BioLAB BMRW-104 Operation Manual

BioLAB BMRW-104 Operation Manual

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BMRW-104
Microplate Washer
Thank you for Choosing Biolab products. Please read the "Operating Instructions" and
"Warranty" before operating this unit to assure proper operation.

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  • Page 1 Operation Manual BMRW-104 Microplate Washer Thank you for Choosing Biolab products. Please read the “Operating Instructions” and “Warranty” before operating this unit to assure proper operation.
  • Page 2: How To Use This Manual

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 How to use this manual It’s greatly appreciated you become the user of Microplate Washer. Be sure to read this manual carefully before operating the instrument. In order to obtain the best result, it is important for you to get familiar with our instruments and their functions before performing clinical diagnostic tests.
  • Page 3: Warning And Safety Indications

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 manufacture date. The symbol indicates EU representatives of the manufacturer and their addresses, after which are shown their names and addresses. The symbol indicates biological pollution, marked in the part where the instrument contacts the clinical reagent. The symbol appears in black side and yellow background.
  • Page 4 Microplate Washer BMRW-104 amount of waste liquid through a device in the bottom, and this waste liquid must be dealt with according to the biological dangerous cargo. • When the incubator is being heated, don’t touch the incubation plate by hand in order to avoid or prevent scald;...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Index How to use this manual..........................2 Symbols on the instrument........................2 Warning and Safety Indications......................3 1. Brief introduction of the instrument..................7 1.1 Brief introduction of product....................7 1.1.1 Name of the product: Microplate Washer.............7 1.1.2 Features of the product....................7 1.2 Specifications of the instrument..................7...
  • Page 6 Microplate Washer BMRW-104 4.2.2 Parameter settings........................22 4.2.3 Plate washing..........................23 4.3 Single aspirate / single dispense.....................24 4.3.1 Single aspirate..........................25 4.3.2 Single dispense..........................25 4.4 Prime / Rinse............................26 4.4.1 Prime..............................26 4.4.2 Rinse..............................26 4.5 Incubator..............................27 4.5.1 Parameter settings........................27 4.5.2 Incubation process........................27 5. Maintenance..............................28 5.1 Regular maintenance of the worktable..................28 5.2 Regular maintenance of the wash head..................28...
  • Page 7: Brief Introduction Of The Instrument

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Brief introduction of the instrument 1.1 Brief introduction of product 1.1.1 Name of the product: Microplate Washer 1.1.2 Features of the product 1) English operating system, large screen liquid crystal display and graphic interface. 2) Support for single and three-channel wash system apply to washes flat, U and V bottom ELISA plates and strips as well as standard 96-well or other types of plates.
  • Page 8: External Structure

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Temperature accuracy +/- 5 % Temperature stability +/- 5 % Temperature uniformity +/-1 °C Warm-up time 6 min. (ambient 25 °C to room temperature) Display Liquid crystal display Interface RS-232 bi-directional communication port External dimensions 450mm(L) X 390mm(W) X190mm(H)
  • Page 9 Microplate Washer BMRW-104 ELISA plates Wash bottle 3 Incubation cover Distilled water bottle Waste bottle LCD screen Wash bottle 1 Keyboard Wash bottle 2 Transparent cover Fig. 1-2 Back view of the instrument www.biolabscientific.com...
  • Page 10: Keyboard

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Power switch Interface 1 of waste bottle Fuse Interface of wash bottle 1 Power inlet Interface of wash bottle 2 RS-232 interface Interface of wash bottle 3 Sensor interface Interface of distilled water bottle Label Air vent...
  • Page 11: Principle Of The Instrument

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 1.5 Principle of the instrument Microplate Washer is composed of a wash bottle, a liquid aspirate pump, a wash head, a vacuum pump and a waste bottle. Certain volume of the liquid in the wash bottle is pumped by the liquid aspirate pump, and then evenly dispensed into the microplate by the wash head;...
  • Page 12: Installation Of The Instrument

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Installation of the instrument First of all, for Microplate Washer, prepare a place which meets the following requirements: • Environment temperature 10C-30C; • Relative humidity 70%; • No direct sunlight or high dust concentration; • No electro-magnetic radiation;...
  • Page 13: Install The Wash Head

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Note: The instrument works with the principle of atmospheric pressure, so the bottleneck of the waste bottle as well as all tubing interfaces must be sealed up. 2.3 Install the wash head • Respectively rotate two ends of the dispensing tube and the draining tube to the corresponding colored tube joints.
  • Page 14: Settings And Adjustment Of The Instrument

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Settings and adjustment of the instrument In the software of Microplate Washer, a system setting menu has been provided for users to set up the system. To make sure that the instrument works normally, you must set up the system properly.
  • Page 15: Adjust The Lcd Contrast Ratio

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Contrast ratio settings Hang-up settings Plate shaking Stroke settings Asp. pump speed settings Fig. 3-2 Advanced settings interface 3.1.1 Adjust the LCD contrast ratio The keys [ ] and [v] can be used to select "Contrast ratio settings". And pressing key |START| △...
  • Page 16: Plate Shaking

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Press |START| to save and quit, and press the key |CANCLE| to quit without saving, as shown in Fig. 3-4. If there is no operation within the preprogrammed hang-up time, instrument will rinse the pipeline automatically and get into a hang-up status. In the hang-up status, press any key to quit and get back to operation;...
  • Page 17: Stroke Settings

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Press START to save changes and shake plate. Shaking time is displayed. Double press SELECT key to start counting of incubation time. Press CANCEL to quit. 3.1.4 Stroke settings User can adjust the stroke scope of motor on horizontal and vertical directions. Keys △...
  • Page 18: Plate Settings

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 3.2 Plate settings User can preprogram 10 kinds of plate parameters. Keys , + and – are used to select △ ▽ "Plate Settings", and pressing START will get into the plate settings program, as shown in Fig.
  • Page 19: Turn Off The System

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 are used to select "Switch bottle", and pressing START will enter the program of switching wash bottles, as shown in Fig. 3-9. Keys are used to select bottle number or switching time; The keys + and – are used △...
  • Page 20: Operation Of The Instrument

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Operation of the instrument 4.1 Worktable and ELISA plates The waiting groove is in the middle of the worktable. When the instrument at stand-by status, the wash head stops in the waiting groove; in front of the groove is a carrying table used to place the ELISA plates.
  • Page 21 Microplate Washer BMRW-104 4. Plate: Plate washing methods; 5. 12-Pin: Shows that it is using the setting of 12-way wash head; 6. 350uL: Means that the dispensed liquid volume for each hole is 350uL; 7. 1#: Means that the bottle 1# will be used for washing. About the switching of bottles, please refer to “3.3 Switch bottle”;...
  • Page 22: Parameter Settings

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 The parameter description and the detailed settings are as follows: 1. Program No.: Code number of the program, keys + and – can be used to select the program. SELECT is used to switch between changing program number by 1 or 10.
  • Page 23: Plate Washing

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 SELECT is used to switch between changing the time by 0.1 or 1; 11. Shk. grade: Plate shaking grade, can be set up from 1~3 grades of plate shaking intensity; 12. Soak time: The time between dispensing of wash liquid completed and starting to aspirate the wash liquid can be set from 0 seconds to 23 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds;...
  • Page 24: Single Aspirate / Single Dispense

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 After confirming the strip numbers and position, put the ELISA plates to be washed on the worktable, and press START to start washing, as shown in Fig. 4-4. The “Program No.” shows the selected program. At the right side, "1/3" means wash three times and it is the running the first time at present.
  • Page 25: Single Aspirate

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 4.3.1 Single aspirate As shown in Fig. 4-6(a), single aspirate means that only aspirate the liquid according to fixed parameters, no dispensing operation. The parameters are as follows: Mode: Indicates the liquid aspirate method which can be selected between single aspirate and double aspirate;...
  • Page 26: Prime / Rinse

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 4.4 Prime / Rinse Select "PRIME/RINSE" menu, use , , + and –, and press START to access, as Fig 4-7.   4.4.1 Prime Press to select “Prime” and START to enter Prime menu.  ...
  • Page 27: Incubator

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Time: The rinsing time, can be set from 1~60 seconds. After setting the rinsing time, press START to save and start rinsing the pipeline. "Status" will show the real rinsing time. 4.5 Incubator 4.5.1 Parameter settings Use , , + and – keys to select "Incubator". Press START to enter the incubator settings ...
  • Page 28: Maintenance

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 incubation time has elapsed, the instrument will emit a tone according to the programmed settings Maintenance 5.1 Regular maintenance of the worktable The worktable usually has remnant liquid, which will corrode the metallic elastic claw. And if there are too much liquid, it might overflow the edge of the worktable and leak into the machine.
  • Page 29: Treatment Of The Waste Bottle

    Microplate Washer BMRW-104 5.4 Treatment of the waste bottle The sensor within the waste bottle can detect the height of the liquid level. When the waste liquid reaches a certain height, the software of Microplate Washer will refuse any liquid aspirate operation.
  • Page 30 Microplate Washer BMRW-104 according to following instructions: Microplate Washer without incubator: users don’t need to read "4.5 Incubator", system displays "No incubator, please exit!" Microplate Washer with only one wash bottle: users don’t need to read "3.3 Switching bottle", system displays "No switching for single channel washer, please exit!"...
  • Page 31 Microplate Washer BMRW-104 Email: contact@biolabscientific.com Website: www.biolabscientific.com www.biolabscientific.com...

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