Agilent Technologies Bravo Platform User Manual page 232

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Example of a partial-head horizontal offset from deck location 7
If the head is offset from deep-well labware at the target deck location, the unused
probes can collide with the labware perimeter if the head goes down too far.
If the labware at location 7 was a deep-well microplate and you tried to aspirate from
the bottom of the wells in columns 11 and 12, the bare probes in column 3 of the head
would crash into the right side wall of the deep-well microplate.
If the head has fewer than 96 cartridges and is offset from the target deck location,
the unused probes can have undesired contact with surrounding objects or samples.
To prevent equipment damage and contamination, verify that sufficient clearance
exists at the adjacent deck location.
If deck location 8 contained labware taller than the microplate at deck location 7, the
head's bare probes would crash into the labware at location 8, as the following figure
shows.
Figure
Example of partial-head horizontal offset with taller labware at the adjacent location
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