Thermo Scientific Robot Stainer Microm HMS 740
Microm International GmbH
part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Otto-Hahn-Str. 1A
69190 Walldorf / Germany
387801 - English
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PART 4
THEORY OF OPERATION OF
THE ROBOT STAINER HMS 740
4-1 STRUCTURAL
DESIGN
The Robot Stainer HMS 740 has a robotic arm
which is moved via an electro motor. Protocol-
controlled, it can move to each single station.
The stations are arranged in three lines with 14
stations each. The middle and rear row solely
contain reagent stations. In the front row, there
are four rinsing station and one entry as well as
three exit stations, which are integrated in a
drawer.
Depending on the model, four to six reagent
stations, heating stations, AD stations or heated
reagent stations are integrated in the front row.
The four rinsing stations are valve controlled and
filled with with fresh water. The water is drained
into a water basin, which has the size of approx.
the entire base of the instrument for safety
reasons.
The waste waters as well as the reagents that
have been spilled when filling/inserting the
reagent baths are collected and drained via a
drain hose that must be connected to a suitable
drain system.
The transport logic operated with the operating
system Linux.
4-2 OPERATING
FEATURES
To choose the basic functions of the instrument
such as selecting a protocol, starting a protocol or
canceling one or several protocols as well as for
further functions, such as editing, creating or
deleting of a protocol as well as the definition of
the 34 reagent stations, please use the touch
screen.
On the monitor of the touch screen, the currently
running protocols are shown.
When a staining protocol is selected, the software
allows the protocol start in any protocol step,
which can be selected by tipping onto arrow
buttons of the touch screen.
