Hardware Components; Autosampler - Thermo Scientific EASY-nLC 1200 Troubleshooting And Maintenance Manual

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Introduction

Hardware Components

Hardware Components

Autosampler

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These sections describe the hardware components of the EASY-nLC instrument:
• Autosampler
• Solvent System Components Behind the Right Side Panel
• Computer and Autosampler Behind the Left Side Panel
• Back Panel
The autosampler module of the EASY-nLC instrument is located behind the tray
compartment door. You can open the tray compartment door by using the touch-screen
controls.
The standard installed adapter plate works with HPLC vials and MTP, either 98 or 384 well.
The additional adapter plate in the Accessory Box also supports MTP and in addition holds
PCR tubes.
The robotic unit moves the z-axis needle holder along the x and y axes to the user-specified
sample location during a run. When the autosampler needle reaches the sample location, it
descends into the sample vial or microplate well.
The autosampler needle draws solvent from wash bottle W3 to perform a standard wash and
ejects the solvent into wash bottle W4, which contains the needle wash insert. The
autosampler can also perform a custom wash using the solvents from wash bottles W1–W3.
The waste beaker to the right of the tray compartment collects solvent that is delivered by
pumps A and B when these pumps empty solvent to waste. This waste beaker also collects
solvent delivered by pump A during the precolumn equilibration and sample loading steps
(for a two-column setup).
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