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Echo Liquid Handler User Manual
Figure 3.7 Plate insert and gripper arm securely hold the source microplate.
3.2.4 Destination plate gripper stage
The destination plate gripper stage is the upper plate stage that extends
from the Echo liquid handler. The plate gripper holds the microplate that
will receive the liquid being transferred.
When you load the plate onto the plate gripper, well A1 goes into the
upper left corner (nearest the Echo model number).
Figure 3.8 The extended destination plate gripper stage.
When the destination plate gripper stage is commanded to retract into the
Echo liquid handler, the microplate is gripped and simultaneously rotated
down. It is in this inverted position that the microplate will be able to
receive the fluid droplets ejected upwards from the source plate wells.
A1 well location
Gripper arm
Plate insert
Sensors
A1 well location