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- Page 1 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL Manual 8.815.8003EN / 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 USB Sample Processor Manual 8.815.8003EN / 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.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents Table of contents 1 Introduction The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL in the Titrando system ..............1 Instrument description ............2 1.2.1 Model versions ................ 3 1.2.2 Instrument components ............4 1.2.3 Intended use ................5 About the documentation ........... - Page 6 Robotic arms for special applications ........55 7 Technical specifications Lift and turntable ............... 57 Membrane pump(s) with valve .......... 57 Interfaces and connectors ..........57 Power connection ............... 58 Ambient temperature ............58 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL...
- Page 7 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents Reference conditions ............58 Dimensions ................58 8 Accessories Index ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL...
- Page 8 Table of figures Table of figures Figure 1 The Titrando system ................1 Figure 2 Front 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL ........10 Figure 3 Rear 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL ........11 Figure 4 Connector strip ................12 Figure 5 Sample rack 6.2041.840 ..............
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Page 9: Introduction
The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL in the Titrando system The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL is a component of the modular Titrando system. Operation is carried out either by a Touch Control with a touch-sensitive screen ("stand-alone titrator") or by a computer with a cor- responding software. -
Page 10: Instrument Description
Metrohm Titrando system. The versatile communications options of the Titrando system (Remote Box, LIMS link, etc.) can thus all be used. Thanks to these abilities, a 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL is predetermined for all kind of automation tasks in a modern laboratory, especially for highly integrated laboratory data sys- tems. -
Page 11: Model Versions
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 1 Introduction 1.2.1 Model versions The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL is available in the following ver- sions with different components. 2.815.0010 1-tower version 1 membrane pumpe and 1 valve ￭ 1 connector for an external pump ￭... -
Page 12: Instrument Components
1 connector "Controller" for Touch Control ￭ or PC 1.2.2 Instrument components The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL has the following components: Turntable ￭ For sample racks with a diameter of up to 48 cm. One or two towers with lift ￭... -
Page 13: Intended Use
Remote Boxes. 1.2.3 Intended use The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL is designed for usage as an automation system in analytical laboratories or in factories that fulfill the specified ambient conditions (see chapter 7.5, page 58). It is not suit- able for usage in biochemical, biological or medical environments in its basic equipment version. -
Page 14: Safety Instructions
This instrument left the factory in a flawless state in terms of technical safety. To maintain this state and ensure non-hazardous operation of the instrument, the following instructions must be observed carefully. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 15: Electrical Safety
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 16: Tubing And Capillary Connections
WARNING Wear protective goggles and working clothes suitable for laboratory work while operating the 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL. It is also advisable to wear gloves when caustic liquids are used or in situa- tions where glass vessels could break. -
Page 17: Flammable Solvents And Chemicals
WARNING The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL is not suitable for utilization in biochemical, biological or medical environments in its basic equip- ment version. -
Page 18: Overview Of The Instrument
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 2.1 Front and rear 2 Overview of the instrument Front and rear Figure 2 Front 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL Safety shield (6.2751.100) Sample rack (6.2041.800) other models, see chap. Accessories. other models, see chap. Accessories. Turntable Stirrer rail With guide bolts. -
Page 19: Figure 3 Rear 815 Robotic Usb Sample Processor Xl
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 2 Overview of the instrument US B 2 Figure 3 Rear 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL Distributor Membrane pump For rinsing equipment. Pump 1. Pump connection Pump valve Pump 2. For the external pump. Swing Head connector Stirrer connector Mini DIN socket (9-pin). -
Page 20: Back Panel
A sample rack is a turntable that acts as a receptacle for sample vessels. Various types of sample racks are available for different numbers and types of sample vessels. The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL requires sample racks with up to a maximum of 48 cm diameter. Figure 5 Sample rack 6.2041.840... - Page 21 This will enable an unambiguous recognition of the rack and thus the cor- rect positioning of the beaker. A positioning table is assigned to each rack type in which each rack position is defined. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL...
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Page 22: Setting Up The Instrument
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. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭... -
Page 23: Connecting A Computer
￭ Connecting a computer The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL requires a USB connection to a computer in order to be able to be controlled by a computer software. Using a 6.2151.000 controller cable, the instrument can be connected directly, either to a USB socket on a computer, to a connected USB hub or to a different Metrohm control instrument. -
Page 24: Figure 6 Connecting The Computer
Registering and configuring the instrument in the computer software The instrument must be registered in the configuration of your computer software. Once that has been done, you can then configure it according to your requirements. Proceed as follows: ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 25: Mounting The Swing Head To The Sample Processor
Use the supplied hex key. Set the screws aside for later use. Connecting the Swing Head The connection socket (Mini DIN) for the Swing Head drive is located on the rear of the tower above the stirrer connector. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 26: Figure 7 Connecting The Swing Head
2 Clamp the Swing Head between the guide jaws. 3 Tighten the Swing Head to the guide jaws with the screws previously removed. 4 Place the connection cable into the guide chain (see chapter 3.9, page 30). ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 27: Figure 8 Mounting The Tower Extension
3 Installation Mounting the Swing Head with tower extension For certain applications, it may be necessary to mount the 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL at a higher position. A 6.2058.010 tower extension can be mounted on the lift for this purpose. -
Page 28: Mounting The Robotic Arm Reinforcement
The reinforcement provides the robotic arm with stable resistance when picking up or stripping the tools used and prevents it from bending. The reinforcement has to be attached before mounting a robotic arm. Pro- ceed as follows: ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 29: Configuring The Robotic Arm
The data required is engraved on the underside of the robotic arm. Examples of the most common robotic arms are shown in the illustration below. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 30: Figure 11 Robotic Arms - Standard Model Versions
Chapter Robotic arms, page 52ff. The following figure illustrates the most important configuration data that needs to be set in the control software to ensure correct usage of a robotic arm (left-swinging, here). ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 31: Figure 12 Configuration Data Of The Robotic Arms
The range runs from the source axis to the maximum possible robotic arm position. Swing direction Left-swinging (swing direction +) or right-swinging (swing direction –) model versions are available as different types of robotic arms. Left-swing- ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 32: Mounting The Robotic Arm
6.1458.040 titration head insert. Initialize the Sample Processor before mounting. After the initialization of the Sample Processor, the drive disk of the Swing Head is positioned as though the robotic arm were located in the outer- most position. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 33: Figure 14 Mounting The Robotic Arm
Swing Head. NOTICE Take care not to twist the drive disk and thereby put strain on the drive. 3 Tighten the robotic arm to the Swing Head with the screws and washers supplied. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 34: Robotic Arms With Beaker Sensor
If the beaker sensor of the robotic arm is activated, then the lift of the Sample Processor will move automatically into its work position after a MOVE command. The presence of the sample vessel is checked by the robotic arm setting down on top of it. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 35: Installing The Rinsing And Aspiration Equipment
(see chapter 3.9, page 30). These are the feed lines for the spray nozzles. 2 Mounting the aspiration tubing Manually tighten the 6.1805.510 FEP aspiration tubing (60 ￭ cm) in the M8 bore hole of the distributor. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... - Page 36 Pull the end of the tubing over the connection nipple of the distri- butor and fasten in place with the union nut. The tubing leads to the aspiration pump (Pump 2) and can be cut to the correct length. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL...
- Page 37 The tubing can remain connected. Insert the upper hook of the holder in the upper clip. ￭ Let the bottom part of the holder snap in the bottom clip. ￭ ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL...
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Page 38: Placing Tubing And Cables In The Guide Chain
Make sure that tubing and cables do not kink. Inserting and removing the tubing and cables requires no tools. 1 Placing tubing and cables Press one side of the clip downwards and place tubing or cables ￭ in the guide chain. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 39: Equipping The Titration Head
Press one side of the clip downwards and remove tubing or cables ￭ from the guide chain. 3.10 Equipping the titration head Mounting the rinsing and aspiration tubings Example of a 6.1462.070 robotic arm with 6.1458.040 titration head. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 40: Figure 17 Installing The Rinsing Tubings And The Aspiration Tip
￭ on the front of the titration head (only with 6.1458.040 titration head) 3 Connecting the aspiration tubing Connect the 6.1805.510 aspiration tubing already connected to ￭ the distributor with the aspiration tip. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 41: Figure 18 Installing Stirrer And Electrode
Fasten the 6.1909.0XX stirring propeller to the rod stirrer from ￭ below. 3 Inserting the electrode Insert the electrode (e.g., a 6.0229.100 Solvotrode) with a ￭ 6.1236.020 SGJ sleeve into the titration head. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 42: Connecting The Tower Stirrer
If an MSB stirrer is connected to the MSB1 or MSB2 socket, then the stirrer connector on tower 1 or tower 2 cannot be used, because the tower stirrers are internally controlled as well via MSB1 or MSB2. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 43: Connecting An External Pump
￭ clockwise direction. This secures the plug. 2 In case of an 843 Pump Station, connect the other end of the cable (9-pin D-Sub plug) to the socket Remote 1 of the pump. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 44: Connecting Msb Devices
In order to connect MSB devices, e.g. stirrers or dosing devices, Metrohm instruments are equipped with up to a maximum of four connectors on what is referred to as the Metrohm Serial Bus (MSB). Various kinds of peripheral devices can be connected in sequence (in series, as a "Daisy Chain") at a single MSB connector (8-pin Mini DIN socket) and con-... -
Page 45: Connecting A Dosing Device
685 Dosimat plus ￭ WARNING If a Dosino is connected to the 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL, then the connection cable must be equipped with a T.2400.102 ferrite core. The ferrite core diminishes any interference voltages and thus ensures compliance with the strict EMC standards in accordance with the applicable technical standards, see EU declaration of conformity of the instrument. -
Page 46: Connecting A Stirrer Or Titration Stand
804 Ti Stand only: Connect the rod stirrer to the stirrer connector ￭ (socket with stirrer symbol) of the titration stand. Start the control software. ￭ US B 1 Co ntr . MS B 2 MS B 3 Figure 25 Connecting an MSB stirrer ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 47: Connecting A Remote Box
Instruments that are controlled via remote lines and/or that send control signals via remote lines can be connected via the 6.2148.010 Remote Box. In addition to Metrohm, other instrument manufacturers also use similar connectors that make it possible to connect different instruments together. -
Page 48: Connecting Usb Devices
Connecting USB devices Two USB connectors (type A sockets) are available for connecting instru- ments with an USB interface. The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL then functions as USB hub (distributor). If you wish to connect more than two USB devices, you can also use an additional, commercially available USB hub. -
Page 49: Mounting The Base Plate
It can be placed on the left or on the right of a tower of the 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL. Any accessories parts can be placed on the support rod of the stand plate. -
Page 50: Figure 29 Mounting The Base Plate
2 Place the washer (flat side upwards) over the countersunk screw and tighten the support rod with the countersunk screw. The necessary hexagon key is enclosed with the 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor 3 Hang the base plate to the assembly rail of the turntable with the holding clamps. -
Page 51: Mounting The Drip Pan
1 Fasten the enclosed tubing to the drainage nipple on the drip pan and then guide the free end of the tubing into a waste container. 2 Place the drip pan on the assembly rail of the turntable as shown in the figure. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 52: Attaching A Sample Rack
NOTICE Hold the rack in such a way that the printed Metrohm logo is legi- ble horizontally. 2 Screw the fixing screw in the handle tight by rotating it clockwise. -
Page 53: Mounting The Safety Shield
Mounting the safety shield WARNING It is imperative that the safety shield be installed before the first time the 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL is used. The device may not be operated without a safety shield. Figure 32 Mounting the safety shield Proceed as follows. -
Page 54: Operation And Maintenance
4.1 General notes 4 Operation and maintenance General notes The 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL requires appropriate care. Excess contamination of the instrument may result in malfunctions and a reduction in the service life of the sturdy mechanical and electronic com- ponents. -
Page 55: Troubleshooting
"Configuration" rectly configured. (or under "Device manager" for Touch Con- trol). Sample Processor – The Initialize the rack using the function Initialize wrong rack table is being rack in the "Manual control". used. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 56: Pump
Check the fill level of the canisters. ￭ Make sure that the canisters are not com- ￭ pletely sealed (overpressure). ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 57: Appendix
6.2740.030 rinsing nozzle (optionally available) ￭ The rinsing liquid is applied as a fine jet for optimal removal of layers on electrodes and on titration accessories. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 58: Remote Interface
Connectors of the Remote Box Cables MSB connector For connecting to an MSB connector of the Metrohm Serial Bus. For connecting external Sample Processor. dosing devices or stirrers. Remote connector For connecting instruments with a remote interface. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 59: Pin Assignment Of The Remote Interfaces
Pin assignment of remote socket and remote plug The above figure of the pin assignment of a Metrohm remote interface does not only apply for the Remote Box, but also for all Metrohm devices with 25-pin D-Sub remote connectors. Inputs +5 V approx. -
Page 60: Robotic Arms
The arm can be equipped with two microelectrodes, one propeller stirrer and three spray nozzles. Two buret tips with anti-diffusion valve and one aspiration tip with connections for M6 tubing are already retracted into the arm. ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... - Page 61 – Swing offset 0° –8° –8° Max. swing angle 84° 73° 73° Swing radius 110 mm 127 mm 127 mm 6.1462.150 Robotic arm with titration head and beaker sensor, left or right- swinging ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL...
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Page 62: Robotic Arms For Sample Preparation
149.8 mm 6.1462.030 Robotic arm with transfer head, left-swinging Robotic arm for fully automated pipetting or dilution of liquid samples with Sample Processor Systems. Material: PP Robotic arm with transfer head, right-swinging 6.1462.040 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... -
Page 63: Robotic Arms For Special Applications
Robotic arms for special applications Table 5 Configuration data of the special robotic arms Type 6.1462.250 6.1462.080 6.1462.080 6.1462.250 Swing direction Swing offset 0° 8° Max. swing angle 115.5° 117° Swing radius 110 mm 112 mm ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... - Page 64 6.1462.080 Robotic arm DIS-COVER, left-swinging Robotic arm for placing and removing sample vessel covers (75 and 250 mL) covers 6.2037.050 und 6.2037.060) on the sample rack of a Robotic Sample Processor. Material: PP ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL...
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Page 65: Technical Specifications
Three 9-pin Mini DIN sockets for connecting dosing devices (Dosino/ MSB1…MSB3 Dosimat), stirrers, etc. USB connectors Two USB Downstream Ports (Type A sockets), each 500 mA, for con- necting Metrohm instruments or USB peripheral devices of other man- ufacturers. Stirrer connector DIN socket Stirring rate Rod stirrer 722/802: 180…3000 rpm... -
Page 66: Power Connection
0.28 m Height 0.73 m Depth 0.53 m Weight (without 1.815.0010: 14.52 kg accessories) 1.815.0020: 15.42 kg 1.815.0030: 13.82 kg 1.815.0110: 18.87 kg 1.815.0120: 19.93 kg 1.815.0130: 16.82 kg Material Housing Metal housing, surface-treated ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL... - Page 67 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 68 Supply voltage ......7 Connect ......37 Swing axis ........ 23 Pins .......... 51 Drip pan ........43 Swing direction ......23 Polytron ........56 Drive disk ......... 24 Power connection ..12, 14, 15 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL...
- Page 69 Tower extension ....... 19 Connector ......12 Swing radius ......23 Tower stirrer ......34 USB connector ......5 Transfer head ......54 USB devices Titration head ......52 Connect ......40 Equip ........31 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 815 Robotic USB Sample Processor XL...
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