Shield Plate; Table 3-1. Plates Vs. Heating Adapter(S) - Abbott PLEX-ID SP User Manual

Installation
Installation setups
Plate
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You can add a heating step of ambient temperature +5°C to +115°C to
a protocol. The heating block is preheatable but no cooling can be
carried out. All PLEX-ID SP plates can be heated.
There are two different kinds of interchangeable heating blocks
available, for 24 Deep Well plates and 96 Deep Well plates
(Table 3–1).
Table 3–1. Plates vs. heating adapter(s)
Description
24 Deep Well plate
(200 µl – 5 mL*)
96 Deep Well plate
(50 – 1000 µl*)
* = recommended filling volume
Warning The heating block surface can be hot, whereby there can be
risk of burns.
You can only use the following 24 and 96-well plates for heating:
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* = recommended filling volume

Shield plate

To install the shield plate, follow these steps:
1. Ensure that the power is switched off.
2. The shield plate has to be installed prior to use of the instrument.
Use a hexagonal screwdriver (Allen key) to fasten the two screws
(Figure 3–17).
Heating adapter(s)
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24 Deep Well plate (200 µl – 5 mL*)
96 Deep Well plate (50 – 1000 µl*)
Description
Heating block for the 24 Deep Well
plate
Heating block for the 96 Well plate
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