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Installing and setting up a Nested Rack Insert
Bravo Platform User Guide
Installing and setting up a Nested Rack Insert
About this topic
You should install the Nested Rack Insert if you are using nestable tip racks on the
Bravo Platform. The insert ensures the stability of a nestable tip rack during tips-on and
tips-off tasks. Up to five nestable tip racks can be stacked on a single platepad using
the Nested Rack Insert.
After you install the Nested Rack Insert, you configure the software to automatically
select the location in VWorks during tips-on and tips-off tasks.
This topic describes how to install and configure the Nested Rack Insert.
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Nested Rack Insert installed on a Bravo platepad
Before you begin
Make sure you do the following before installing the Nested Rack Insert:
• Ensure that the labware definition specifies a nested tip box as follows:
In the Labware Editor, click the Plate Properties tab. In the Requires insert list, select
Nested Rack Insert.
• Set the teachpoints for all deck locations.
• Verify that the gripper y-axis offset is correct. See “Verifying the gripper setup” on
page 41. In Bravo Diagnostics, perform a place plate task to move a nested tip box
and ensure the gripper y-axis offset is correct.
• Obtain a 1.5 mm hex wrench for installing the insert.