V&P Scientific, Inc.
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Technical Note 378B
ALIGNING PIPET TIPS TO THE SpinVessel® TUBE
To align pipet tips to inside of SpinVessel®
tube, use the registration disc. Place disc on
top of the drive base, not the tube. Lower the
pipet tips until they just touch the disc. Align
robot tips to the holes. This registers the pipet
head to the SpinVessel® and prevents the
pipet tips from hitting the SpinVessel
projections
.
Z height needs to be adjusted with tube in place.
With the SpinVessel® tube in the drive base,
check the tip alignment relative to the
projections.
Without liquid in the tube, turn on the
SpinVessel® to make sure the tips are not
hitting the projections
.
Insert the SpinVessel® tube VP 830SV-650FB
into the SpinVessel® spin base.
Ensure that the SpinVessel® tabs are seated flat
and registered to the slots in the aluminum spin
base. SpinVessel® tube should not rotate within
the spin base
.
Place SpinVessel® motor unit in desired
location on an automated liquid handler in a
microplate holder. See drawings on next page
to assist in this step.
The motor unit is SLAS format (127.7mm x
85.5mm) which will fit into any SLAS plate
locator or carrier.
