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Incubator racks
Incubator racks (1) house the plates inside of the incubator.
Rack positions are not interchangeable.
Rack identification tags (2) identify the rack positions inside
of the incubator.
The tag colors identify the general position of the racks:
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Racks with a blue tag are placed in the door of the
incubator.
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Racks with an orange tag are placed on the left side of
the incubator.
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Racks with a white tag are placed on the right side of the
incubator.
Rack tags provide the following information:
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D, L, R (3) are indicators for the Door, Left, or Right rack.
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The number (4) next to the letter indicates the rack level
counted from the bottom of the incubator.
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The numbers on the bottom of the tag (5) indicate the
rows included in the rack.
Contact BD to request incubator rack identification tags if
necessary.
Infeed and outfeed
Transfers plates into and out of the ReadA.
Manipulator
Transports plates to and from rack positions
Temperature / CO
2
controller
Used to set incubation conditions
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