Overview
DSX™ System Service Manual 8-1
Chapter 8 The Incubator Module
8.1 Overview
The Incubator Module is used to maintain the temperature of the well plate at a user-specified
temperature for a user-specified period of time so that the reaction to form the product that is
measured in the reader module can proceed. The period of time and the temperature setting is
established in the application program for the specific assay for which the DSX Automated
ELISA System is employed.
When a well plate is to be placed in the module, the plate carrier is ejected from the module
and the plate is delivered to the module via the pipette arm. The plate carrier is then drawn
back in the incubation module. At the end of the user specified period, the well plate is ejected
by the module and picked up by the pipette arm to be delivered to another station (e.g. the
reader module).
The service engineer is expected to replace the Incubator Module in the event of a problem
with the module. The defective module should be returned to the local DYNEX Technologies
service center for repair (in some situations, the service engineer may be able to repair the
module on site).
A discussion of a variety of replacement/repair activities is presented in Chapter 9.
8.2 Design of the Incubator Module
The Incubator Module is a microprocessor-controlled warming chamber that is designed to
heat the well plate for a user-specified period of time.
A well plate is placed inside the Incubator Module by means of a plate carrier. The plate
carrier extends from the Incubator Module to accept a well plate delivered to the module via
the pipette arm. The plate carrier containing the well plate is then drawn into the Incubator
Module. At the end of the user specified warming period, the plate carrier containing the well
plate is ejected, and the well plate is picked up by the pipette arm and delivered to another
station (such as the reader module).
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