Promega Maxprep AS9100, Operating Manual

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Maxprep™ Liquid Handler | TM509 | Revised 1/19
Hardware Overview
2.3 Labware Carriers (continued)
Figure 4. Internal components of the Maxprep™ Liquid Handler. The hardware
components inside the Maxprep™ Liquid Handler. Carriers on the instrument can hold
primary sample tubes (10mm diameter, 12–13mm diameter or 15–17mm diameter),
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deck trays (Maxwell
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RSC 16-position deck trays [2], or Front and Back Maxwell
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RSC 48 24-position deck trays), processing plates, tips and Maxwell
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RSC plunger racks.
The heater shaker device is capable of shaking incubation of samples in Nunc 2.0ml Deep
Well Plates as required by any individual processing method.
On the right side of the instrument, past track 30 is a waste position with a black removable tip
eject bar at the back and a calibration block at the front (Figure 5). Remove the tip eject bar from
the system for cleaning and as instructed during maintenance procedures. Underneath the tip
eject bar are two probes that are used for maintenance procedures. During these procedures,
the system will prompt the user to remove the tip eject bar to expose these probes. When
running preprocessing and post-processing methods on the instrument, the tip eject bar should
always be in place; make sure the tip eject bar is returned to the system in the orientation shown
in Figure 5. The pin on the waste position should fit in the small hole at the front of the tip eject
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