Preventative maintenance procedures
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Thermo Scientific™ Multidrop™ Pico 8 Digital Dispense Operating Manual
Thermo Fisher Scientific
As with any lab instrument, it is a best practice to routinely clean areas
of the Multidrop Pico dispenser that come into contact with chemicals.
Warning
Observe the following cautions when cleaning the Multidrop
Pico dispenser:
•
Do not spray cleaning fluid directly onto the Multidrop Pico
dispenser when a cassette is installed. Always avoid exposing
unused cassettes to cleaning fluids.
•
Do not spray or wipe the ionizer bar that is mounted under the
deck to the right of the cassette location.
Do not spray or wipe the sensors under the Multidrop Pico dispenser
deck. Doing so could cause the sensors to become misaligned.
Close the Multidrop Pico dispenser software, either by clicking the X in
the upper right corner of the main operating window or by clicking
Exit in the File Menu.
Turn off the Multidrop Pico dispenser and remove the power and
USB cables from the back of the Multidrop Pico dispenser.
Remove any unused cassettes from the Multidrop Pico dispenser to
avoid contamination from cleaning solutions or the laboratory
environment and place them back in the cassette tray.
Spray a cleaning solution, such as bleach or a 70% ethanol solution,
onto a fabric Texwipe or other cloth that does not generate particles.
Wipe down all accessible Multidrop Pico dispenser surfaces, including
the following:
•
The top and bottom surfaces of the Multidrop Pico dispenser
deck, avoiding the ionizer bar in the cutout on the right side of the
bottom of the deck and the sensors at the front corners of the bottom of
the deck
•
The destination plate holder
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The top surface of the bottom cover, below the destination plate
holder
•
All the outside surfaces of the Multidrop Pico dispenser
•
The pogo mechanism housing, excluding the pogo pin
area (circled in red, below). Do not spray the pogo pins
with cleaning fluid.
Cleaning the
Multidrop Pico
dispenser
