Phoenix HT User Manual
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The 96-head wash station has 96 channels, one for each needle in the 96-dispenser head, to
increase wash efficiency and eliminate cross contamination. The wash station is mounted on
the deck in Slot 8.
Figure 10. Wash Station Chimneys
The nano wash station is a wash station for the single-tube head, to increase wash efficiency and
eliminate cross contamination.
1.2.5 Nano-Dispense Controller
Located inside the enclosure, the nano-dispense controller dispenses the precise nano-liter drops
of protein or other samples.
Figure 11. Nano-Dispense Controller, Front
96-head wash
station chimney
Nano wash station
chimney
Supply line to the nano dispenser tip
Switching valve between washing/aspirate and
dispensing functions
Syringe used to dispense/aspirate
Electrical connector which provides the black line tip
trigger and two grey lines used as level sensors for the
reservoir bottles
Each reservoir bottle has a black line to pressurize and
a clear reagent line to supply wash fluid from the
reservoir bottles
Clear wash supply line to the switching valve
Black line tip trigger that opens and closes the nano dispenser tip
Switch to unpressurize the reservoir bottles to fill
them, and then pressurize them
