46 | 405 TS Getting Started Guide
Option Description/Values range
Default
values
Positioning: X- and Y- horizontal axes, Z- height (vertical) axis
can be adjusted. Repositioning the tubes to harder-
to-reach areas of the wells may the improve results.
Shake To mix the contents of the plate. No
Duration From one second to one hour. 5 sec.
Intensity
Intensity
Variable cycles through the other
levels of intensity
Slow
Medium
Fast
Medium
Soak Delays wash for the duration to allow fluids in the
plate to steep or incubate.
No
Duration From one second to one hour. 30
Home
carrier
To perform the shake or soak in the home position or
not. But, the plate carrier is moved home when the
total duration of the shake and/or soak exceeds 1
minute. The vacuum pump is turned off in this
scenario. Moving the plate home prevents
contaminating it with drops from the manifold.
No
Pre-
dispense
between
cycles
To wet or condition the manifold tubes between
cycles, which is only needed after a long soak. Same
parameters as regular pre-dispense.
No
Final
Aspirate
A final aspiration is performed to completely
evacuate the wells. Same parameters as regular
aspirate step.
Yes
Wash
format
Manner of processing large-format plates Plate
Sector Performs the entire wash step on one sector of the
plate before it moves to the next sector.
Plate Performs each cycle to the entire plate before it
starts the next cycle.
405™ TS Microplate Washer
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