Beckman Coulter Biomek 3000, Quick Start Manual

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Introducing the Biomek® 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation 1-5
Biomek® 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation Quick-Start Guide
1.2.6 Optional Devices
The following optional devices can be added to the Biomek 3000 workstation to
accommodate specific operations, such as tip and labware disposal, plate heating and
cooling, microplate filtration, photometric measurement, and high-capacity operation:
• Disposal Accessory — provides a waste receptacle for disposing of tips and
labware from the deck using the gripper tool. Tip boxes or other labware
may be deposited directly into the disposal accessory, eliminating the need to
manually dispose of waste (refer to the
Biomek® 3000 Laboratory
Automation Workstation User’s Manual, Chapter 6.7, Disposal Accessory ).
• Circulating Reservoir — continually cycles a reagent between off-deck
reagent bottles and wells of a four-well reservoir positioned on the Biomek
3000 deck (refer to the
Biomek® 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation
User’s Manual, Chapter 8, Biomek 3000 Circulating Reservoir ).
• Thermal Exchange Unit — heats or cools a reservoir or microplate on the
Biomek 3000 deck. The temperature is controlled by a user-supplied
circulating bath (refer to the
Biomek® 3000 Laboratory Automation
Workstation User’s Manual, Chapter 9, Thermal Exchange Unit ).
• Filtration System — includes a vacuum valve unit that is connected to the
Biomek 3000 workstation via RS-485 communication, and a manifold
system with interchangeable collars to allow collection of filtrates to
microplates or waste. The filtration system is used to run screening assays
which require filtration, such as receptor binding and cell-based assays, and
plasmid DNA purification applications on the Biomek 3000 workstation
(refer to the
Biomek® 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation User’s
Manual, Chapter 10, Filtration System ).
• Stacker Carousel — provides additional labware capacity for microplates
and tip boxes to the Biomek 3000 workstation. It includes up to four stacks
and a shuttle for transporting labware between the Biomek 3000 deck and
the Stacker Carousel. A Stacker Carousel may be installed on either the left
side, right side, or both sides (refer to the
Biomek® 3000 Laboratory
Automation Workstation User’s Manual, Appendix B:, Using a Stacker
Carousel ).
• Device Integrations — Several third-party devices, including microplate
readers and shakers, may be integrated into the Biomek 3000 deck and used
in an automated method in conjunction with the Biomek 3000 workstation
(refer to the
Biomek® 3000 Laboratory Automation Workstation User’s
Manual, Appendix C:, DPC MicroMix Shaker ).