Thermo Scientific appliedbiosystems SeqStudio Flex Series User Manual page 422

Chapter 13 Maintain the Instrument
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Maintenance wizard procedures
4. Prepare for array storage: Fill an array tip cover and array electrode cover with purified water.
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Figure 67 Array tip cover and electrode cover for the stored capillary array
Array tip cover
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Electrode cover
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5. Remove the capillary array:
a. Loosen the array port lock by turning it ~1/4 turn counter-clockwise until it stops. Adjust it
until the rectangular opening aligns with the rectangular head of the array tip.
Figure 68 Array port lock
Array port lock and array-port end of the capillary array
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Retractable end of capillary array that protects the tip (slides to the right when you squeeze tab 1 and tab 2
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toward each other)
Tab 1
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Tab 2
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b. Grasp the array-port end of the array and ease the tip out of the pump block.
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