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815 Robotic Soliprep for LC
2.815.4110
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8.815.8002EN / 2020-02-29

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  • Page 1 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC 2.815.4110 Manual 8.815.8002EN / 2020-02-29...
  • Page 3 Metrohm AG CH-9100 Herisau Switzerland Phone +41 71 353 85 85 Fax +41 71 353 89 01 info@metrohm.com www.metrohm.com 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC 2.815.4110 Manual 8.815.8002EN / 2020-02-29...
  • Page 4 Technical Communication Metrohm AG CH-9100 Herisau techcom@metrohm.com This documentation is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This documentation has been prepared with great care. However, errors can never be entirely ruled out. Please send comments regarding possible errors to the address above.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    2.15 Connecting the Polytron ..........32 2.16 Mounting the safety shield ..........33 2.17 Installing the Dosino ............34 2.18 Equipping the rack ............. 37 3 Defining rack positions 4 Adjusting rack and robotic arm ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 6 Lift positions for stripping needles and filters ....49 Lift position for the Luer connector ........51 Lift position for the Polytron ..........52 Lift position for the washing station ........ 53 ® 6 Controlling the Polytron 7 Accessories Index ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    1 Introduction 1 Introduction Instrument description The 815 Robotic Soliprep systems are automation systems suitable for a variety of uses. They have been designed exclusively for utilization in facto- ries and laboratories and cover a wide range of applications. Soliprep sys- tems can be used for automation purposes wherever a complex sample preparation of solid substances is required, e.g.

  • Page 8: Intended Use

    ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 1.2 Intended use Intended use The 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC is designed for the automatic analysis of larger-sized sample series in analytical laboratories. The functioning of the automation system comprises crushing, homogenizing and dissolving of solid samples as well as filtering and transferring the resulting sample solu- tions.

  • Page 9: Safety Instructions

    The electrical safety when working with the instrument is ensured as part of the international standard IEC 61010. WARNING Only personnel qualified by Metrohm are authorized to carry out service work on electronic components. WARNING Never open the housing of the instrument. The instrument could be damaged by this.

  • Page 10: Personnel Safety

    WARNING The Sample Processor does not provide sufficient protection during the processing of potentially infectious samples or reagents. Implement appropriate protective measures. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 11: Recycling And Disposal

    The correct disposal of your old instrument will help to prevent negative effects on the environment and public health. More details about the disposal of your old instrument can be obtained from your local authorities, from waste disposal companies or from your local dealer. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 12: Installation

    1 Connect the Swing Head with reinforcement to tower 1 (on the right), the Swing Head without reinforcement to tower 2 (on the left). The connector is located in each case on the rear side of a tower. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 13 Attaching the sample rack 1 Attach the sample rack in such a way that both openings in the bot- tom of the rack engage in the guide bolts of the turntable. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 14: Connecting The Instrument To The Power Grid

    Unplug the power plug immediately if you suspect that moisture has ￭ gotten inside the instrument. Only personnel who have been issued Metrohm qualifications may ￭ perform service and repair work on electrical and electronic parts. Connecting the power cord...

  • Page 15: Installing Magic Net

    1 Insert the MagIC Net CD into the CD drive of the PC and carry out the installation following the instructions. After this, start MagIC Net. Configuring the Swing Heads Connecting the controller cable on the computer 1 Connect the controller cable to a USB connector of the computer. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 16 The installation assistant will be exited automatically. Instrument registration The USB Sample Processor is automatically recognized by MagIC Net. 1 Confirm with [Yes]. The properties window for configuring the instrument is displayed. 2 Confirm with [OK]. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 17 Configuring the Swing Heads Configure the robotic arms for both towers. 1 Click the Configuration icon. 2 Double-click on the instrument name 815 Robotic USB … in the Devices window. 3 First click on the Tower 1 tab and then on Configuration.
  • Page 18 For the settings to take effect, the instrument must be reinitialized. 6 Click on [OK]. 7 Attach a sample rack on the turntable of the instrument. 8 Right-click on the instrument name 815 Robotic USB ... in the Devices window and click on Initialize. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭...

  • Page 19: Mounting The Swing Heads

    1 Opening the manual control In the symbol bar of MagIC Net, click on the hand symbol. 2 Under Device selection, first select All devices and then the 815 Robotic USB ..Click the Tower 1 tab. 3 Moving the lift to position Under Rack position, click on [Start].
  • Page 20 2 Unscrew and remove the holder from the holder plate of the guide chain. 3 Remove the holder also on tower 1. Use the supplied hex key. Set the screws aside for later use. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 21 1 with two V.024.4012 countersunk screws. 4 Clamp the Swing Head between the guide jaws and screw the two screws on the left side tight. 6.2058.040 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 22: Mounting The Deflector, Luer Connector And Collection Container

    Proceed as follows: Mounting the deflector 1 Loosen the uppermost two screws on the right-hand side of tower 1. 2 Screw the 6.2058.050 fastening plate tightly with the aid of the screws supplied. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 23 2 Fix the holder with the 6.2843.000 Luer connector as illustrated to the mounting rail with the aid of the clamps. The clamp on the right must enclose the spacer bolt of the mounting rail. 6.2843.000 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 24 6.2057.150 6.2843.000 4 Fix the holder of the Luer connector with both knurled screws sup- plied to the stabilizing square. 5 Guide the 6.1625.010 collection container with opened cover into the holder. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 25 Luer connector. Connect the PTFE capillary to the injection valve of the ion chromatograph. Select a capillary which is as short as possible. 6.2744.014 7 Reattach the sample rack onto the instrument. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 26: Mounting The Transfer Robotic Arm

    1 Opening the manual control In the symbol bar of MagIC Net™, click on the hand symbol. 2 Under Device selection, first select All devices and then the 815 Robotic USB ..Click the Tower 1 tab. 3 Under Rack position, click on [Start].
  • Page 27 Proceed as follows to install the transfer tubing on the guide chain: 1 Attaching the holder with transfer tubing Insert the bottom part of the holder with transfer tubing between ￭ two clips of the chain links. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 28 Let the bottom part of the holder snap in the bottom clip. ￭ Mounting the Luer adapter The transfer robotic arm is used to pick up filters or injection needles. For this, the 6.1808.220 adapter is employed. Mount it as follows: ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 29 3 Screw the tubing adapter (with 2x M6 inner thread, supplied with the adapter) tightly onto the adapter. 4 Fasten the previously mounted 6.1562.130 transfer tube to the 6.1808.000 tubing adapter. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 30: Mounting The Polytron Robotic Arm

    Take care to ensure that you do not twist the drive disc, thus caus- ing pressure against the drive. 2 Screw the robotic arm to the Swing Head tightly with the screws and washers provided. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 31: Washing Station And Drip Pan

    3 Place the drip pan over the stirrer rail. The correct alignment of the drip pan can be seen from the following illustration. Correct the posi- tion of the washing station slightly as needed. 4 Reattach the sample rack. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 32 (e.g. with a Phillips screwdriver). A piece of sandpaper may be used to get a better grip on the tub- ing. Do not extend the tubing end before having slid the union nut onto the tubing. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 33: Connecting And Setting Up The Peristaltic Pump

    4 Place the pump tubing around the rotor and fix it in place using the tubing clamps. The rotor rotates clockwise. Therefore, the inlet tub- ing must be inserted below and the waste tubing above. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 34 The flow rate of the pump can be regulated during opera- tion using the clamping screw. 6 Connect the connection cable of the pump to tower 2. The instru- ment must be switched off. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 35: Installing The Rinsing Tubing

    Do not or only partially place rigid tubings, as for example aspiration tubings made of PTFE, into the guide chain. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 36 Press one side of the clip downwards and place tubing or cables ￭ in the guide chain. 2 Removing tubing and cables Press one side of the clip downwards and remove tubing or cables ￭ from the guide chain. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 37: Assembling And Mounting The Polytron ® Drive

    2 Readjust the position of the holder if necessary. Press down the fixing lever of the holder to accomplish this. ® 2.14 Mounting the rinsing tubings for the Polytron For rinsing the Polytron aggregate rinsing nozzles must be mounted on the robotic arm. Proceed as follows: ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 38: Connecting The Polytron

    Check the set supply voltage on the connection socket on the rear ￭ side of the control module. Switch off the instrument. ￭ Plug in the power supply cable and connect to a socket. ￭ ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 39: Mounting The Safety Shield

    2.16 Mounting the safety shield Safety shield 6.2751.150 The 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC may not be operated without a safety shield. Install it as follows: 1 Mounting the spacer for the safety shield with the screws supplied to tower 1 according to the following figure.

  • Page 40: Installing The Dosino

    5 Adjust the safety shield on the spacer, see the following figure. 2.17 Installing the Dosino For the transferring and diluting of the sample, two Dosinos with a 10 mL and a 50 mL dosing unit is used. They are being installed as follows: ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 41 5 Equip the connection cable of the Dosino with an anti-interference adapter made of ferrite (T2400.102) (see drawing). Connect the connection cable to the MSB connector 1 (MSB 1) on the rear of the Sample Processor. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 42 5 Equip the connection cable of the Dosino with an anti-interference adapter made of ferrite (T2400.102) and connect it to the MSB con- nector 2 (MSB 2) on the rear of the Sample Processor. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 43: Equipping The Rack

    Each insert is provided with a recess that prevents it from being inserted with the incorrect alignment. Two positions on the sample rack are reserved for rinsing and waste beak- ers. 6.2037.070 6.1432.320 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 44 The sample beaker can be defined as a special beaker for the purpose of dabbing off the Polytron aggregate if required. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 45: Defining Rack Positions

    3 Defining rack positions 3 Defining rack positions 1 In MagIC Net™ , select Configuration. 2 Double-click on the device name 815 Robotic USB..3 Switch over to the tab Rack and click on [Rack data] to open the rack parameter settings.
  • Page 46 4 Assign the rack position 104 to Special beaker 2, as described above. 5 The last position of the sample rack is conceived as Adjusting posi- tion. Assign rack position 105 to Special beaker 16. 6 Close the rack data table with [OK]. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 47: Adjusting Rack And Robotic Arm

    2 Start MagIC Net. 3 Open the manual control with a click on the corresponding symbol in the toolbar. 4 Select the Rack tab under Device selection ▶ All devices ▶ 815 Robotic USB…. 5 Click on [Initialize rack]. The sample rack moves into starting position. The rack code is read and the rack table is loaded.
  • Page 48 Swing Head (S). The tick marks stand for approx. 0.5° rotation angle or swivelling angle deviation. Determine the deviation of the adapter tip from the middle of the posi- tioning reticle. You can make the corresponding corrections in the MagIC Net configura- tion afterwards. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 49 If there is a deviation on the S line, then proceed as follows: 1 Select Configuration in MagIC Net. 2 Double-click on the instrument name 815 Robotic USB…. 3 Switch over to the Tower 1 tab and open the robotic arm settings with a click on [Configuration].
  • Page 50 If there is a deviation on the R Line, proceed as follows: 1 Select Configuration in MagIC Net. 2 Double-click on the instrument name 815 Robotic USB…. 3 Switch over to the Rack tab and open the rack parameter settings with a click on [Rack data].

  • Page 51: Lift Position For Sample Beakers

    1 Opening the manual control In the symbol bar of MagIC Net, click the hand symbol. 2 Under Device selection ▶ All devices, click on 815 Robotic USB... and then select the tab Tower 1. Lift position for sample beakers Working height 1 Move to sample position 1.

  • Page 52: Lift Position For Picking Up Needles And Filters

    4 Note the current lift position (in mm). This lift height must be entered in the method as absolute lift posi- tion. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 53: Lift Positions For Special Beakers

    4 Move the lift downward until the filter rests against the cover of the sample beaker. Under Lift position click on the arrow button [Arrow down] in order to set a suitable position. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 54 4 Click on [Configure rack]. 5 Under Lift position select the Work position for Special beaker 6 Click on the associated [Assign] button. 7 Click on [Close]. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 55: Lift Positions For Stripping Needles And Filters

    Lift positions for stripping needles and filters External position 1 1 Under Device selection ▶ All devices, click on 815 Robotic USB... and then select the tab Tower 1. 2 Fasten a plastic needle or a membrane filter to the Luer adapter of the transfer robotic arm.
  • Page 56 4 Click on [Configure rack]. 5 Under Lift position select the Work position for External 2. 6 Click on the associated [Assign] button. 7 Click on [Close]. 8 Move the lift to the Shift position. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

  • Page 57: Lift Position For The Luer Connector

    1 and click on [Start]. Lift position for the Luer connector External position 3 1 Under Device selection ▶ All devices, click on 815 Robotic USB... and then select the tab Tower 1. 2 Under Robotic arm position actuate the button [Arrow right] until the Luer adapter is located above the Luer connector.

  • Page 58: Lift Position For The Polytron

    Luer adapter. Lift position for the Polytron Working height 1 Under Device selection ▶ All devices, click on 815 Robotic USB... and then select the tab Tower 2. 2 Move to sample position 1. Under Rack position, enter Target position 1 and click [Start].

  • Page 59: Lift Position For The Washing Station

    2 Move the lift downwards (button [Arrow down]) until the Polytron is at the right height for rinsing. If the Polytron does not fit in the middle of the washing station, then the latter can be shifted laterally. 3 Click on [Configure rack]. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 60 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 5.7 Lift position for the washing station 4 Under Lift position select the Work position for External 1. 5 Click on the associated [Assign] button. 6 Click on [Close]. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 61 COM Port = COM1 (i.e. the interface on the PC to which you ￭ have connected the Polytron) Baud rate = 2400 ￭ Data bit = 8 ￭ Parity = none ￭ Stop bit = 1 ￭ ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 62 TRANSFER. Subsequently, the rotational speed of the aggregate can also be set (in revolutions per minute). The control commands for the Polytron are comprised of a three-digit numerical code. A TRANSFER command for switching on the device could look as follows: ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 63 10,000 rpm 15,000 rpm 20,000 rpm 25,000 rpm 30,000 rpm The current rotational speed of the Polytron can be queried with a com- mand. The Polytron then sends a response code representing the averaged ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 64 Querying the status. Table 6 Status table Response code Status corresponds Motor off … Motor on … Motor overloaded … Motor overheated … Amplifier not ready … Device overheated … Wrong operating voltage … Other error ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 65 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ ® 6 Controlling the Polytron Table 7 Query whether setpoint speed has been achieved Command no. Function Speed achieved Table 8 Status table Response code Status corresponds … ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...
  • Page 66 Downloading the accessories list 1 Enter https://www.metrohm.com/ into your Internet browser. 2 Enter the article number (e.g. 815) into the search field. The search result is displayed. 3 Click on the product. Detailed information regarding the product is shown on various tabs.
  • Page 67 Mount ........ 31 Work position ......45 Rotational speed ....57 Working height ......45 Positioning reticle ..... 41 Guide chain ......29 Power connection ...... 8 Pump Unit ........ 27 Install MagIC Net ......9 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic Soliprep for LC...

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