Agilent Technologies BenchCel User Manual page 32

2 Introduction
Hardware overview
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Feature Description
Plate-orientation Detect the presence of notches in microplates. Four sensors are
sensors in the inside corners of each stacker head. For details of how the
sensors work, see
Clamps Close and open the grippers at the bottom of the labware rack to
hold and release microplates during loading, unloading,
downstacking, and upstacking processes. Two clamps are
inside each stacker head. Compressed air is used to open and
close the clamps.
"Setting sensor thresholds" on page
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Notches
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Plate-orientation sensor
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Notches
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Clamps
BenchCel Microplate Handler User Guide
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