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V&P Scientific, Inc.  

Technical Note 115A 

2.

 

Connect the vacuum trap to an in-line shut-off valve such as stop cock valve or a VP 
600 Push Button (both are shown in Figure 6).  The V&P 600 provides the ease of 
turning off and on with the push of a button or by computer/robot.  The stopcock 
valve requires two hands to operate.  

 

Figure 6:  VP 600 Push Button In-Line Shut-Off Valve. 

 

4.

 

Connect the in-line shut-off valve to the Vacuum Outlet Fitting (10) with Vacuum 
Tubing (12). 

5.

 

Place the Vacuum Tubing (12) in the Support Arm (11) secure to the Jig. 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: 

The Aspiration/Dispense Manifolds are chemically resistant to some common 

laboratory solvents (such as ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol, isopropanol, DMSO) 

but not all (acetone or chloroform, for example).  Please contact V&P Scientific 

for more information if there is any question regarding the chemical resistance 

of the Manifold to the solution to be aspirated or dispensed. 

VP 600 

11 

15 

12 

10 

Summary of Contents for VP 179A

Page 1: ...FOR VP 179A MANIFOLD JIG 1 Jig Slot for Shoulder Bolt 2 Shoulder Bolt Head 3 Manifold Hold Down Screw 4 Manifold Hold Down Bar 5 X Positioning Screw 6 Y Position Screw 7 Z Bar Stop Thumb Screw 8 Z Ar...

Page 2: ...osition always loosen the X Positioning Screws first in the direction the manifold is to be moved before tightening the opposing X Positioning Screws Failure to do this can pull the Shoulder Bolt 2 ou...

Page 3: ...Stops b Adjusting Nylon Pressure Screw for Z Arm control 2 Slide an empty microplate into the Microplate Platform 13 To set the plate height where the pins stop 1mm from the bottom of the wells place...

Page 4: ...Stop Thumb Screws 7 to lock the maximum microplate position in place 5 Loosen the Nylon Pressure Screw 9 lower the Microplate Platform and remove the microplate 6 Remove the paper spacer from the Micr...

Page 5: ...Valve 4 Connect the in line shut off valve to the Vacuum Outlet Fitting 10 with Vacuum Tubing 12 5 Place the Vacuum Tubing 12 in the Support Arm 11 secure to the Jig IMPORTANT NOTE The Aspiration Disp...

Page 6: ...ATION MANIFOLDS 1 If a single well not emptying properly locate the clogged tube corresponding to the well Insert the rapier metal wire included with the Manifold into the clogged tube This should rem...

Page 7: ...P Scientific In the event this product fails under normal laboratory conditions within the specified period of time because of a defect in material or workmanship V P Scientific will at its option re...

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