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Chapter 6: Maintenance and troubleshooting
BioCel User Guide
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Resolving lid removal problems
Vacuum-based lid
remover problems
If your BioCel has a vacuum-based lid remover, you may occasionally
find that it does not function properly. If this happens, you will need to
adjust the vacuum sensor that provides feedback on whether a lid is
attached to the suction cups.
This adjustment requires you to turn the air on and off through the
Bio I/O Diagnostics software while making incremental adjustments to
the screw head that lies in the hole on the side of the station. To do this
you have to remove the side panel on the vacuum delidder device.
For help with this procedure, contact the Velocity11 Service Center.
Lid hotel problems
Preventing problems
To prevent problems with a lid hotel, make sure that:
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The rollers are free of debris and dirt.
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The robot holds the plates below the lids.
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Bar code labels are not applied to the lids connecting them to
plates.
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Stacks of labels are not allowed to build up on the plates.
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The lids are free of sticky residue from labels.
Solving problems
If you receive a lid detection error, try the following:
1. Check that the plate type in the protocol is correct for the plate.
2. Make sure that the sensors are working:
a. Open the lid hotel diagnostic software.
b. Depress the delidder arms on the left side of the delidder (from
the robot’s perspective) and check to see if the green light on the
delidder device and in the delidder diagnostics lights for the arm
you pressed.
c. If the green light does not turn on, make sure the delidder is
plugged in and configured correctly and that the other arms
work (their green lights turn on).
If one arm does not work, a setscrew may need adjustment. To
do this, call Velocity11 Service Center.
3. Check the lid hotel teachpoints to make sure that they are correct.
If you need help with this, contact the Velocity11 Service Center.
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Using the lid hotel VWorks User Guide