Plate Lid Advanced Dimensions - Biotek BioStack 4 Operator's Manual

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Measurements are recorded in
µm: microns or micrometers. Add
three decimal places to your mm
measurements.
Lid Dimensions
Long side skirt
l
(from plate base to top of skirt) at its highest point.
Short side skirt
l
Lid grip width: The short-side width of the lid; tells the gripper how far to close when
l
gripping a lid.
Plate on lid height: With a plate on top of a lid, the distance from the bottom of the lid
l
to the top of the plate. One step in the process moves the current plate's lid and the
next plate together to the carrier.
Plate grip width: width (narrow side) of the plate, measured above the skirt (or
l
flange); tells the gripper how far to close when gripping a plate (as opposed to the
under plate grip) a plate.
Stacked plate with lid
l
one plate to the base of the next plate.

Plate Lid Advanced Dimensions

Typically, the BioStack 4 will smoothly process plates with lids using the default
values for these parameters. However, if you experience processing problems, like
dropped lids, minor adjustments to these values may restore expected performance.
BioStack™ Microplate Stacker
BioStack 4 needs these dimensions to process microplates
with lids:
l
l
l
l
l
height: Height of the plate skirt (or flange) on the long side of the plate
height: Same as above, on the short side.
height: Hold together a stack of plate/lid/plate. Measure base of
Measure the height of the skirt on both long and short
sides of the plate. SLAS calls the skirt "flange."
Lid Grip Width
: short side width measurement (see
image above).
Plate Grip Width
: short side width measurement;
the plate is narrower at its top, where the gripper grabs
it, than its bottom, where the skirt widens.
Stacked Plate-with-Lid Height
the bottom of the plate to the bottom of the plate above
it when stacked with lids, excluding the protrusions on
top of the lid.
Plate-on-Lid Height
BioStack moves an empty lid and the next plate to be
processed together. See below.
: the span from
: during processing the