Supported Stacking Configurations - Agilent Technologies Bravo Platform User Manual

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Supported stacking configurations

Bravo Platform User Guide
Item Name. Description
2 Black The same collar as item 1, except the flexible blue gasket is
gaskets replaced with two black gaskets that are held in place by an
for collar adhesive. One black gasket adheres to the top of the collar, and
the second black gasket adheres to the underside surface of the
collar top to maintain the correct spacing underneath the collar.
Use the black gaskets instead of the blue gasket in the following
configurations:
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3 Inserts The white plastic spacers that can be placed in the base
manually before starting the protocol, if required, to raise the
height of a collection plate that sits underneath the collar. Two
sizes are available. You may use multiple inserts in combination
for a combined height of 15 mm, maximum.
4 Base The bottom of the vacuum manifold that connects to the
vacuum source. The base should be installed on a short
platepad to compensate for the height of the assembled station
including labware.
For more details about the Vacuum Filtration Station collar and base, see the Millipore
user documentation.
Ensure that the base of the station is installed on a short platepad (SRT platepad). If the
Vacuum Filtration Station configuration is too tall for the Bravo gripper to assemble
without the risk of a collision, an error will occur during the run.
In addition to the basic configuration of the collar stacked on the station base, other
configurations can be automatically assembled and disassembled during a protocol
run. The common configuration options are as follows:
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Configuration A. The filter and collection plates are part of the station assembly.
Note: Double-filtration is possible in configuration A by including one filter plate
as part of the station assembly and a second filter plate on top of the vacuum
collar.
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Configuration B. The filter plate is not part of the station assembly. The robot will
move the filter plate to the station during the protocol run after the assembly
process is finished.
Installing and setting up a Vacuum Filtration Station
If the type of filter plate cannot be seated on the blue gasket
fitted with the clear gasket frame, you may replace the blue
gasket with the two black gaskets to accommodate the
filter plate. In this case, adhere one black gasket on top and
one black gasket on the underside of the collar.
If the filter plate nozzles are too short to reach the wells in
the collection plate underneath the collar, you may omit the
black gasket on the underside of the collar. If you do this,
ensure that you specify the collar option in the Bravo device
profile as Black gasket on top side only.
A Accessories and platepads
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