Diagnostics Controls tab, select the Slow speed.
3. In the graphical display area of the BenchCel Diagnostics dialog
box, click the plus sign ( ) at either of the following:
‹ The teachpoint you want to move to
‹ Two teachpoints between which you want to move a plate
The selected teachpoints should be highlighted in red circles ( ).
4. Rest the pointer on a selected teachpoint. In the command menu
that appears, select one of the following:
Select Slow.
Command Description
Move to
<teachpoint> Moves the robot from its current position to the
selected teachpoint. The robot places the
microplate on the teachpoint and stays at the
teachpoint.
Pick from
<teachpoint> Picks up the microplate from the selected
teachpoint and moves the plate to the ready-for-
upstack position under the stacker head.
Place at
<teachpoint>
Moves the robot from its current position and
places the microplate at the selected teachpoint.
After placing the microplate, the robot backs away
from the teachpoint into the safe zone.