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Installing and setting up a Vacuum Filtration Station
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Bravo Platform User Guide
Installing and setting up a Vacuum Filtration Station
About this topic
This topic describes how to set up the Vacuum Filtration Station on the Bravo Platform.
This topic contains the following information:
• “Before you start” on page 114
• “Component descriptions and options” on page 115
• “Supported stacking configurations” on page 117
• “Installing the station” on page 118
• “Connecting to house vacuum with the pinch-valve module” on page 120
• “Connecting and configuring the Agilent VARIO Vacuum Pump” on page 124
• “Uninstalling the Vacuum Filtration Station” on page 127
• “Configuring the Vacuum Filtration Station in Bravo Diagnostics” on page 128
• “Testing the Vacuum Filtration Station” on page 130
Before you start
The Vacuum Filtration Station may be installed on a standard Bravo Platform and is
compatible with the Series III disposable-tip heads only. Agilent Technologies
recommends installing the station on a short platepad (SRT platepad). The Vacuum
Filtration Station is not supported on the SRT Bravo Platform.
The following table presents the workflow for setting up and automating the assembly
and disassembly processes for the Vacuum Filtration Station.
Step For this task... See...
1 Determine which components of the
Vacuum Filtration Station are required
for your labware.
• “Component descriptions
and options” on page 115
• “Supported stacking
configurations” on page 117
• Vacuum Filtration Station
Labware Compatibility Matrix
2 Install the Vacuum Filtration Station. “Installing the station” on
page 118
3 In Diagnostics, configure the Vacuum
Filtration Station in the device profile.
“Configuring the Vacuum
Filtration Station in Bravo
Diagnostics” on page 128